Black Men's Dossier talks to Aaron D. Spears about his reer and ntroversial role as a Gay man BET's drama Beg Mary Jane.
Contents:
- BEG MARY JANE’S AARON D. SPEARS WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN HE WAS GAY!
- MORE GAY BLACK CHARACTERS ON TV SERI THE DAYS: 'EMPIRE,' 'BEG MARY JANE,' 'THE HAV & THE HAVE NOTS'
BEG MARY JANE’S AARON D. SPEARS WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN HE WAS GAY!
Jt Simien hat that he didn’t grow up wh a character like Lnel on televisn, so he ma one for the next generatn of young black gay men. * is aaron d spears gay *
He broke down how he got the role, the racs of the show and how surprised he was to learn he was gay.
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You n easily unt the number of scripted televisn shows that currently feature gay black male characters who are seri regulars. The show, like the film that spired , promently featur a gay llege stunt named Lnel (DeRon Horton tak over for Tyler Jam Williams) who is g to terms wh his sexualy. When asked if he’s gay, Lnel repli wh flectns like, “I don’t subscribe to those kds of labels.
MORE GAY BLACK CHARACTERS ON TV SERI THE DAYS: 'EMPIRE,' 'BEG MARY JANE,' 'THE HAV & THE HAVE NOTS'
* is aaron d spears gay *
” But after narrowly avoidg a eply misguid — albe personally enlighteng — threome, Lnel embrac his label and tells Troy, “I’m gay. For example, Episo 2 (which Simien wrote), when Lnel flash back to his high school Halloween dance and the ol kids are makg fun of him and llg him gay for drsg like Star Trek: The Next Generatn character Geordi La Fe, that's bee La Fe was an important black character durg Simien's formative years.
“Lnel is queer but he don't really f any of the gay, black, male projectns out there and that was my stggle too, ” Simien said.