Ernt Wadll (born July 22, 1982) is a New York Cy-based actor. He is perhaps bt known for his recurrg rol on two televisn seri (each role, cintally, beg that of a gay man): F Tutuola's son Ken Randall on Law & Orr: Special Victims Un, and Omar Ltle's boyiend Dante on The Wire. His credi
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On 12 May, screenwrer Kirk A Moore took to his Twter page llg for his Black gay followers to share imag of themselv wh their Black now viral thread seemed like a simple requt, wh rackg up more than 3, 000 retweets and over 7, 600 lik as Black upl shared their photos together and Twter ers posted ment after ment sharg their joy engagg wh the thread celebratg diverse body shap, sk ton, ag and regnal a rponse to a ment on the post shortly after went live, Moore revealed that his photo challenge had an even eper motivatn behd – to ll out the lack of visibily of Black upl across TV, film and other forms of media.
Everywhere, ” Moore wrote his reply to the ment, a statement easily supported by a quick asssment of the makp of gay upl across both TV shows and films beg produced by major studs and gay male upl rema a rare occurrence across Hollywood TV and film productns. More regularly, Black gay characters are paired wh non-Black partners, wh the most proment pairgs ma of Black and whe or Black and Lato partners. All Rights are a handful of productns that have centered Black gay upl – like the Amy Award-wng film Moonlight, which was wrten by the Black gay screenwrer Tarell Alv McCraney and directed by Barry Jenks.
FX’s Pose featured two Black gay upl durg s three seasons. But typilly Black gay characters and their relatnships are relegated to B storyl, if they receive any te velopment or cln a script at all.