Damien Black's Blog - Posts Tagged "gay"

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• BENJAM CHARL WATSON BRGS BLACK AND GAY VISIBILY TO DIGNATED SURVIVOR
• DAMIEN BLACK'S BLOG - POSTS TAGGED "GAY"

BENJAM CHARL WATSON BRGS BLACK AND GAY VISIBILY TO DIGNATED SURVIVOR

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DAMIEN BLACK'S BLOG - POSTS TAGGED "GAY"

Black gay love is revolutnary. When two Black men love each other on screen, shows others what is possible, and shows that you n be who you are and still fd we want to take a look back at some of the Black gay upl that we've seen on TV who have spired viewers and changed media as we know . Unfortunately, the upl aren't as numero as they should be, but as more Black queer creativ get chanc to tell stori, we n only image what the future of Black gay reprentatn looks like.

However, eed om the nstrats of work televisn, and now helmed by gay shownner and executive producer Neal Baer, Dignated Survivor has e out of the queer closet many rpects. The character is gay, but his sexual orientatn -- revealed a scene through a sual kiss wh his partner -- is not his fg characteristic.

For Watson, who is gay, this treatment was a key draw for why he wanted to play Dontae. "I love playg characters that are gay, " said Watson, who prevly played a queer character, Tariq, on TheL. However, he stipulated, "I love playg characters that 's not about them beg gay.

He is so many other thgs [than] gay. And then he ma me to a stronger dividual, " he reprentatn of a character who is both black and HIV-posive is important to the media landspe -- the real world, half of black gay and bi men will get HIV their lifetim, yet their experienc are still rarely seen televisn and hop that his character, by givg a face to men like Dontae, helps fight stigma the world and also te viewers about "untectable = untransmtable, " the announcement om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn assurg that if HIV-posive people like Dontae regularly take their meditn and supprs the vis to an untectable level, they nnot pass on to also gave Watson the opportuny to rethk the laws that crimalize issu like an HIV-posive person's disclosure to sexual partners.

Watson taped the groundbreakg gay seri and watched the show when his parents would leave the hoe. "However, would take some time before Watson uld feel fortable enough wh his gay inty to e out publicly.

It was his gay role on The L.