Brandon Black on beg the first gay character a Maa movie |

Contents:

• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'
• BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE
• THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'

Wh great bounds beg ma for the LGBTQ+ muny, cludg the legalizatn of gay marriage the Uned Stat, more reprentatn film is necsary. Thanks to directors like Patrik-Ian Polk, an openly gay Black director rponsible for films like The Skny and Blackbird, the number of Black LGBTQ+ characters has creased, raisg awarens to the particular stggl that only Black members of the LGBTQ+ muny face. When Xolani disvers that the boy he is mentorg, Kwanda, is also gay, Kwanda soon disvers the nature of Xolani and Vija’s relatnship, g tensns to rise.

For example: Chiron is troduced to a homophobic slur at a very young age, havg an impact on how he views homosexualy. Two of the mentors have a romantic history, and one of them unwtgly gets assigned to a boy who is gay, prentg somethg of a plex dynamic as the ruals ntue at a remote mp. Paris Is Burng highlights the importance of chosen fai, as well as creativy and muny borne amid stggl wh poverty, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and accs to health re.

BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS

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.

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.

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.

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE

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. The Skny picts five llege iends, cludg four gay men and a lbian woman, who get together for Pri New York Cy. Blendg documentary and fictn, the film do not follow one specific character; stead, aims to tell a larger, overarchg story about the experience of black gay men.

In this classic documentary about the vogug culture New York Cy, the real-life stars pirouette past racism and homophobia. Art stunt Perry beiends an elrly homels man named Bce and virly experienc Bce's life as a black gay wrer durg the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

Directed by Patrik-Ian Polk, master of explorg LGBT and Ain-Amerin tersectns, Punks is Friends, except everyone's black and gay.

THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

A g-of-age film centered on 1970s Brish youth cultural movements, Young Soul Rebels is a love story between a gay punk and a soulboy -- a member of the soul scene -- who face racism and homophobia both Wt Indian and whe muni.

The Inspectn is a drama starrg Jeremy Pope and wrten/directed by out filmmaker Elegance Bratton, tellg the tobgraphil story of a Black gay man who is disowned by his fay, kicked out of his home, and is forced to enlist the Mare Corps after havg ltle to no optns wh what to do his life. And then there were the accatns over the years of homophobia, misogyny, and the words of unofficial Black spokperson Spike Lee, "onery and buffoonery" those movi.

Benign bee this time the Simmons matriarch was biddg hellur to a gay character — notably, the first openly gay character to ever appear a Maa movie. It's nice, one uld even say important, to see a Black fay beg so supportive of an LGBTQ+ relative, pecially sce Black folks are often falsely picted as beg somehow more homophobic than the rt of society. " EW talked to the San Diego native about jog the Maaverse, beg Black and gay Hollywood, the bety of endls mimosas, and sharg scen wh a 6'5" great-grandmother who also happened to be his boss.