Say His Name: THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON - Boy Culture : Coverg Hot Men, Gay Issu, Celebri, Movi, Mic & More

Contents:

• BOY CULTURE : COVERG HOT MEN, GAY ISSU, CELEBRI, MOVI, MIC & MORE
• STEVEN OLIVER OPENS UP ABOUT G OUT TO HIS FAYIN HIS FIRST FEATURE TERVIEW FOR TELEVISN, SELF-SCRIBED “SEXY MAN” PERFORMER STEVEN OLIVER OPENS-UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND HOW HE BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS FAY.STEVEN OLIVER HAS BEEN PERFORMG SCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY GROWG UP FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND. SOURCE: NITV | LIVG BLACKIN HIS FIRST FEATURE TERVIEW FOR TELEVISN, SELF-SCRIBED “SEXY MAN” PERFORMER STEVEN OLIVER OPENS-UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND HOW HE BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS FAY.STEVEN WILL GRACE OUR SCREENS THIS WEEK AS HOST OF “LOOKY LOOKY HERE COM COOKY” - A NEW DOCUMENTARY SCREENG ON NITV WHICH GIV A FIRST NATNS PERSPECTIVE ON THE COOK NARRATIVE AND BUNKS THE MYTH OF HIS SO LLED “DISVERY” OF ATRALIA.MOST WILL REGNISE STEVEN FOR HIS ROL ON THE TELEVISN SHOW “BLACK COMEDY” AND FOR BEG THE QUIZ MASTER ON “FABORIGAL”. BUT THIS CHEEKY SHOWMAN HAS BEEN PERFORMG SCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY GROWG UP FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND.“I'D HAVE A FAY MEMBER LIKE MY GRANDFATHER OR GRANNY WAKG ME UP AND THEY'D BE LIKE, 'HERE BOY, E SHOW THIS MOB, SHOW THEM HOW YOU DANCE,' AND I STARTED BEG THE BACKYARD AS A FIVE YEAR OLD, DANCG UP FOR A MOB AND THEY'D ALL BE STG AROUND WATCHG ME,” STEVEN SAID.STEVEN OLIVER WH HIS SISTERS OUTSI CLONCURRY SHOW. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDTHE YOUNG STEVEN OLIVER MOVED TO PERTH TO TAKE UP A PERFORMG ARTS SCHOLARSHIP AT THE PRTIG WTERN ATRALIAN AMY OF PERFORMG ARTS (WAAPA). ATTENDG WAAPA WAS SELF A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY FOR THIS VERSATILE PERFORMER.“IT WAS ABOUT BEG MORE AND BEG BETTER AND REFG. AND I GUS THAT A WAY, IF YOU'RE GOG TO SAY YOU'RE A PERFORMER THEN REALLY, I THK WHAT YOU'RE DOG IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE REFG WHO YOU ARE AS A PERFORMER, YOU'RE ALSO REFG WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON BEE 'S AN TEGRAL PART OF YOUR BEG."I THK SENCE, NOT ONLY JT TGHT ME ABOUT WHAT I ULD DO, BUT WHO'S STEVEN OLIVER? AND WHO STEVEN OLIVER IS. I STILL FD THAT AS I'M PERFORMG, AS I'M GETTG OLR, THE WAY I TELL STORI, HOW I TELL STORI, WHAT MATTERS TO ME. I'M STILL LEARNG ALL THAT.”A LETTER TO HIS MOTHERNOT ONLY DID HE LEARN ABOUT REFG HIS CRAFT AS A PERFORMER BUT STEVEN ALSO DISVERED WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON AND THEN THERE WAS G TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY.WHILE STEVEN HAD E OUT AMONGST HIS CIRCLE OF IENDS PERTH, THERE ME A POT WHERE HE REALISED THAT HE NEED TO LET HIS FAY KNOW ABOUT THIS SECRET THAT HE HAD BEEN KEEPG OM THEM.HIS MOTHER WAS DUE TO STUDY A BLOCK RELEASE PROGRAM PERTH. IT WAS THEN THAT STEVEN REALISED HE NEED TO BE THE FIRST TO TELL HIS MUM BEFORE SHE HAD HEARD ELSEWHERE. HE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT HOW HE WOULD TELL HIS MOTHER AND WHAT HE WOULD SAY TO HER.“I STARTED JT WRG DOWN THIS THG ABOUT MY SEXUALY AND STUFF, AND TURNED TO A FOUR-PAGE LETTER. BACK THEN, BACK THE DAY, I NEVER HAD EMAIL OR ANYTHG, SO I SENT THE FOUR-PAGE LETTER OM PERTH AND WOULD TAKE FOUR DAYS FOR MAIL TO GET OM PERTH TO TOWNSVILLE BACK THOSE DAYS.”AFTER SENDG THE LETTER, STEVEN TELEPHONED HIS MOTHER TO ALERT HER THAT THE LETTER WAS ON S WAY. HE RELLS THE PHONE LL LIKE WAS YTERDAY.“I'D BE TALKG LIKE, 'OH YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU. AND DA-DA-DA,' AND SHE'S LIKE, 'WHAT'S WRONG WH YOU?' I'M LIKE,'"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' SHE GO, 'SOMETHG'S UP WH YOU. WHAT IS ?' I SAID, 'WELL, I SENT YOU A LETTER. YOU'LL KNOW ALL ABOUT .' “SHE FALLY GOT THE LETTER AND SHE'D NG ME AND SHE SAID, 'I GOT YOUR LETTER.' AND I SAID, 'HOW ARE YOU?' AND SHE GO, 'YOU'RE MY SON, I LOVE YOU.' AND THEN MUM WAS GREAT. SHE PROTECTED ME THE WAY OF RATHER THAN ME HAVG TO GO TO EVERY FAY MEMBER AND TELL THEM, SHE SAT DOWN WH THEM. SHE SAT DOWN WH MY SIBLGS, SHE SAT DOWN WH MY UNCL AND NTI AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND SAID, 'STEVEN'S GAY.'"AND WAS THAT KD OF WAY TOO, I THK OF HER GOG, 'IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WH STEVEN, YOU'RE GOG TO HAVE A PROBLEM WH ME.'"SHE SAID, 'I GOT YOUR LETTER.' AND I SAID, 'HOW ARE YOU?' AND SHE GO, 'YOU'RE MY SON, I LOVE YOU.'STEVEN RELLS TALKG TO HIS AUNTY CHARMAE ON THE PHONE AFTER THE FAY WERE TOLD HE WAS GAY. IT WAS TALKG ABOUT THIS MOMENT THAT BROUGHT A TEAR TO STEVEN’S EY.“I REMEMBER RGG HER OM THE PHONE BOOTH AND I WAS NNG OUT OF MONEY AND I SAID, 'AUNTY CHARMAE, I GOT TO GO NOW.' I SAID, 'MY MONEY'S NNG OUT,' AND SHE GO, 'BEFORE YOU GO, BOY,' SHE GO, 'I JT WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE KNOW...' BUT SHE SAID, 'YEAH, WHEN YOUR MOTHER TOLD ,' SHE SAID, 'WE CRIED.' SHE SAID, 'BUT WE DIDN'T CRY BEE YOU'RE GAY,' SHE SAID, 'WE CRIED BEE YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD TO HI OM , AND WHAT YOU MT'VE BEEN GOG THROUGH.'"STEVEN OLIVER WH AUNTY CHARMAE. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDSTEVEN SAID HE IS VERY AWARE THAT HE IS BLSED TO HAVE SUCH AN ACCEPTG FAY BEE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE G OUT OFTEN GET REJECTED. HE SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE SUPPORT SERVIC AND ANISATNS TO ASSIST HOMELS GAY YOUTH BEE THEIR PARENTS DON’T WANT ANYTHG TO DO WH THEM WHEN THEY E OUT.STEVEN ALSO RELLS TALKG TO HIS UNCLE SONNY ABOUT WHY HE THOUGH HE ULDN’T TELL THE FAY ABOUT BEG GAY."WE GREW UP A SOCIETY WHERE THANKFULLY, 'S CHANGG NOW, BUT WHEN PEOPLE SAY WORDS LIKE, 'LOOK AT THAT FAGGOT,' OR, 'LOOK AT THAT POOR GIRL,' OR WHAT THAT DO TO YOU EVERY TIME BEE OF THE WAY 'S SAID, 'S TELLG YOU, THERE IS SOMETHG WRONG WH THAT. SO THEN WHEN YOU START THKG, 'OH GOD, I'M THAT,' YOU START REVERTG BACK TO YOURSELF. YOU FEEL 'S THIS BAD THG BEE 'S ALWAYS BEEN ED SUCH A NEGATIVE, HORRIBLE WAY. AND SO YOU REVERT BACK TO YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT .”'WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULRS'STEVEN SAID THE FEAR OF REJECTN AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE N BE EXTREMELY HARD AND DIFFICULT TO PE WH PECIALLY IF YOU ARE BLACK AND GAY. HE STRS THAT FOR HIM BEG AN INDIGENO ATRALIAN, HAVG THAT SENSE OF NNECTN TO HIS OWN PEOPLE HELPED HIM WH ACCEPTANCE AND TO FIGHT THAT FEAR OF REJECTN BEE WHEN YOU NNECT WH MOB BRGS YOU CLOSER.AFTER OPENG-UP TO HIS FAY ABOUT HIS SEXUALY HE FELT A SENSE OF RELIEF.“I ACTUALLY SAID THAT TO AUNTY CHARMAE. I SAID, 'AUNTY CHARMAE, THAT'S SUCH A WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULRS.' AND WAS BEE ALLOWED A EEDOM. AND AT FIRST, WAS ME WHO HAD THE PROBLEM TALKG OPENLY ABOUT . BEE I JT WASN'T ED TO , BUT THEY'D ALWAYS BE LIKE, 'WHO'S YOUR MAN? YOU MET A MAN?' AND I WOULD FD TROUBLE WH THAT. BUT YEAH, NO, WAS THIS ABILY TO BE ABLE TO JT SAY EVEN THE SIMPLE THGS LIKE SAYG I'VE MET SOMEONE."BEE YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU N'T EVEN TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE FOUND THIS HAPPS, BUT YOU N'T SHARE THAT HAPPS, THAT'S ISOLATG TOO. AND WE ALL WANT TO SHARE HAPPY NEWS WH MOB BEE WE WANT MOB TO BE HAPPY FOR .”YOU FEEL 'S THIS BAD THG BEE 'S ALWAYS BEEN ED SUCH A NEGATIVE, HORRIBLE WAY. AND SO YOU REVERT BACK TO YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT .STEVEN SAID G OUT TO HIS FAY ALSO GAVE HIM A SENSE OF EEDOM BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFSNALLY.“JT BEG ABLE TO TALK ABOUT , AND WRE ABOUT , AND BE OPEN ABOUT , AND THAT WAS THE THG OF AS OFTEN AS THIS TERM GETS THROWN AROUND, BUT 'S A THG OF LIKE, YOU N'T BE WHAT YOU N'T SEE KD OF STUFF.”WHILE STEVEN IS KNOWN FOR BOTH BEG A POET AND HIS EDIC STORY-TELLG, HE IS ALSO AN SPIRATN TO MANY YOUNG BLACK GAY MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE UNTRY.“I'VE BEEN TELLG THEM, BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE. LOVE, WHO YOU ARE, DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE MAKE YOU FEEL ASHAMED OF WHO YOU ARE. IF ANYTHG, THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED. IF THEY'RE TRYG TO MAKE YOU FEEL BAD JT BEE YOU'RE GAY OR BEE YOU'RE BLACK, THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, THEY NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF BEG HORRIBLE. DON'T BE ASHAMED OF BEG GAY, DON'T BE ASHAMED OF BEG BLACK, BE PROUD OF . FD THE BETY BEE WE ARE, WE'RE BETIFUL. WE DON'T HEAR THAT ENOUGH.”– WATCH STEVEN OLIVER SPEAK WH KARLA GRANT ON NITV’S LIVG BLACK VIA ON DEMAND ABOUT HIS LIFE AND REER, AND  HIS ROLE CREATG A NEW SONGLE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY THE DOCUMENTARY “LOOKY LOOKY HERE COM COOKY”. READ MORELIVG BLACK REP: ABORIGAL LIV MATTER SHAREFOLLOW NITVFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAMATRALIA'S PREMIER INDIGENO CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM, LIVG BLACK PROVIS TIMELY, TELLIGENT AND PREHENSIVE VERAGE OF THE ISSU AFFECTG ABORIGAL AND TORR STRA ISLANR ATRALIANS. READ MORE ABOUT NITVWATCH NOWHAVE A STORY OR MENT? CONTACT USATRALIA'S PREMIER INDIGENO CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM, LIVG BLACK PROVIS TIMELY, TELLIGENT AND PREHENSIVE VERAGE OF THE ISSU AFFECTG ABORIGAL AND TORR STRA ISLANR ATRALIANS.WATCH NOWFOLLOW NITVFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAM8 M READPUBLISHED 18 AUGT 2020 11:27AMBY KARLA GRANTSOURCE: LIVG BLACKTAGSABORIGAL AND TORR STRA ISLANR PEOPLSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREPOPULAR PODSTS
• STEVEN GAY, MD
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

BOY CULTURE : COVERG HOT MEN, GAY ISSU, CELEBRI, MOVI, MIC & MORE

First, Tun out as gay to his parents; then, on his way to see iends, he is stopped his r by police unr dub circumstanc and is fatally shot.

) “I’ve seen a lot of films and televisn programs about racism, about homophobia, ” Silver ntu. The film's tular character, Tun Johnson, is a gay Nigerian-Amerin teen forced to relive his ath every day. Wrten by Stanley Kalu when he was a 19-year-old film stunt at USC, the film — about a gay Nigerian-Amerin high school stunt killed by whe police — uld not be more of the moment, yet was fished over a year ago, provg that s theme of pervasive racial equaly the U.

STEVEN OLIVER OPENS UP ABOUT G OUT TO HIS FAYIN HIS FIRST FEATURE TERVIEW FOR TELEVISN, SELF-SCRIBED “SEXY MAN” PERFORMER STEVEN OLIVER OPENS-UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND HOW HE BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS FAY.STEVEN OLIVER HAS BEEN PERFORMG SCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY GROWG UP FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND. SOURCE: NITV | LIVG BLACKIN HIS FIRST FEATURE TERVIEW FOR TELEVISN, SELF-SCRIBED “SEXY MAN” PERFORMER STEVEN OLIVER OPENS-UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND HOW HE BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS FAY.STEVEN WILL GRACE OUR SCREENS THIS WEEK AS HOST OF “LOOKY LOOKY HERE COM COOKY” - A NEW DOCUMENTARY SCREENG ON NITV WHICH GIV A FIRST NATNS PERSPECTIVE ON THE COOK NARRATIVE AND BUNKS THE MYTH OF HIS SO LLED “DISVERY” OF ATRALIA.MOST WILL REGNISE STEVEN FOR HIS ROL ON THE TELEVISN SHOW “BLACK COMEDY” AND FOR BEG THE QUIZ MASTER ON “FABORIGAL”. BUT THIS CHEEKY SHOWMAN HAS BEEN PERFORMG SCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY GROWG UP FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND.“I'D HAVE A FAY MEMBER LIKE MY GRANDFATHER OR GRANNY WAKG ME UP AND THEY'D BE LIKE, 'HERE BOY, E SHOW THIS MOB, SHOW THEM HOW YOU DANCE,' AND I STARTED BEG THE BACKYARD AS A FIVE YEAR OLD, DANCG UP FOR A MOB AND THEY'D ALL BE STG AROUND WATCHG ME,” STEVEN SAID.STEVEN OLIVER WH HIS SISTERS OUTSI CLONCURRY SHOW. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDTHE YOUNG STEVEN OLIVER MOVED TO PERTH TO TAKE UP A PERFORMG ARTS SCHOLARSHIP AT THE PRTIG WTERN ATRALIAN AMY OF PERFORMG ARTS (WAAPA). ATTENDG WAAPA WAS SELF A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY FOR THIS VERSATILE PERFORMER.“IT WAS ABOUT BEG MORE AND BEG BETTER AND REFG. AND I GUS THAT A WAY, IF YOU'RE GOG TO SAY YOU'RE A PERFORMER THEN REALLY, I THK WHAT YOU'RE DOG IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE REFG WHO YOU ARE AS A PERFORMER, YOU'RE ALSO REFG WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON BEE 'S AN TEGRAL PART OF YOUR BEG."I THK SENCE, NOT ONLY JT TGHT ME ABOUT WHAT I ULD DO, BUT WHO'S STEVEN OLIVER? AND WHO STEVEN OLIVER IS. I STILL FD THAT AS I'M PERFORMG, AS I'M GETTG OLR, THE WAY I TELL STORI, HOW I TELL STORI, WHAT MATTERS TO ME. I'M STILL LEARNG ALL THAT.”A LETTER TO HIS MOTHERNOT ONLY DID HE LEARN ABOUT REFG HIS CRAFT AS A PERFORMER BUT STEVEN ALSO DISVERED WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON AND THEN THERE WAS G TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY.WHILE STEVEN HAD E OUT AMONGST HIS CIRCLE OF IENDS PERTH, THERE ME A POT WHERE HE REALISED THAT HE NEED TO LET HIS FAY KNOW ABOUT THIS SECRET THAT HE HAD BEEN KEEPG OM THEM.HIS MOTHER WAS DUE TO STUDY A BLOCK RELEASE PROGRAM PERTH. IT WAS THEN THAT STEVEN REALISED HE NEED TO BE THE FIRST TO TELL HIS MUM BEFORE SHE HAD HEARD ELSEWHERE. HE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT HOW HE WOULD TELL HIS MOTHER AND WHAT HE WOULD SAY TO HER.“I STARTED JT WRG DOWN THIS THG ABOUT MY SEXUALY AND STUFF, AND TURNED TO A FOUR-PAGE LETTER. BACK THEN, BACK THE DAY, I NEVER HAD EMAIL OR ANYTHG, SO I SENT THE FOUR-PAGE LETTER OM PERTH AND WOULD TAKE FOUR DAYS FOR MAIL TO GET OM PERTH TO TOWNSVILLE BACK THOSE DAYS.”AFTER SENDG THE LETTER, STEVEN TELEPHONED HIS MOTHER TO ALERT HER THAT THE LETTER WAS ON S WAY. HE RELLS THE PHONE LL LIKE WAS YTERDAY.“I'D BE TALKG LIKE, 'OH YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU. AND DA-DA-DA,' AND SHE'S LIKE, 'WHAT'S WRONG WH YOU?' I'M LIKE,'"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' SHE GO, 'SOMETHG'S UP WH YOU. WHAT IS ?' I SAID, 'WELL, I SENT YOU A LETTER. YOU'LL KNOW ALL ABOUT .' “SHE FALLY GOT THE LETTER AND SHE'D NG ME AND SHE SAID, 'I GOT YOUR LETTER.' AND I SAID, 'HOW ARE YOU?' AND SHE GO, 'YOU'RE MY SON, I LOVE YOU.' AND THEN MUM WAS GREAT. SHE PROTECTED ME THE WAY OF RATHER THAN ME HAVG TO GO TO EVERY FAY MEMBER AND TELL THEM, SHE SAT DOWN WH THEM. SHE SAT DOWN WH MY SIBLGS, SHE SAT DOWN WH MY UNCL AND NTI AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND SAID, 'STEVEN'S GAY.'"AND WAS THAT KD OF WAY TOO, I THK OF HER GOG, 'IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WH STEVEN, YOU'RE GOG TO HAVE A PROBLEM WH ME.'"SHE SAID, 'I GOT YOUR LETTER.' AND I SAID, 'HOW ARE YOU?' AND SHE GO, 'YOU'RE MY SON, I LOVE YOU.'STEVEN RELLS TALKG TO HIS AUNTY CHARMAE ON THE PHONE AFTER THE FAY WERE TOLD HE WAS GAY. IT WAS TALKG ABOUT THIS MOMENT THAT BROUGHT A TEAR TO STEVEN’S EY.“I REMEMBER RGG HER OM THE PHONE BOOTH AND I WAS NNG OUT OF MONEY AND I SAID, 'AUNTY CHARMAE, I GOT TO GO NOW.' I SAID, 'MY MONEY'S NNG OUT,' AND SHE GO, 'BEFORE YOU GO, BOY,' SHE GO, 'I JT WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE KNOW...' BUT SHE SAID, 'YEAH, WHEN YOUR MOTHER TOLD ,' SHE SAID, 'WE CRIED.' SHE SAID, 'BUT WE DIDN'T CRY BEE YOU'RE GAY,' SHE SAID, 'WE CRIED BEE YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD TO HI OM , AND WHAT YOU MT'VE BEEN GOG THROUGH.'"STEVEN OLIVER WH AUNTY CHARMAE. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDSTEVEN SAID HE IS VERY AWARE THAT HE IS BLSED TO HAVE SUCH AN ACCEPTG FAY BEE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE G OUT OFTEN GET REJECTED. HE SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE SUPPORT SERVIC AND ANISATNS TO ASSIST HOMELS GAY YOUTH BEE THEIR PARENTS DON’T WANT ANYTHG TO DO WH THEM WHEN THEY E OUT.STEVEN ALSO RELLS TALKG TO HIS UNCLE SONNY ABOUT WHY HE THOUGH HE ULDN’T TELL THE FAY ABOUT BEG GAY."WE GREW UP A SOCIETY WHERE THANKFULLY, 'S CHANGG NOW, BUT WHEN PEOPLE SAY WORDS LIKE, 'LOOK AT THAT FAGGOT,' OR, 'LOOK AT THAT POOR GIRL,' OR WHAT THAT DO TO YOU EVERY TIME BEE OF THE WAY 'S SAID, 'S TELLG YOU, THERE IS SOMETHG WRONG WH THAT. SO THEN WHEN YOU START THKG, 'OH GOD, I'M THAT,' YOU START REVERTG BACK TO YOURSELF. YOU FEEL 'S THIS BAD THG BEE 'S ALWAYS BEEN ED SUCH A NEGATIVE, HORRIBLE WAY. AND SO YOU REVERT BACK TO YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT .”'WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULRS'STEVEN SAID THE FEAR OF REJECTN AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE N BE EXTREMELY HARD AND DIFFICULT TO PE WH PECIALLY IF YOU ARE BLACK AND GAY. HE STRS THAT FOR HIM BEG AN INDIGENO ATRALIAN, HAVG THAT SENSE OF NNECTN TO HIS OWN PEOPLE HELPED HIM WH ACCEPTANCE AND TO FIGHT THAT FEAR OF REJECTN BEE WHEN YOU NNECT WH MOB BRGS YOU CLOSER.AFTER OPENG-UP TO HIS FAY ABOUT HIS SEXUALY HE FELT A SENSE OF RELIEF.“I ACTUALLY SAID THAT TO AUNTY CHARMAE. I SAID, 'AUNTY CHARMAE, THAT'S SUCH A WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULRS.' AND WAS BEE ALLOWED A EEDOM. AND AT FIRST, WAS ME WHO HAD THE PROBLEM TALKG OPENLY ABOUT . BEE I JT WASN'T ED TO , BUT THEY'D ALWAYS BE LIKE, 'WHO'S YOUR MAN? YOU MET A MAN?' AND I WOULD FD TROUBLE WH THAT. BUT YEAH, NO, WAS THIS ABILY TO BE ABLE TO JT SAY EVEN THE SIMPLE THGS LIKE SAYG I'VE MET SOMEONE."BEE YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU N'T EVEN TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE FOUND THIS HAPPS, BUT YOU N'T SHARE THAT HAPPS, THAT'S ISOLATG TOO. AND WE ALL WANT TO SHARE HAPPY NEWS WH MOB BEE WE WANT MOB TO BE HAPPY FOR .”YOU FEEL 'S THIS BAD THG BEE 'S ALWAYS BEEN ED SUCH A NEGATIVE, HORRIBLE WAY. AND SO YOU REVERT BACK TO YOURSELF AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT .STEVEN SAID G OUT TO HIS FAY ALSO GAVE HIM A SENSE OF EEDOM BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFSNALLY.“JT BEG ABLE TO TALK ABOUT , AND WRE ABOUT , AND BE OPEN ABOUT , AND THAT WAS THE THG OF AS OFTEN AS THIS TERM GETS THROWN AROUND, BUT 'S A THG OF LIKE, YOU N'T BE WHAT YOU N'T SEE KD OF STUFF.”WHILE STEVEN IS KNOWN FOR BOTH BEG A POET AND HIS EDIC STORY-TELLG, HE IS ALSO AN SPIRATN TO MANY YOUNG BLACK GAY MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE UNTRY.“I'VE BEEN TELLG THEM, BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE. LOVE, WHO YOU ARE, DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE MAKE YOU FEEL ASHAMED OF WHO YOU ARE. IF ANYTHG, THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED. IF THEY'RE TRYG TO MAKE YOU FEEL BAD JT BEE YOU'RE GAY OR BEE YOU'RE BLACK, THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, THEY NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF BEG HORRIBLE. DON'T BE ASHAMED OF BEG GAY, DON'T BE ASHAMED OF BEG BLACK, BE PROUD OF . FD THE BETY BEE WE ARE, WE'RE BETIFUL. WE DON'T HEAR THAT ENOUGH.”– WATCH STEVEN OLIVER SPEAK WH KARLA GRANT ON NITV’S LIVG BLACK VIA ON DEMAND ABOUT HIS LIFE AND REER, AND  HIS ROLE CREATG A NEW SONGLE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY THE DOCUMENTARY “LOOKY LOOKY HERE COM COOKY”. READ MORELIVG BLACK REP: ABORIGAL LIV MATTER SHAREFOLLOW NITVFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAMATRALIA'S PREMIER INDIGENO CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM, LIVG BLACK PROVIS TIMELY, TELLIGENT AND PREHENSIVE VERAGE OF THE ISSU AFFECTG ABORIGAL AND TORR STRA ISLANR ATRALIANS. READ MORE ABOUT NITVWATCH NOWHAVE A STORY OR MENT? CONTACT USATRALIA'S PREMIER INDIGENO CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM, LIVG BLACK PROVIS TIMELY, TELLIGENT AND PREHENSIVE VERAGE OF THE ISSU AFFECTG ABORIGAL AND TORR STRA ISLANR ATRALIANS.WATCH NOWFOLLOW NITVFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAM8 M READPUBLISHED 18 AUGT 2020 11:27AMBY KARLA GRANTSOURCE: LIVG BLACKTAGSABORIGAL AND TORR STRA ISLANR PEOPLSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREPOPULAR PODSTS

As Stanley Kalu’s first screenplay and Ali LeRoi’s (-creator of Everybody Hate Chris) feature but The Obuary of Tun Johnson, tells the story of the tular Black gay teen (Steven Silver) om a Nigerian immigrant fay who is forced to relive the day he was killed by police. The premise is cut om cloth of time loop films, but this one stands out as a queer film that expands beyond the n-of-the-l “g out” story, tacklg topics such as police btaly, terracial relatnships, beg gay an immigrant fay om Nigeria, mental health, high school prsur and other topics that are on top of md today. She sat down wh my siblgs, she sat down wh my uncl and nti and stuff like that and said, 'Steven's gay.

'Steven rells talkg to his Aunty Charmae on the phone after the fay were told he was gay. ' She said, 'But we didn't cry bee you're gay, ' she said, 'We cried bee you thought you had to hi om , and what you mt've been gog through. He says there needs to be more support servic and anisatns to assist homels gay youth bee their parents don’t want anythg to do wh them when they e also rells talkg to his Uncle Sonny about why he though he uldn’t tell the fay about beg gay.

”'Weight off my shoulrs'Steven said the fear of rejectn amongst young people n be extremely hard and difficult to pe wh pecially if you are black and gay. ”While Steven is known for both beg a poet and his edic story-tellg, he is also an spiratn to many young black gay men and women around the untry. If they're tryg to make you feel bad jt bee you're gay or bee you're black, that's their issue, they need to be ashamed of beg horrible.

STEVEN GAY, MD

Don't be ashamed of beg gay, don't be ashamed of beg black, be proud of . Gay is origally om Ccnati, OH.

Gay is board certified Internal Medice.

Gay pleted a fellowship gastroenterology at the Universy of Ccnati, servg as a chief fellow durg his fal year. Gay is an active member of the Amerin College of Gastroenterology, the Amerin Gastroenterologil Associatn and the Amerin Society for Gastrottal Endospy.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

Gay enjoys spendg time wh his wife and two children, playg golf and basketball, and travellg.

”It was a time when gay, bisexual and transgenr people were often monized, and HIV/AIDS was shroud fear and silence. But through his work wh the AIDS Project Los Angel — and wh a boost om a legendary live terview wh televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker — Pieters beme a natnal spokperson and a rallyg figure for AIDS awarens and gay polil last year, Pieters and other gay men have been phg back agast the stigmas associated wh a new illns, mpox, formerly known as monkeypox.

“That ntribut to the soiled inty of gay men — even if we don’t have monkeypox.