Black History Month: ‘It’s time for us to see Black queer folks who don’t explain their queerness’
Representation of the Black LGBTQ+ community on television has certainly improved in recent years. Thanks to trailblazing shows such as Ryan Murphy’s Pose and Lena Waithe’s Twenties, viewers are seeing a host of Black queer characters thrive in central storylines not riddled in tropes and stereotypes. But there’s still work to be done. As Black History Month draws to a close, Metro.co.uk caught up with Pose actor Dyllon Burnside and Twenties star Jonica Gibbs to discuss how these landmark shows have helped change representation for the better and what further improvements they’d like to see come into place.‘In the last two to three years, we’ve seen this shift in representation and I think really Pose has been at the forefront of that in