While on film, just Love Simon comes to mind. More regularly, Black gay characters are paired with non-Black partners, with the most prominent pairings made of Black and white or Black and Latino partners.Įxamples of this casting norm include Empire, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Brookyn Nine-Nine, True Bloods and the newly added animated couple in the upcoming reboot of The Proud Family. Everywhere,” Moore wrote in his reply to the comment, a statement easily supported by a quick assessment of the makeup of gay couples across both TV shows and films being produced by major studios and networks.īlack gay male couples remain a rare occurrence across Hollywood TV and film productions.
“I’m tired of these people not showing us Black couples. But in a response to a comment on the post shortly after it went live, Moore revealed that his photo challenge had an even deeper motivation behind it – to call out the lack of visibility of Black couples across TV, film and other forms of media.
