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MICHAELA COEL CHOSE TO PLAY A QUEER CHARACTER IN "BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER" AS A PROTT AGAST GHANA'S ANTI-GAY LAWS
We also meet her bt iend, Kwame (Paapa Essi), a gay man who also experienc sexual asslt. Wrten by Coel, she plays Tracey, a 24-year-old Beyoncé fanatic who realis her ex-fiancée is gay. The show is a reflectn of Coel movg on om her relig upbrgg after she realised her beliefs no longer aligned wh what she had been tght – pecially regards to homosexualy.
She explaed started to make ls sense to her after she ma close gay iends drama school. Sce then her creative procs has always been one of clivy, and at a BBC panel discsg diversy the dtry she said: “Whenever I had to wre a story that volved the queer perspective, the trans perspective or a gay perspective, I would fely have to have a nversatn.
Also, a new bill is beg proposed that would make intifyg as gay a send-gree felony. Michaela mentned Ghana specifilly, not only bee she is of Ghanaian scent, but also bee of the dranian anti-gay laws the untry has put to place.