"You know gay people f*ck, right?'" Williams told a director, acrdg to his memoir that was published posthumoly last week.
Contents:
- MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS FOUGHT FOR TTH OF GAY CHARACTER OMAR THE WIRE
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS FOUGHT FOR TTH OF GAY CHARACTER OMAR THE WIRE
Fans have been rememberg Michael K Williams' star turn as gay character Omar Ltle The Wire after the actor tragilly died aged 54. * gay girl from the wire *
But, of urse, that’s only part of Williams’ Simon, creator of the show, once told me that whenever someone asked him why he ma Omar gay, he would rpond: Why did we make the other 19 characters straight?
It’s a brilliant unterpot, one that nonts whout antagonizg, while touchg on the theme of the first LGBTQ equaly march on Washgton, back 1979: We are clus the ‘ jt didn’t talk about for people to accept the premise that the most feared man one of Baltimore’s most dangero neighborhoods was openly gay, the actor portrayg him had to first breathe life to an asphyxiated versn of Black masculy. Said was “as gay as was Black, not that was exclively eher. It took somethg like Hugh’ poem “Mother to Son” and assumed the le “life for me a’t been no crystal stair” was solely about the impact of racism and not homophobia or a batn of the ’s what ma Williams’ work on the show as transformative as was brgg the character of Omar to life, Williams rurrected aspects of Black queerns that had largely gone missg Black artistry outsi of theater and edians such as Mart Lawrence and Jamie Foxx dog drag on TV.
Betiful boyiends who would appear naked bed wh him, makg impossible for viewers not to see his sexualy as part of his Omar on a h show, beg an out and proud gay Black man livg the Black muny, was on par wh seeg Will hang out wh Grace their all-whe one — an experience that Joe Bin once said ntributed to changg attus toward gay people. After Michael K Williams’ tragic ath, LGBT+ fans are rememberg his star turn as gay character Omar Ltle The Wire.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
* gay girl from the wire *
The Wire buted on HBO 2002, when public attus towards homosexualy were still stuck the dark ag.
Williams land on televisn screens as a gay character jt four years after Ellen DeGener’ s was ncelled followg her momento g out. Michael K Williams’ gay character on The Wire was lled ‘repulsive’. “It is not about him beg gay.
But playg a gay character wasn’t always easy for Williams.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Williams also said he had been approached by “a lot of young gay men” who had thanked him personally for his work on The Wire. An adult gay black man who didn't have a shred of secury and was totally fortable his own sk and was also the olt and most feared outlaw character the entire show.
A gay stick-up man, who jacks dg alers for a livg has to be one of the bt and most plex characters ever created. It was groundbreakg: a gay character whose sexualy was the least important thg about him. Williams’ portrayal of Omar The Wire was a tour force, and his was one of the first unapologetilly gay, Black characters I saw picted on screen.
Williams always imprsed me wh his work, but the scene at the gay club Lovecraft Country absolutely shattered me to piec- the ept, realt way that art n do. Williams’ pictn of Omar was back 2002, while most policians were makg huge gas unapologetilly attackg gay marriage and LGBTQ equaly. A gay highwayman wh a moral .