Black and gay in LA: Noah’s Arc star Darryl Stephens on diversity

Cult TV series Noah's Arc actor and star, Darryl Stephens is very aware of the Hollywood type conversion problem. For programs focusing on social issues such as stereotype and homophobia, this is an art case that imitates life.

Before NITV screened a popular American "drama" starring American gay African American and Latin American actor, we are talking to Hollywood's Quea with Los Angeles Times himself (Darryl Stephen I saw it. Expression and race status

In Australia there are still a long way to accept the LGBTIQ community, as indigenous peoples and multicultural homosexuals are surprisingly lacking (Casey Conway, Faustina Agolley, Benjamin Law, etc.).

"You can be either, you can be a black man or a gay man You can not have both You can not confuse the United States the face of gay movements is white And as long as Hollywood can proceed, we can make progress. "

"I was very angry.The thing he did was to follow this white boy so they are a valuable role that introduces the first black gay characters to their lily and white performance I do not mean something I do not want to mean.

"Some people think that blacks are more homosexual than others, we do not think this is true, but we recognize that this culture limits us to black people.The black actor , Making it very clear that they must work hard to maintain commercial viability.

"In order to be black people, we must maintain this super-masculinity.This is our own cultural trap (black culture and American culture), various kinds that make us fear this fear It is a lack of a role.

"Because we are invisible and do not understand our position in the world, it is only the image of white superiority that we see, so it is extremely important to see ourselves on TV Blacks are more honest, we are marginalized in our life and then they can not be marginalized on television. "

"As Hollywood and the United States continue to develop their views on homosexuality and understanding, I think we all have the opportunity to play a very many different roles: places like Neil Patrick Harris and Matt Boomer I saw it happen in. I think this is a question for a white actor when a black face is invited to a party. "

Noah's arc followed the four gay men in West Hollywood, looking for a sign of love and a clever life

Called "Black, Gay Poster Kids", a symbolic character of the popular LOGO series "Noah's Arc" appeared, played a sexy romantic hero with gay classic "Boy Culture", the actor Darryl Stephens Find yourself at a professional intersection. In 2007, for the big budget movie "BOLDEN!" He thought that he had to hide his sexual orientation on his co-star, and he said "gay" I looked uneasy about. For Stevens this behavior is completely reversed, but he quit the agent because he did not want to tackle the "another gay project".

"In the United States, blacks and homosexuals are accompanied by heavy self hate": Actor Daryl Stevens opens a story about typing, talking about popularity and self

I have a "history" with Daryl Stephens, let me explain it before you begin to imagine. A long time ago, before Daryl became a Noah 's ark' s logo television sensation, I saw the future Noah at the West Hollywood Theater which I broke up in a play called gay sex 's joy. That was in 2000, and a few years later (I was a couple of years later), Daryl was very impressed by Martin Sherman's Bent, so I can not leave the seat for a few minutes after my house lights light up did. In 2005, I was watching Daryl · Stevens playing a leading role in LOGO TV's Noaz Ark. And in 2008, I made an outfest at a really moving moment. After a protest in downtown Los Angeles, he raised a voice against the eighth proposal.