Contents:
- ‘INSPECTN’ DIRECTOR LLS NEW MARE FILM THE ‘BLACK, GAY ROCKY’
- MILWKEE LGBT COMMUNY CENTER HAS A BLACK GAY MAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME
- 'B-BOY BLU' DIRECTOR JSIE SMOLLETT ON BRGG BLACK GAY MALE LOVE TO LIFE
‘INSPECTN’ DIRECTOR LLS NEW MARE FILM THE ‘BLACK, GAY ROCKY’
It was how he survived as a Black gay man durg the era of the ary’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as no surprise, then, that Bratton has rved out a post-ary reer filmmakg. His directorial but, “The Inspectn, ” is a fictnalized retellg of his own experience as a young, gay Black man who, after beg shunned by his own mother for g out, cis to jo the Mare Corps. “I was kicked out of the hoe at 16 for beg gay, and I spent the next 10 years homels, ” he told Milary Tim.
“Ultimately, ’s Black, gay Rocky.
Now, 's broken a new barrier wh s new executive director, who'll be the first Black gay man to lead the center. The board of directors named Kev Turner-Espoza — who intifi as a cis-genr man, Black, Mexin and gay — to the top post after a robt search for a new lear. Ak to Journey Hoe, the Milwkee LGBT Communy Center provis rourc and servic to the muny, but maly seeks to "further velop our vibrant lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny the greater Milwkee area, " acrdg to s official missn statement.
MILWKEE LGBT COMMUNY CENTER HAS A BLACK GAY MAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME
As the executive director — and as a gay Black man — I directly see the issu of race, genr, enomic and health equaly we face every day, " Turner-Espoza said a release.
He explored issu of sexualy and black inty his work, and his avant-gar story “Smoke, Lili, and Ja” is thought to be the first explicly gay story published by a black RUSTIN (1912-1987)Bayard Rt his Park Avenue South office New York Cy, April 1969.
In 2013, Rt was posthumoly award the Printial Medal of Freedom, the natn’s hight civilian honor, for his tirels work promotg equal BALDWIN (1924-1987)Author Jam BaldwTed Thai / LIFE Picture Collectn/Getty“There isn't a sgle black gay wrer of lerary fictn or nonfictn that has not been fluenced by Jam Baldw on some level, " Charl Stephens, executive director of the Counter Narrative Project, told NBC News.
'B-BOY BLU' DIRECTOR JSIE SMOLLETT ON BRGG BLACK GAY MALE LOVE TO LIFE
A wrer and social cric, Baldw is perhaps bt known for his 1955 llectn of says, "Not of a Native Son, " and his groundbreakg 1956 novel, "Gvanni's Room, " which picts them of homosexualy and AILEY (1931-1989)Dancer and choreographer Alv Ailey. "RON ODEN (Born 1950)Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagWhen On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California, 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy, acrdg to The Advote. Throughout his reer, he has brought promence and plexy to Black gay men rol rangg om Magn the LGBTQ+ classic The Skny, which many nsir a breakout role, and, of urse, Jamal Lyon on the trailblazg seri Empire.