The Progression Of Black Hollywood Through Gay Roles

I was browsing BET.com when I came across this interesting article on Gay Black Roles. BET did a great spread on Black Actors/Actresses who have been able to play homosexual roles without it hurting their career. Some of these talented people include:

Forest Whitaker who played homosexual in both 1994's "“Prêt-à-Porter” and 1993's "The Crying Game".


Will Smith in Six Degrees Of Separation where he played David Hampton, an openly gay con man.


Wesley Snipes, who played a drag queen in 1995's "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar"


Queen Latifah, who played Cleo the best, lesbian bank robber ever. This is one of my favorite roles of Queen Latifah.


Giancarlo Esposito, who played Loretta Devine's gay ex-husband in 'Waiting to Exhale'


The main reason I was so intrigued by this article is because it goes to show how talented our black actors and actresses are. The progression of Black Hollywood now allows blacks the freedom to take on roles of diversity without suffering backlash. That is great because it shows that barriers can be broken in many endeavors. Be it Fashion, Sports, Entertainment or Politics. With that said, Keep Up The Good Work All Our Black Hollywood!!

The Fashion Connoisseur