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Dear White People (2014; 2017-2021)
LIONEL HIGGINS as portrayed by DeRon Horton in Dear White People (2017-) Dear White People is trending right now as white folk scamper to...
Jun 27, 20201 min read


True Blood (2008-2014)
LAFAYETTE REYNOLDS as portrayed by Nelsan Ellis on True Blood (2008-2014) For an actor there is a big difference between playing a...
Jun 21, 20201 min read


The Wire (2002-2008)
OMAR LITTLE as portrayed by Michael K. Williams on The Wire (2002-2008) This was an important shift in the depictions of Black gay men on...
Jun 16, 20201 min read


Six Feet Under
KEITH CHARLES as portrayed by Mathew St. Patrick on Six Feet Under (2001-2005) Six Feet Under came out around the same time I did. I was...
Jun 15, 20201 min read


Oz
BILLIE KEANE as portrayed by Derrick Simmons on Oz (1997). I was in my adolescence in the late 90s and I watched Oz when it was on air,...
Jun 12, 20202 min read


Spin City (1996-2002)
CARTER HEYWOOD as portrayed by Michael Boatman on Spin City (1996-2002) We're back on TV and this is perhaps the first Black gay series...
Jun 10, 20201 min read


My So Called Life (1994-1995)
ENRIQUE "RICKIE" VASQUEZ as portrayed by Wilson Cruz on My So Called Life (1994-1995). Rickie was perhaps the first young gay person of...
Jun 7, 20201 min read


In Living Color (1990-1995)
BLAINE EDWARDS and ANTOINE MERRIWEATHER as portrayed by Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier in In Living Color (1990-1995). . . I remember...
Jun 3, 20201 min read
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