GIF REWIND: The L.A. Complex – “Kaldrick King and Tariq’s First Date”
In the first of our new series entitled, “Gif Rewind” we’ll look at this monumental episode of The L.A. Complex that drove so many gay fans wild.
REVIEW: Lee Daniels’ Light-Skinned Hip-Hop Series EMPIRE
I got to see an early screening of the first episode of Empire on a big screen here in Atlanta. The room was packed with well dressed black people of different ages, shades, genders and sexual orientations. Very nice crowd. Having said that, there are some gay scenes in the show and (you guessed it) the majority of the crowd didn’t like it.
Anytime the gay character did anything “gay” the uncomfortable groans sang out like a black church choir in the Bible belt south.
WATCH: New Black Gay Character Coming to FOX!
Openly gay filmmaker Lee Daniels is producing a new show on FOX debuting in January called EMPIRE, set in the world of the rap music business.
White Heterosexual Content Creators, Create Better Black Gay Characters
“It makes me feel like white heterosexuals (mostly white men) can tell the story of a masculine black gay man better than black gay content creators can. Is it possible that because of their heterosexuality they are able to tell stories from a more traditional male point of view therefore making the black gay male characters and story lines more masculine”?