Black queer fans reflect on Michael K. Williams' groundbreakg portrayals of gay Black men.
Contents:
- BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
- GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.
- HETEROSEXUAL BLACK MALE ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY ROL (WHOUT NEGATIVE NSEQUENC)
- 14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
- FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: BLACK MALE CELEBRI, GAY MALE CELEBRIBLACK ACTORS GAY ROL: FILM AND TV LGBT CHARACTERS
- STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
- IN THEIR OWN WORDS, ACTORS ON BEG BLACK AND (OPENLY) GAY HOLLYWOOD
BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
* black male actors who played gay roles *
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.
Jefey Wright – He played a gay AIDS patient on Angels In Ameri on Broadway and reprised the role oppose Al Paco for Showtime.
GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.
Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed. * black male actors who played gay roles *
GLAAD’s 2018 Stud Rponsibily Report found that of the 109 films GLAAD unted om the major studs 2017, 14 of them (roughly 13%) ntaed characters intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and/or queer. And “Black Dtschland, ” wrten by Darryl Pckney (read here), is an credible novel that featur a gay black protagonist, which we uld e more of. Williams, many of his queer Black admirers have been reflectg on the importance of his groundbreakg portrayals of gay Black men.
” After “The Wire, ” Williams went on to portray other gay characters, such as the Vietnam veteran Leonard Pe 2016’s “Hap and Leonard'; the HIV-posive activist Ken Jon “When We Rise” 2019; and, mostly recently, Montrose Freeman 2020’s “Lovecraft Country. Williams was that he was unaaid of playg Black gay men Hollywood, ” E Wilbek, former edor of Vibe magaze, told NBC News.
“Williams was a possibily mol for so many young, Black gay and queer kids to see themselv on screen played wh so much life, love and passn. Contrary to popular belief that all Black male actors are aaid to play Gay characters or the fear that Gay characters uld negatively affect the reers of Black Male actors, Neophyte or Star, we have piled an -exhstive list of notable “heterosexual” (notwhstandg mors) Black actors who have portrayed Gay characters at var pots their reeers and survived to tell the tale.
HETEROSEXUAL BLACK MALE ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY ROL (WHOUT NEGATIVE NSEQUENC)
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 male actors who played gay roles *
This list do not clu openly Gay actors who also portray Gay characters and Black actrs who have portrayed Lbian characters. "Roger Ebert wrote: "He plays the role not as a man pretendg to be a woman, and not as a woman trapped a man's body, and not as a parody of a woman, and not as a gay man, but as a drag queen, perd: Lola, a tall, athletic performer thigh-high red boots who l the stage of a drag club as if she were born there, and is a pretty good sger, too. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both straight, were both Osr-nomated for their performanc (Ledger lead, Gyllenhaal supportg) this film about two men fallg love and ntug their affair for film sred 87% on Rotten Tomato, wh the se's cril nsens readg: "A betifully epic Wtern, 'Brokeback Mounta''s gay love story is imbued wh heartbreakg universaly, helped by the movg performanc of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him.
Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny. After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori.
14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
Black actors playg gay or LGBT characters TV and movi. The list clus famo nam like Will Smh and Wley Snip to newbi like Charlie Barrt. * black male actors who played gay roles *
Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual.
FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: BLACK MALE CELEBRI, GAY MALE CELEBRIBLACK ACTORS GAY ROL: FILM AND TV LGBT CHARACTERS
Due to the greater acceptance of homosexualy today's society, we are seeg a rise the reprentatn of gay characters mastream cema. One tertg pot is that often the gay characters are played by straight people. * black male actors who played gay roles *
I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "An openly gay man beme a te ntenr as a printial ndidate.
Broadst TV's first openly gay chief exec has ed his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-nsumer bs to she a spotlight. Lee's sophomore film, perd lbian love story Ammone, starrg Kate Wslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 om Neon.
STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia. Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen.
I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng. In addn to speakg, and sgg, publicly about his own gay relatnships, Platt plays bi on The Polician — acuntg for several of the seri' many entangled LGBTQ romanc.
The Pose star beme the first openly gay black man to w the dramatic lead actor Emmy 2019, the year he turned heads for butg genr-ntral red rpet looks. The show will leave a legacy of thentic pictns of sexualy — cludg scen volvg gay character Lnel (DeRon Horton), moled after Simien himself. The 'gay black spir' driv so much popular culture, through slang, mic, fashn, meme culture, dance and all manners of 'the arts.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS, ACTORS ON BEG BLACK AND (OPENLY) GAY HOLLYWOOD
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