The DL Chronicles, which premiered in 2007, broke ground not only as the first series centering on Black queer love to be nominated for and win a GLAAD Media Award (the following year) but also as the first microbudgeted half-hour digital drama to air on a national cable network (Here TV).Created by filmmakers and real-life couple Quincy LeNear and Deondray Gossett, the series focused on Black queer men who lived double lives, with each episode featuring a different cast.
The narrator and recurring protagonist, journalist Chadwick Williams (played by Damian Toofeek Raven), weaved through these stories as part of his research for a book and in the process viewers were immersed in the characters’ quests for belonging, survival, and.