talked to Travon Free about his Oscar-nominated film and how it represented all that was and is wrong in the world, particularly for Black men who it seems, regardless of whatever they do, always have a target on their backs.I talked to the director Robert Townsend who made a Black gay holiday movie 25 years ago that never got it’s due, partially we all now know because no one really gave much thought or care to the plight of a gay Black man, let alone one who was a drag queen.
Two films, from different eras, that speak volumes about being singled out, and being left out.I had the amazing opportunity to speak with California Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins, who became the first LGBTQ+ individual and only the third African-American on.