In recent years, television has made strides in diversifying the stories it tells.
Once a rarity, Black LGBTQ+ characters are now more visible, commanding the screen in groundbreaking, unapologetically bold ways.
Earlier this summer, we wrote about the hottest couples across television and film.
As Hollywood enters the fall television season, it’s time to celebrate some of the Black gay characters of the past and present who broke ground, made history, and are redefining what it means to be authentic, proud, and visible on TV.
Joule Onyx
It;s funny how you pick the most recent Black actors that play or play gsy characters…you could have listed Mattew St. Patrick as Keith from Six Feet Under, Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt aka Mr. Terrific on arrow, Kevin Daniels as Hank on Sirens, Chris Jackson as Chunk on Bull, Coleman Domingo as Victor on the The Walking Dead. Better yet the next time you do a list of top gay characters why not include more men color instead of the usual one or two you normally would include.
Kangol2
I won’t restate what Joule Onyx said but he makes great points. There are many more. You could even go back to Michael Boatman’s character on Spin City, Richard Rountree as Uncle Russell on Roc, nearly the entire cast of Noah’s Arc, and so on. But thanks for this list, and there are now so many more. Speaking of this list, one of the best performances in recent years was Paapa Essiedu as Kwame in I May Destroy You. What a show!
missvamp
@joule i agree with this list & yours. there are many great characters & actors. 14 is too few. p valley had some great characters/actors as well. i could go on & on. black actors are so under rated, it’s very unfair.
Menshara
Omar Little. The Wire. Played by Michael K. Williams.