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Darryl Stephens Reflected On Being Told To Hide His Sexuality To Find Work In Hollywood
"<i>Noah's Arc</i> challenged [things] directly. I think, at the time, a lot of Black gay men thought, 'You can't air our dirty laundry. We're not ready for that yet.'"
[Outside of] the brilliant Michael K. Williams on The Wire,[ Noah's Arc] was the first time I got to see a Black gay man's experience falling in love on screen, and that was very special. [I think it was] because of what [he'd] seen with shows like Queer as Folk, in terms of how much press and attention the straight actors were getting for being [quote unquote] brave enough to play gay characters. I do think that helps the world to see that [queer people] could be married and it would not hurt anyone's marriage or a person can identify with the gender that they feel [most comfortable with] and it doesn't have any effect on your life.
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