P-Valley star J. Alphonse Nicholson is speakg out about the outrage over his character’s gay sex scene a recent episo.
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- J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REACTS TO OUTRAGE OVER HIS GAY SEX SCENE ‘P-VALLEY’
- IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REACTS TO OUTRAGE OVER HIS GAY SEX SCENE ‘P-VALLEY’
* why is p valley so gay *
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Alphonse Nicholson (who plays Lil Murda on the show) is speakg out about the outrage over his character’s gay sex scene a recent episo. In rponse to the cricism, Nicholson took to Twter to addrs the homophobic ments, The Jasme Brand reports.
IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
Alphonse opened up about the popular TV seri for gay viewers. "The cultural nversatns that were sparked that fied masculy, expectatns, and assumptns the Black muny, both straight and gay, ntue to prove why shows like P-Valley need to exist to tell the pivotal stori. Not bee they don't want people to know, ’s jt they nnot say ‘I'm gay’ whout feelg that their life is danger.
Wh homophobia and a lack of accs to mental healthre still alive and well, Lil’ Murda’s character, Katori Hall's creatn, and Nicholson's breakout performance uld be the difference. The stage and film star who was last seen on Broadway earlier this year A Soldier's Play opens up to TV Gui about his portrayal of the closeted rapper who has fallen for the non-bary Uncle Clifford, whether or not he believ his character is gay, his own sexualy—Nicholson intifi as heterosexual—utilizg his role and the seri to spark discsns the Black muny around homophobia and beg an ally to the LGBTQ Communy. " Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear.
How n I unrstand Black gay men, all gay people, and be an ally?