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“Web Series Spotlight” showcases an indie web series I feel is culturally relevant, artistically notable or simply interesting. Officially, I have no preferences for web shows. Unofficially, of course I do! And one thing I’ve been longing for is an LGBT series with the kind of wild abandon and ambition of TV’s wackier fare, such [...]

Full post at Tubefilter! If you haven’t seen or heard of it, Half-Share, a show about six gay men vacationing on Fire Island, is hilarious. But as Edge Media editor Steve Weinstein noted, it may be “the funniest sitcom you’ll never see on TV.” Despite praise from audiences at festivals and screenings, Half-Share, like most [...]

  Recently I wrote about the proliferation of gay reality series on the web, and I thought I’d published an email interview I did with the producer of one of the shows, Hollywood Houseboys. The show is quite good; it’s a well-cast and entertaining look at a oft-overlooked slice of Los Angeles. The series follows three [...]

Is reality television bad for minorities? Black women are up in arms over the negative stereotypes perpetuated by the latest season of Celebrity Apprentice. The slew of “wife” shows aren’t so flattering to women either — see: Real Housewives, Mob Wives, Sister Wives, Bama Belles, Teen Mom, Hip Hop Wives, Basketball Wives, etc. Series like The A-List [...]

When I last wrote about In Between Men, among the web’s more professional gay web series, the series had teased us with a a sexy trailer and the first two episodes, covered by a number of blogs. Now In Between Men is planning to build an audience on the web, rather than focus on television, [...]

It’s always nice when gay progress is wrapped in a 6’2 muscle-bound package, as many viewers recently experienced when handsome actor Maxx Brawer graced the set of TBS’ sitcom Are We There Yet? in an episode that has the black gay blogosphere buzzing and that left me hopeful – but also wanting more. In “The [...]

It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Most Americans will probably spend this day sitting at home, perhaps taking in a movie. School kids will get a perfunctory lesson about civil rights. College kids will recover from partying last night. Here at AfterElton.com we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on King’s legacy by spotlighting some interesting [...]

It’s a new year, and going forward I’ll be writing a bi-weekly column for MTV/Logo’s AfterElton about issues affecting gay men of color in pop culture for AfterElton. I’m trying to focus on as many colors as possible, so please message me with tips and suggestions: there’s a lot to cover out there! Since 2011 [...]

Check out my interview with the cast! Earlier this year I received an email from a press rep for a surprising series, In Between Men. What was so surprising? The show was holding a red carpet premiere at TriBeCa Cinemas in New York, had enlisted minor stars like Michelle Clunie (Queer as Folk) and Chase [...]

Thanks to Racialicious for reposting! I recently had a conversation with a black director who fretted not putting any men of color in his film project. As much as he wanted to, he couldn’t find anyone to play the role. In the end he told me: “I can’t carry the whole black community on my [...]