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...
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- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
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 15, 2020
- 1 min
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 14, 2020
- 1 min
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 11, 2020
- 2 min
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 9, 2020
- 1 min
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 6, 2020
- 1 min
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 3, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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