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Contents:
- BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
- NICHE STG AND HOLLYWOOD’S LGERG RELUCTANCE TO FEATURE GAY BLACK ACTORS
- 14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
- SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAY GAY ROL? A STAR TV WRER SAYS NO
BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed. * black actors who played gay characters *
Black Actors Who Played Gay Male Characters. It’s no qutn that the Black muny has had to al wh plenty of homophobia, makg some feel unfortable about g out or showg their te selv.
NICHE STG AND HOLLYWOOD’S LGERG RELUCTANCE TO FEATURE GAY BLACK ACTORS
Taye Diggs is makg his theater eback, playg a gay character the h Broadway mil, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Diggs jos a select list of Black actors who have played gay characters on the big and small screen. Flip through for some of our favore gay and lbian portrayals on TV and film. * black actors who played gay characters *
However, some Black men have shed the fear orr to portray gay characters eher movi or TV shows.
14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
Jefey Wright – He played a gay AIDS patient on Angels In Ameri on Broadway and reprised the role oppose Al Paco for Showtime.
Andra Fuller – He’s a gay character on L.
Williams – As Omar on The Wire, he was the most bada$$ gay character of all time. The Rock – He played a gay bodyguard Be Cool.
SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAY GAY ROL? A STAR TV WRER SAYS NO
It was a bold move for a guy whose reputatn is beg tough to play a gay character. Will Smh – His first role was as a gay sm artist more than 20 years ago. Openly gay actor Ben Platt stars on "The Polician" as Payton, an amb young queer stunt.
While homophob are by gettg mad at Tom Holland for havg a gay scene his current show The Crowd Room, they’re missg somethg important: he’s not the first Spir-Man actor to play gay. In fact, Holland is followg a long and proud tradn of Spir-Man actors playg are some prev tim that actors who have played Peter Parker have crossed over to the other si and played gay characters movi, TV, and on stage. The first live-actn Spir-Man has played gay several tim his reer, both before and after playg Spir-Man.