‘Moonlight' Is Not Jt Another Black Gay Movie

Contents:

• ‘MOONLIGHT' IS NOT JT ANOTHER BLACK GAY MOVIE
• 'MOONLIGHT' EXPLOR OFTEN UNSEEN GAY, BLACK MALE EXPERIENCE
• MOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALEMOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALE

‘MOONLIGHT' IS NOT JT ANOTHER BLACK GAY MOVIE

But if you’re a gay man hopg to see two male characters exprs that sort of timacy a high-profile film, you know better than to get your hop up. The other people his life are better able to fe his difference than the near-silent Chiron: Classmat spect his homosexualy early on and bully him for ; ncerned adults do their bt to lay down track for Chiron’s own realizatn; and a fellow stunt, the popular, promiscuo Kev (played as a teen by Jharrel Jerome and as an adult by André Holland) gently guis Chiron to a beachsi renzvo where our protagonist has his first signifint sexual aren’t ually aaid to addrs teenage sexualy — the loss-of-virgy scene is a teen-movie staple — but they still tend to shy away om pictg the first stag of same-sex exploratn among young people.

'MOONLIGHT' EXPLOR OFTEN UNSEEN GAY, BLACK MALE EXPERIENCE

While the two of them tertwed that fashn is a powerful image, I appreciated that Moonlight also showed the two boys makg out, a cematic image gay teenagers are often prived of. One of the film’s most memorable scen when a teenage Chiron star at himself his bathroom, his face bloodied om a fight wh homophobic school bulli. A dark tent and a b of sp were all this scene required to get the job done, yet 's one of the only gay sex scen anyone n ever name.

That movie that every gay on the ter loved, but no one n really remember what was about bee was kda borg. Though the film is not even close to beg as good as the book, the sex scene is a very fun one to watch bee 's playful and leans to the edy of jt how funny gay sex n be.

When to films about sexualy, Black gay men have had our share of low budget movi wh medcre actg and stereotypil storyl. McCraney, a Black gay man, often challeng genr and sexualy his work, and the movie he saw much of himself.

MOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALEMOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALE

It’s hard to ll the ma character the film gay bee he never intified as such; however, most of his timate nnectns the movie were between him and another man. And that do not make a gay or “sissy. For this reason, Moonlight unrsr the experienc many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) youth face when creatg their own fay and support system.