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Pop culture mentator Janice Ltlejohn speaks to Tavis Sey about one of her favore new character's on TV, Keh Charl, the black, gay police officer played by Mathew St. Patrick on HBO's h Six Feet Unr.

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BLACK GAY COP ON HBO

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In 1985 Poland, Robert (Tomasz Zietek), a young police officer munist Warsaw, is termed to track down a serial killer preyg on gay men. Set 1962 California, follows a gay universy profsor grievg the loss of his partner and on the verge of makg a life-alterg cisn. Based loosely on the life of openly gay Brish double agent Guy Burgs (Rubert Everett) who, durg his time at a boy’s school the 1930s, would disver romance and his Marxist beliefs.

It’s 1968 and a group of gay iends gathers New York for a birthday party to celebrate their iend Harold (Zachary Quto).

Believe or not, Billy Crystal played one of the first openly gay characters on an Amerin TV show.

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Billy Crystal would go on to bee famo, but at the time, his character Jodie upset gay rights groups who felt the pictn was too stereotypil. Durg season 6, Ldsay Croe played Kate McBri, an openly-gay police officer.

The show normalized and humanized a lot of aspects of gay life and s sensibily.

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However, this group is of Black gay men.

But most importantly he is the glue that holds together a group of men who all re for each other when most openg gay Black characters often are suated among a group of whe characters. The show begs wh the character of Josh breakg up wh his girliend bee he's gay and follows his new life challeng wh a gaggle of unual iends and fay.

O'Connell is a gay man who happens to have cerebral palsy. Add to that Ryan beg openly gay and the batn strik to new excg terrory.

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Black Gay Cop on HBO. Pop culture mentator Janice Ltlejohn speaks to Tavis Sey about one of her favore new character's on TV, Keh Charl, the black, gay police officer played by Mathew St. The seri was praised for featurg two gay police officers ma rol and for s lack of sensatnalism when me to the character’s discsg their sexualy.

Fellow st member Matsurra – who played a lbian police officer the show – posted a GIF showg another gay character, Jake, played by Jab Ifan. The Director-General of the BBC yterday fend the nomatn of anti-gay boxer Tyson Fury for the broadster’s Sports Personaly of the Year award.

Heavyweight boxg champ Fury is up for the ‘personaly’ award on Sunday – spe claimg that homosexualy and paedophilia will brg about the apolypse. My expectatns were low, sce people were plag about another radil lefty preachy type show wh emphasis on a gay female "powerful woman" boss. If you're lookg for somethg faiar and fulfillg, Mariska Hargay's Sgt.

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IN THE REALY SHOW'S SEASON PREMIERE, TYLER'S TEAM WON THE FIRST CHALLENGE, DURG WHICH THEY FLEW TO PANAMA CY AND RACED TRADNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER REFERS TO HIS BOYIEND HIS VIO TRODUCTN, WHICH TAILS HIS RAL UPBRGG, HIS LOVE OF TRAS, AND HIS LACK OF DANCG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH PETG PAIRS ON THE AMAZG RACE UALLY KNOW EACH OTHER, THE 29TH SEASON HAS PAIRED UP TOTAL STRANGERS WHO ONLY MET THE PREMIERE. TYLER'S PARTNER IS FIREFIGHTER OLIVIA BEREGARD, AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA HASHTAG IS #{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PUBLIC RMATN OFFICER FOR THE BELLEVUE POLICE DEPARTMENT OUTSI OF SEATTLE, TYLER WAS A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER THE TRAFFIC DIVISN FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE HIS CURRENT POSN. “MY EXPERIENCE BEG A POLICE OFFICER MEANS I N TAKE ORRS AND EXECUTE WHOUT DRAMA AND HATN OR QUTNG," HE TOLD SEATTLE TIM. "I KNEW THAT WOULD SERVE ME WELL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER SCRIB HIMSELF HIS OFFICIAL AMAZG RACE B AS "DRIVEN, FOCED, AND SILLY." HE LISTS HIS FAVORE HOBBI AS "HIKG, SNOWBOARDG, AND MPG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEATTLE GAY SCENE REPORTS THAT TYLER IS ALSO THE "LGBTQ LIAISON" FOR THE BELLEVUE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS “A FAIAR FACE AT SEATTLE’S PURR COCKTAIL LOUNGE ON THE WEEKEND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW SEASON OF THE AMAZG RACE ALSO CLUS 34-YEAR-OLD GAY RECG MANAGER STT FLANARY, WHO REVEALED THAT HIS STRATEGY WILL VOLVE FLIRTG WH STRAIGHT GUYS. 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Mariska Hargay,. But as the print of the force’s only LGBTQ aternal anizatn — the Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL — his other role is to serve and support his brothers and sisters drsed blue … and rabows. Gay police officers straddle two worlds: Outsi the force, they are sometim viewed wh spicn by their own kd.

As part of the force, they’re navigatg the very stutn largely rponsible for the vlence that led to the morn gay rights movement. In fact, the gay rights movement was born out of a rt agast the police. In 1969, New York Cy officers raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club Greenwich Village, sparkg vlent protts and clash that lasted six days.

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