The conversation is always about what is your life experience. You don't see Meryl Streep playing black roles. That’s why you have straight men playing gay characters.” “Hollywood will accept gays and put them on TV, but there's usually a sense of masculinity. He landed the role after competing on “The Glee Project.” (Ricky Middlesworth) Given the opportunity, I will be able to perform whatever the role calls for.” Alex Newell "Glee" and "Geography Club"Īlex Newell is best known for playing “Glee’s” first transgender character, Unique Adams. “With being an actor, you should be able to step out of yourself. I feel like in the film will speak for itself.” The only thing I can say is the film is so honest and it tells the truth about what people actually deal with. “I never thought about that until we started doing promotion for the film and people started asking me. On playing a gay character in his first Hollywood role: Julian Walker’s only Hollywood role to date was as Randy in Patrik-Ian Polk’s “Blackbird,” opposite Oscar winner Mo’Nique and Isaiah Washington. “There’s been a watershed moment, but it’s mostly been for white people.” Julian Walker "Blackbird It adds all the comedy and the edge of buffoonery, in some of it, without the dangerous stuff, so it’s safe.” It keeps them away from the brutal black man that’s going to steal their women. “Of people of color who are queer, I think there is a major lacking of and I'm not sure of the reason other than perhaps they’ve got the stereotypical black gay best friend, the evolution of Sapphire. When they’re going to cast, it doesn’t occur to them - we don’t occur to them.” Look at ‘Friends,’ which never had a black person for most of its run. “People go with what they know and a lot of the people who are in casting and positions of power at networks, their world vision is surrounded by a lot of white people. I’m just going to be who I am and people are going to have to deal with it.’ But it also meant that I had to create my own content because there weren’t a lot of roles for me.” I told them, ‘I’m not choosing that path for myself. I think they thought it would cause a lot of problems with me getting work, but to do that didn’t feel authentically myself. “A lot of other actors said it was a bad idea. On choosing to openly express her bisexuality: See the most-read stories in Entertainment this hour >īelow are six openly gay (or bisexual) black people who have been in front of and/or behind the camera, in their own words: Dalila Ali Rajah "The Young and the Restless," "Pretty Tough" and "Grey's Anatomy."ĭalila Ali Rajah is a member of the Screen Actors Guild LGBT committee. Though many of the more well-known actors were not available or declined to be interviewed (Wanda Sykes, Raven-Symoné, Jussie Smollett, Samira Wiley, Tituss Burgess), I was able to speak to a number of people eager to discuss their thoughts on the industry. In an effort to chronicle the experiences of openly gay black actors in Hollywood, I reached out to all those that I could think of, a relatively small list. Henson) and the continual sprinkling of LGBT people and characters on screens large and small, Tinseltown paints itself as a progressive paragon in a world not yet there.īut true progress in Hollywood has yet to trickle down for those at the intersection of their non-white race and non-heterosexual identity. With Viola Davis’ recent historic Emmy win for “How to Get Away With Murder” (and the equally historic co-nomination of “Empire’s” Taraji P. Click on their photos or scroll down to see what they said.ĭiversity has been the buzzword in Hollywood for the better part of the last year. But some truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.These six men and women of Hollywood gave their thoughts on being openly gay (or bisexual) and black in the industry. But every creature she encounters, no matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of her.Īri won't stop until she knows why. Upon arriving, she discovers that New 2 is very.different. She knows only one thing: she must return to her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. But it's impossible to protect herself when she doesn't know what she's running from or why she is being pursued. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is getting closer than they should. Her search for answers uncovers a message from her long dead mother: Run. And after growing up in foster care, she longs for some understanding of where she came from and who she is. With teal eyes and freakish silver hair that can't be changed or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. Description A dark and lush paranormal romance set in a richly reimagined New Orleans-now in paperback!Īri can't help feeling lost and alone.
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