'P-Valley' Season 2's Gay Sex Scene Is Worth All the Conversatn

Contents:

• IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY
• IS P-VALLEY’S UNCLE CLIFFORD ACTOR NIC ANNAN GAY REAL LIFE?
• IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
• J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REACTS TO OUTRAGE OVER HIS GAY SEX SCENE ‘P-VALLEY’

IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY

But while their nsensual and rpectful lovemakg seems to su them jt fe (for now anyway) might likely raise a qutn the md of some viewers: Is Lil' Murda gay? Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear.

How n I unrstand Black gay men, all gay people, and be an ally? Homophobia and vlent fear of the unknown put not only the non-bary or trans people at risk of harm but their partners too.

IS P-VALLEY’S UNCLE CLIFFORD ACTOR NIC ANNAN GAY REAL LIFE?

"The cultural nversatns that were sparked that fied masculy, expectatns, and assumptns the Black muny, both straight and gay, ntue to prove why shows like P-Valley need to exist to tell the pivotal stori.

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IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?

Wh homophobia and a lack of accs to mental healthre still alive and well, Lil’ Murda’s character, Katori Hall's creatn, and Nicholson's breakout performance uld be the difference. Nic Annan absolutely smash the role but dienc have a qutn about the talent behd the character… is Uncle Clifford gay real life? ©Starz YouTubeIs P-Valley’s Uncle Clifford actor gay real life?

Y, Nic Annan is gay and the 33-year-old Amerin actor is open about his relatnship stat isn’t certa at the moment but, the show, Uncle Clifford is a relatnship wh Lil Murda (played by J. Alphonse Nicholson is actually married to Nafeha Nicholson; they have a child an openly gay actor, Nic has prevly opened up to media outlets about the importance of his work on P-Valley. “As a Black man and as a Black gay man, ’s very seldom that I get the opportuny to tell such a rich, lh story that really means somethg and that I really feel speaks to my muny and n uplift , ” he explaed durg a nversatn wh Essence.

Siarly, he told Vany Fair: “Beg a dark-skned man, and a man that is gay, I wanted to embrace all of the thgs that people say are gog to hold you back.

J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REACTS TO OUTRAGE OVER HIS GAY SEX SCENE ‘P-VALLEY’

The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men. There was no overt ditn he was gay, but for some reason... This isn't a crique, but there has always been somethg que heteronormative about pictns of gay sex the mastream.

But is tertg to thk about how still today, 2022, an dience that has been tung to watch a show centerg around a strip club and s genr rebell owner for a season and a half uld be turned off by a gay sex scene -- particularly one handled as refully as this. RELATED | Historic Gay Film Punks Is Fally Beg Released Wily This Year. Ever sce the begng of Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford’s trite relatnship, admirers of the characters have been wonrg whether the former is gay.