So, if you can reach 4% of 300 million — that’s 12 million people! If 12 million people would give me $1, I’d be a multimillionaire! I won’t pretend that I’m a business major or that I know anything about marketing, but it’s a bit silly for a business to say, well, we’re competing with a gazillion number of other players for 96% of the market, but we’re ignoring 4% of the market that have few, if any players.

Take the Apple success story. Yes, Apple/Mac was (and still is) a niche market, but yet they’ve built successful business model based on their own computing platform, and then expanded their market by creating a successful product that everyone else is trying to copy. And yet, that is not what we’re seeing in Hollywood… There are some successful TV shows in the years past that featured mainly black characters, but instead of copying that success model and creating other TV shows with similar characteristics, they’ve totally abandoned the market…

I’m not upset that Queerty doesn’t post more about black, gay issues; a blog responds to its core audience. And they do a good job of that. Besides, there are plenty of black, gay blogs online if that’s what you’re interested in reading. In fact, I find that Queerty does a better job than most mainstream gay blogs at covering non-white gay issues.

The biggest news is how the NAACP has finally started to recognize black, gay characters on a more regular basis. Who would think? This is something the black gay community needs to demand more from mainstream black media as well as gay media.

ew. that is the weakest attempt at driving a wedge in our community that i’ve ever seen. you are dismissed.

Hollywood loves patting itself on the back for breaking new ground, or influencing people — but with the exception of the odd indie film, tinsel town’s really only interested in success. hopefully, surfacing power-players like Wanda Sykes will be able to convince peers that a market exists, and their ongoing popularity with audiences of all colors and orientations will provide the impetus the community needs.

do you agree, or maybe i missed the point entirely?

Now, despite of several actors “breaking the barrier” after playing gay role(s), I would say most would still regard playing a gay role on TV is somewhat of a death trap — something to be avoided, and actors do out of desperation. Given that stigma about gay roles, add on to that the lack of black characters in general on TV shows — where is the incentive to play black *AND* gay characters?

Come on people, just think of overreaction to Janet Jackson’s boob incident and the lack of regard for Madonna’s near-pornographic performances you’d hopefully understand difficulty in choosing to play (gay) roles facing black actors in comparison to their white counter parts.

Now if I think all the guys are hot (except Trey’s BF) how is that a stereotype? Or is it news to you that to get most roles in a movie or on TV, you have to be good looking?

“He played a fighter pilot who was married and had a son. The character was separated from his wife and was rooming with his best friend and the friend’s boyfriend. During the season, Underwood’s character had an affair with his shrink’s female lover.”

I’d hardly call it an “affair.” The female patient was not yet the psychiatrist’s lover at that point, although she very much wanted to be, which is why she went after the fighter pilot in the first place. The attempt at the alleged affair was abortive to a degree, and ultimately the whole thing led to the pilot’s suicide over the whole gay thing, and indirectly led to Glynn Turman (a/k/a the former Mr. Aretha Franklin) getting all the acting nomination as the bereaved father rather than Blair Underwood as the suicidal son.

And we must also remember that in the original Israeli show, ???????, the character was played by Lior Ashkenazi, who is just as hot, but nowhere near black.

And the idea that they were all hot is a stereotype in and of itself.

There is no way I will believe that every white gay male lives as the characters on Queer As Folk were depicted. The same applies to Noah’s Arc.

Did anyone else out there notice how for the most part in both of those shows no characters were over 40 and it was next to impossible to see someone who did not have a six-pac and NOT wearing the tighest undies offered by International Male? I mean really.

I loved Noah’s Arc because of the breakthrough it was but having to see week and week this person dressing and talking like he was 16 years old got old fast. But I reminded myself this is a script and actors I am looking at, not reality.

I applaud Rupaul for his bringing the plus size girl who was clearly older than 30 on his latest show. Even though I had a feeling she would be voted off first I am thrilled she showed everyone does not fit the role of a twink or just a strait out slut who has to flaunt her “assetts” just to get and stay noticed.

Tyler Perry hosting the show is the only reason why I am going to watch. I feel confident that at least one actor portraying a gay character will walk away with something. I will leave it at that.

The panel itself was excellent and comprehensive.

Think about it.

Are addressing past grievances, or this post in particular? Its difficult to tell.

I also have seen some lack of concern for Black gays at Queerty and other places in the past. But past is just that. When someone reaches out a hand you don’t slap it away because it didn’t come soon enough. No shade, but the word ‘ingrate’ comes to mind.

This post, on its face, is accurate and so on point. It also serves (since you missed it) as a heads up that the Awards are ON TONIGHT, on Fox, and that Black gays characters are up for accolades. Hmm, on Queerty, imagine that.

It seems to me that being disgruntled at this juncture is misguided and completely pointless. But thats just me.

I’m sorry but since when does Queerty care about Black Gays being on TV especially with some of those past threads during the Democratic campaign? Now like I’ve said before White Gay Men mostly read this blog we blacks are definitely in the minority here and NO I’m not calling you guys prejudice.

Now lets see how many will read this thread, better yet lets see how many will watch the NAACP Awards. We’re not much of their interest and that’s fine also.

And further more The National Black Justice Coalition I haven’t seen much they CONTRIBUTED to the Black Gay Community. I hear them all the time going off at predominately white gay male discussion panels about BLACK HOMOPHOBIA as if no other race of people are, and so call chastising Black Gays over certain issues, etc. But never have I seen them do anything else. At least I haven’t seen not to say they have.

Now it would be great to see Black Gay characters on TV and we have seen them from the professional, to the flamboyant, to the rugged masculine, to the effeminate, to the hard core thuggish bone type. Then again all it would get is lot of severe criticisms. For what it’s worth we all seen how most on here didn’t care for Noah’s Arc.

Now lets see how many will read this thread, better yet lets see how many will watch the NAACP Awards. We’re not much of their interest and that’s fine also.

And further more The National Black Justice Coalition I haven’t seen much they CONTRIBUTED to the Black Gay Community. I here them al the time going off at predominately white gay male discussion panels about BLACK HOMOPHOBIA as if no other race of people are, and so call chastising Black Gays over certain issues, etc. But never have I seen them do anything else. At least I haven’t seen not to say they have.

No it would be great to see Black Gay characters on TV and we have seen them from the professional, to the flamboyant, to the rugged masculine, to the effeminate, to the hard core thuggish bone type. Then again all it would get is lot of severe criticisms. For what it’s worth we all seen how most on here didn’t care for Noah’s Arc.