Black queer fans reflect on Michael K. Williams' groundbreakg portrayals of gay Black men.
Contents:
- GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.
While the events may seem unrelated, activists and lears at the tersectn of the muni say has bee all the more evint that the fight for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights nnot be divorced om the stggle for racial gay rights movement and the Black civil rights movement have long been tertwed, as evinced by the overlap of key figur — cludg Jam Baldw, Pli Murray and Bayard Rt — and the fact that Black activists, among them the transgenr woman Marsha P. "'B-Boy Blu' (1994-2005)by Jam Earl HardyAlyson Books"B-Boy Blu" is a six-book seri that follows a group of Black gay men livg New York Cy.
"I didn't fully unrstand my queerns until I read this book, which reflected, at the time the early 2000s, the plexi of beg Black and gay. He said is a "journey through the life of a Black gay man that experienc love, joy, pa and loss. Williams, many of his queer Black admirers have been reflectg on the importance of his groundbreakg portrayals of gay Black men.
But he was also an unashamedly open gay man wh a moral “. ” After “The Wire, ” Williams went on to portray other gay characters, such as the Vietnam veteran Leonard Pe 2016’s “Hap and Leonard'; the HIV-posive activist Ken Jon “When We Rise” 2019; and, mostly recently, Montrose Freeman 2020’s “Lovecraft Country. Williams was that he was unaaid of playg Black gay men Hollywood, ” E Wilbek, former edor of Vibe magaze, told NBC News.
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
“Williams was a possibily mol for so many young, Black gay and queer kids to see themselv on screen played wh so much life, love and passn.
However, overall, Black LGB and transgenr adults reported ncealg their sexual orientatn or genr inty and experiencg ternalized homophobia or transphobia to some gree. Nigga, that's gay! A lot of the boys I went to school wh rejected anythg they nsired feme or homosexual or outsi of what means to be a black man their imagatn.
It didn't feel like a story of the black gay men that I know. Fans of Brish actor Tom Holland have e to his fense after some social media ers were seemgly upset that the latt episo of his Apple TV+ seri The Crowd Room featured gay the scene, Holland’s character go to a club wh heavy black eyeler and all black.