Thgs are heatg up for Jamal Lyon, the gay character on the popular Fox drama.
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- ‘EMPIRE’S’ TARAJI P. HENSON, TERRENCE HOWARD HOPE GAY STORYLE WILL SAVE YOUNG LIV (VIO)
- EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
‘EMPIRE’S’ TARAJI P. HENSON, TERRENCE HOWARD HOPE GAY STORYLE WILL SAVE YOUNG LIV (VIO)
Fox's new hip-hop seri tak a stand by troducg a gay character wh a notorly homophobic genre * empire gay storyline *
After beg diagnosed wh Lou Gehrig’s Disease aka ALS, Luc cis to leave his pany to one of his three sons: his bs-smart elst, his rap star youngt son, and his middle child, Jamal, a talented sger-songwrer who has been phed asi by the fay bee he’s gay. “There’s a mory or a majory out there who aren’t OK if their son and says they’re gay… And if they speak their md, they’re nsired bigots, which is not necsarily that.
Daniels said his choice to tackle homophobia the rap world was based on his own life’s experience.
EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
“Homophobia is so rampant, not only the Amerin muny, but specifilly the Lato and the Ain-Amerin muni. But the seri, which premier Wednday, mak s bolst statement wh a sgle character — a gay one.