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• 'EMPIRE' CREATOR LEE DANIELS SAID HE'S BEEN STGGLG TO MAKE A GAY SUPERHERO MOVIE FOR YEARS BUT 'MAYBE THEY'LL GIVE TO A WHE GUY'
• EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
• AM I GAY?
• IS HAKEEM FROM EMPIRE GAY?
• HADRIAN — THE GAY ROMAN EMPERORHADRIAN WAS EPLY LOVE WH BETIFUL ANTOPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·FEB 13, 2021--1SHAREHADRIAN IS NSIRED ONE OF THE FIVE GOOD ROMAN EMPERORS BY HISTORIANS. IN ROMAN HISTORY, HE BELONGS TO THE GROUP OF ELE EMPERORS SUCH AS TRAJAN AND AUGT.HE WAS A GOOD LER WHO DITED HIS LIFE TO THE STRENGTHENG OF THE ENORMO ROMAN EMPIRE. HE BUILT WALLS AND HE FORTIFIED BORRS WH STRONGHOLDS. YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE FAMO HADRIAN’S WALL ENGLAND.HADRIAN WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF GREEK CULTURE AND TIRELS TRAVELS ALL AROUND THE EMPIRE. HE HAPPENED TO BE HOMOSEXUAL AS WELL.ALTHOUGH MON FOR THE ROMAN EMPERORS TO HAVE MALE LOVERS, HADRIAN WAS UNIQUE MAKG CLEAR HE WAS GAY.HADRIAN (LED 117–138 AD) MARRIED VIBIA SABA 100 AD FOR POLIL REASONS. AFTER ALL, SABA WAS A NIECE OF ROMAN EMPEROR TRAJAN.AS WAS MON AMONG THE IMPERIAL FAY, THE RELATNSHIP WAS CTUO. HADRIAN AND SABA WERE SEND S ONCE REMOVED. BUT THERE WAS NO BREEDG. HADRIAN NEVER NSUMMATED THE MARRIAGE AND THE UPLE DIDN’T HAVE ANY CHILDREN.CONTEMPORARI CLAIMED HADRIAN TREATED HIS WIFE SABA A LTLE BETTER THAN A SLAVE. HE MARRIED SABA OUT OF OFFICIAL DUTY AND NOT BEE OF ROMANTIC TERTS.HADRIAN WAS MUCH MORE TERTED HIS MALE LOVERS. NO WONR THAT POOR SABA LOOKED FOR SOLACE THE ARMS OF OTHER MEN!ONE OF SABA’S LOVERS WAS ROMAN HISTORIAN SUETONI. HADRIAN EXPELLED HIM OM THE URT FOR ‘SOLACG’ HIS WIFE. TODAY, SUETONI’S WRGS ARE A SOURCE OF RMATN ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPERORS.AS ALREADY MENTNED, HADRIAN PREFERRED SEX WH MEN. HE EVEN WROTE EROTIC POETRY ABOUT HIS YOUNG LOVERS. NO EVINCE POTS TOWARDS HADRIAN BEG ATTRACTED TO WOMEN. A WELL-KNOWN LOVE STORY BETWEEN HADRIAN AND ANTO IS A STRONG PROOF OF HADRIAN’S LOVE FOR YOUNG MEN.HADRIAN’S GAY LOVER ANTO BEME A GOD
• A CHURCH OFFICIAL SAID THERE'S A "GAY EMPIRE" IN MEXI AND THE INTER FOUGHT BACK
• EMPIRE 'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET

'EMPIRE' CREATOR LEE DANIELS SAID HE'S BEEN STGGLG TO MAKE A GAY SUPERHERO MOVIE FOR YEARS BUT 'MAYBE THEY'LL GIVE TO A WHE GUY'

In an terview wh Insir, Osr-nomated director Lee Daniels told Insir that he has been tryg to make a gay superhero movie for "que a while. "There have been no gay characters superhero movi as of yet, but the MCU revealed Valkyrie to be bisexual, and will reportedly feature a gay uple "The Eternals.

EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET

"Daniels told Insir that he isn't terred by knockbacks: "That's the journey that I've had as a gay Black filmmaker.

AM I GAY?

Lee Daniels, the Osr-nomated director of "Prec, " said that he has been tryg to make a superhero movie wh gay characters for a long time, but has so far stggled to get off the an terview wh Insir, the creator of Emmy-nomated TV show "Empire" said: "I have been tryg to get a superhero movie gog for que a while.

IS HAKEEM FROM EMPIRE GAY?

At the height of 'Empire, ' I was tryg to get a superhero movie gog — a gay superhero movie gog. "Daniels, who earned two Osr nomatns for 2009's "Prec" (for bt director and bt picture), didn't specify what sort of superhero movie he wanted to make, or which stud or people he has spoken have been no gay superhero movie yet, nor has there been proment characters who are out as gay or queer any superhero film.

Valkryie, as played by Tsa Thompson, is reportedly bisexual, while Brian Tyree Henry will play a gay character "The Eternals. The characters will also be the first gay characters to kiss a major superhero there has been a small crease studs hirg people of lour directg major Hollywood anchis, there is still a clear disproportn between the number of Black and POC directors hired to helm stud movi and the number of whe directors hired, as Daniels two of the MCU's 23 films so far were directed by people of lor: Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" and Taika Wai's "Thor: Ragnarok. "That's the journey that I've had as a gay Black filmmaker.

Rather than jt flailg agast his father's homophobia and retreatg to the fort of his keyboard, Jamal summoned his anger to a missn statement: He pledged to take over his father's pany. First, and I fear we've unrsold this our last two reps, how spectacular is that a work TV show picts not only a gay man of lor, but a gay man of lor the hetero-domated world of hip-hop?

HADRIAN — THE GAY ROMAN EMPERORHADRIAN WAS EPLY LOVE WH BETIFUL ANTOPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·FEB 13, 2021--1SHAREHADRIAN IS NSIRED ONE OF THE FIVE GOOD ROMAN EMPERORS BY HISTORIANS. IN ROMAN HISTORY, HE BELONGS TO THE GROUP OF ELE EMPERORS SUCH AS TRAJAN AND AUGT.HE WAS A GOOD LER WHO DITED HIS LIFE TO THE STRENGTHENG OF THE ENORMO ROMAN EMPIRE. HE BUILT WALLS AND HE FORTIFIED BORRS WH STRONGHOLDS. YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE FAMO HADRIAN’S WALL ENGLAND.HADRIAN WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF GREEK CULTURE AND TIRELS TRAVELS ALL AROUND THE EMPIRE. HE HAPPENED TO BE HOMOSEXUAL AS WELL.ALTHOUGH MON FOR THE ROMAN EMPERORS TO HAVE MALE LOVERS, HADRIAN WAS UNIQUE MAKG CLEAR HE WAS GAY.HADRIAN (LED 117–138 AD) MARRIED VIBIA SABA 100 AD FOR POLIL REASONS. AFTER ALL, SABA WAS A NIECE OF ROMAN EMPEROR TRAJAN.AS WAS MON AMONG THE IMPERIAL FAY, THE RELATNSHIP WAS CTUO. HADRIAN AND SABA WERE SEND S ONCE REMOVED. BUT THERE WAS NO BREEDG. HADRIAN NEVER NSUMMATED THE MARRIAGE AND THE UPLE DIDN’T HAVE ANY CHILDREN.CONTEMPORARI CLAIMED HADRIAN TREATED HIS WIFE SABA A LTLE BETTER THAN A SLAVE. HE MARRIED SABA OUT OF OFFICIAL DUTY AND NOT BEE OF ROMANTIC TERTS.HADRIAN WAS MUCH MORE TERTED HIS MALE LOVERS. NO WONR THAT POOR SABA LOOKED FOR SOLACE THE ARMS OF OTHER MEN!ONE OF SABA’S LOVERS WAS ROMAN HISTORIAN SUETONI. HADRIAN EXPELLED HIM OM THE URT FOR ‘SOLACG’ HIS WIFE. TODAY, SUETONI’S WRGS ARE A SOURCE OF RMATN ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPERORS.AS ALREADY MENTNED, HADRIAN PREFERRED SEX WH MEN. HE EVEN WROTE EROTIC POETRY ABOUT HIS YOUNG LOVERS. NO EVINCE POTS TOWARDS HADRIAN BEG ATTRACTED TO WOMEN. A WELL-KNOWN LOVE STORY BETWEEN HADRIAN AND ANTO IS A STRONG PROOF OF HADRIAN’S LOVE FOR YOUNG MEN.HADRIAN’S GAY LOVER ANTO BEME A GOD

Lee Daniels and his team may have unrled Luc's homophobia too hard so far, havg him nsistently refer to Jamal as female and sist homosexualy is a choice egregly bluntly, but 's probably (and sadly) realistic—and mak Jamal's assertn that he is a gay man, emphasis on both of those scriptors, all the more valuable.

Earlier this week, “Empire” actor Jsie Smollett nfirmed that he’s gay a backstage terview wh Ellen DeGener, sayg, “There’s never been a closet that I’ve been . Smollett’s character on “Empire, ” Jamal Lyon, who is also gay, explor the issu associated wh beg homosexual, cludg his tense relatnship wh his father.

A CHURCH OFFICIAL SAID THERE'S A "GAY EMPIRE" IN MEXI AND THE INTER FOUGHT BACK

Throughout the history of cema, there have been grippg and groundbreakg LGBTQ+ films – stori takg the liv, history, and experienc of people who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, pansexual and beyond.

A key shkicker the early '90s New Queer Cema movement, Araki took a baseball bat to hetero-normative culture and explored gay life on the margs durg Bh's admistratn films by turns funny, ank and anguished. The Livg End is his bt picture, a so-lled 'gay Thelma & Louise', as film cric Jon (Craig Gilmore) and drifter Le (Mike Dytri), both diagnosed as HIV-posive ("the Neo-Nazi Republin fal solutn, " says Jon about AIDS), kill a homophobic p and go on the lam, offg any bigot who stand their way. It's a rare early '90s gay film which no-one di or trmatilly out.

EMPIRE 'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET

Buy on Amazon UK3 of 5048) Beach Rats (2017)Eliza Htman's send film is an timate portra of ternalised homophobia and toxic masculy, the bed force of which sends Frankie (a brilliant breakout om future star Harris Dickson) to a tailsp. Pched very much as an antihero, Woodroof is shown as toxilly homophobic before his illns, velopg empathy for fellow gay and trans patients across the film.

All that, and am Dive as a pneer who preced the trends of punk, dis and techno before they h big, and reveals the very human vulnerabily behd the sndalo on Amazon UK7 of 5044) The Mistn Of Cameron Post (2018)Conversn therapy isn't new ground for LGBTQ+ cema, but Diree Akhavan's take on one of the most sid forms of homophobia blends drama, edy, and an timate die sensibily a film that wtily rais a cked eyebrow at their ridiculo practic, whout unrmg the pa and harm they e to those forced to enter them. They don't know she's gay.