Black queer fans reflect on Michael K. Williams' groundbreakg portrayals of gay Black men.
Contents:
- LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
- ‘I'M A BLACK GAY GUY,' VIRAL TWEET OM PA. GOP CANDIDATE LEADS TO SOCIAL MEDIA MYSTERY
- 5 BT GAY BLACK DATG S & APPS TO FD THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE
- GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.
LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
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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.
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Two Mlim, gay, and closeted teenagers New York's Bed-Stuy neighborhood have a secret love affair that gets swept up amidst the surveillance of mosqu. This 2014 film follows a gay high schooler raised Hattiburg, Mississippi, as he rencil his sexualy and Christian fah, as well as a plex fay dynamic. Jason Holliday is the tle subject of this 1967 documentary where the Black and gay baret performer, htler, and sex worker shar var tal om his life, eded down om a 12-hour terview.
‘I'M A BLACK GAY GUY,' VIRAL TWEET OM PA. GOP CANDIDATE LEADS TO SOCIAL MEDIA MYSTERY
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Throughout the film, Holliday sounds off on beg a Black, gay man durg the Civil Rights era, all while sually enjoyg drks, weed, and cigarett on mera. In what would be Black gay documentarian Marlon Riggs' fal film, Black Is, Black A't illtrat how there's no sgular, monolhic way for people to be Black wh a muny that's diverse s own right.
After his parents kick him out for beg gay, a young Black pater enters a homels shelter, where he meets an olr Black gay poet. After his boyiend di, a Black gay drag queen (Vg Rham) be iends wh a sgle mother and her dgther. PUNKS, a 2000 film ma by Noah's Arc creator Patrik-Ian Polk, follows four Black gay men who are all close iends searchg for a fulfillg romantic relatnship.
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The edic take (which is que difficult at actually viewg as there were distributn issu) explor what means to be Black and gay while also sheddg light on the everyday stggl shared as part of the human experience. Together, they build a relatnship that mt rema secret bee homosexualy is illegal.
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GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.
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The history of Ameri would not exist whout Black gay men. They've served as civil rights lears, revolutnary artists, labor anizers, scientists, policians, and tors, and their impact has touched every part of this still, many Black gay men are fotten, and erased om history, wh their acplishments beg washed away. But Amerin history is Black history, and is Black gay history.