Hey there everyone, I'm Trevelle Anderson, the director of Culture and Entertainment

for Out Magazine and the Black, queer and gender non-conforming bad bitch that you need

in your life.

This is Pride on Screen, and I'm excited to be taking the month of June to look back

at notable LGBTQ plus moments in film and television.

Each week, I'll be joined by guests to reflect on the characters and scenes that gave us

that ooh, ah ah sensation.

Feel the better and for the worse, some of which you might recognize and surely some

you've never even heard of before.

Now it may seem like there are a wealth of LGBTQ plus characters on screen, but it obviously

hasn't always been the case, and even today there is still work to be done.

According to Glad, we've seen immense increases in on-screen representation of our communities,

but we're still sitting at a whopping 18.2% of major studio films with LGBTQ characters

and a stunning 8.8% of characters as regulars on broadcast scripted series.

None of those film characters are trans and the majority of the ones on television are

problematic as fuck, and don't get me started on the racial breakdown.

Today we're zeroing in on representations of gay men on screen, and while gay men can

always stand and take a step behind some of the other members of our community, I want

to begin with them because without a doubt they have experienced the greatest level of

visibility, both in terms of characters on screen and actual gay actors having opportunities

in the industry.

I'm joined by legendary actor Darryl Stevens, who you might recognize from a equally

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