Tyler Jam Williams spoke to Bossip about his role "Dear Whe People" playg a gay character, race and terracial datg Ameri.
Contents:
- ‘DEAR WHE PEOPLE’ SEASON 2 FALLY GIV ITS GAY CHARACTER SOME MEAT TO SK HIS TEETH INTO
- DEAR WHE GAY MEN: LABELG PEOPLE OF COLOR "DIVISIVE" ISN'T A CRIQUE — IT'S RACISM
- THAT GAY ROMANCE ON DEAR WHE PEOPLE
‘DEAR WHE PEOPLE’ SEASON 2 FALLY GIV ITS GAY CHARACTER SOME MEAT TO SK HIS TEETH INTO
Is DeRon Horton gay like his character ‘Dear Whe People’? What the actor has to say — or not say —about his sexualy and narrow-mdns. * dear white people gay *
Lnel explor the "Deep End" of the gay scene.
DEAR WHE GAY MEN: LABELG PEOPLE OF COLOR "DIVISIVE" ISN'T A CRIQUE — IT'S RACISM
Last season, we watched Lnel (DeRon Horton) wa to the datg pool and experience racism the gay muny firsthand. This show brgs every sgle thg out of the closet, not jt s gay characters. Gay folks, LGBTQ folks aren't monolhic eher.
It was ccial for Jt Simien, the show's openly gay creator, to put a spectm of LGBTQ inti the seri. In the seri, DWP's efforts to further velop Lnel’s persona filled a void of erasure and misreprentatn among muni that are normally left behd popular culture, specifilly Black gay men om Hoton. Not all Black gay men have the accs to each other to learn about who we are.
THAT GAY ROMANCE ON DEAR WHE PEOPLE
Before DWP, I stggled to fd nuanced reprentatns of Black gay men pop culture.
Lnel's portrayal broke the ceilg of Black, gay, Southern reprentatn and showed how a lead televisn character om Hoton n be spirg to people like me.