Gay Black men rarely saw themselv on screen. Michael K. Williams changed that.

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• GAYT OF THE RUN: FORD MTANGBY BRETT BERKOCTOBER 23, 2008SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHERE ARE A NUMBER OF VEHICLE NAMEPLAT THAT HAVE BEEN NTUO PRODUCTN FOR S, BUT FEW ARE AS INIC AS THE MOL WE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK'S GAYT OF THE RUN FEATURE: THE FORD MTANG. CREDED WH CREATG, AND GIVG NAME TO, THE "PONY R" CLASS OF AFFORDABLE, SPORTY, YOUTH-ORIENTED TWO-DOORS, THE MTANG WAS AND REMAS AN EXEMPLAR OF TRADNAL AMERIN MASCULY: LOUD, UNREFED, AND NOT PARTICULARLY AGILE. HOWEVER, DURG S NEARLY 45-YEAR TENURE, WAS EVABLE THAT SOME OFFSPRG OM THE HYPER-BUTCH EQUE LE WOULD E OUT A LTLE…LIGHTER THEIR GOODYEARS THAN THE RT OF THEIR SIBLGS. WHY ELSE WOULD WE HAVE CHOSEN THE STANG AS OUR OFFICIAL STICK SHIFT MAST? (SEE UP THERE, ALL RABOW HUED, AND HORNILY MOUNTG 'S CLONE?) ANYWAY, HERE ARE OUR CHOIC FOR THE FIVE GAYT MTANGS EVER MA, ONE OM EACH OF THE R'S FIVE BASIC GENERATNS. VOTE OUR POLL FOR THE ONE YOU THK IS THE GAYT OF THE RUN.GENERATN 1 (1964-1969): 1966 SHELBY GT-HTHE SHELBY GT-H WAS AVAILABLE AS A RENTAL OM HERTZ, AND WAS OFTEN ED BY PEOPLE TERTED DOG DRAG ON THE WEEKENDS. (OKAY, DRAG RACG, BUT STILL.)AT ONCE BULGG AND TIGHTLY WRAPPED, LIKE A 1950S PHYSIQUE MOL.WATERED DOWN A TOUGH, ASPIRATNAL BRAND WH A POOR ANCHISG CISN—KD OF LIKE MTANG COLOGNE. (NOTE THE PRENCE OF A SIAR VEHICLE THIS AD.)GENERATN 2 (1970-1973): 1973 MTANG GRANWOULD YOU LOOK AT THE LENGTH OF THAT HOOD? INCH WERE ADD UP ONT FOR THIS RE-SIGN MAKG THE LONGT (AND THICKT) MTANG TO DATE. TLY A SIZE-QUEEN'S PARADISE.OVERVELOPED LTOIDS RISG UP ABOVE THE HOOD LE, FORESTG THE 'S CIPIENT HOMO-DRIVEN GYM CULTURE.MAYBE THE LEAST GAY OF OUR GAY MTANGS. (I ACTUALLY FD SORT OF GROTQUE AND MENACG.) BUT THE EPICENTER-OF-EVIL—SARAH PAL—HAD ONE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THK WOULD BE HILAR IF THE R SHE DROVE THE 80S WERE VOTED GAYT OF THE N.GENERATN 3 (1974-1978): 1977 MTANG II GHIAWHEN THE MTANG WENT MANOREXIC ( RPONSE TO ABOVE-MENTNED BLOAT OF THE PREV GENERATN.)THE "STEREOTYPILLY" GAY PONY CAR: WIMPY, WEAK, UNRPOWERED, FEME.BASED ON THE PTO PLATFORM—FAMO FOR "GOG OFF" WHEN TAKEN OM THE REAR.MOST POPULARELON MK’S TWTER WANTED TO TELL TMP ABOUT A SEALED SEARCH WARRANT AND POTENTIALLY F--K UP JACK SMH’S CRIMAL INVTIGATNBY BS LEVRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERGENERATN 4 (1979-2004): 1987 MTANG GTCOVERED LOUVERS, EXTENSNS, OPENGS, FLAR, AND SKIRTS LIKE SOME SORT OF ECSTASY-ED OUT, 80'S CLUB-KID.SHREDD, PEEK-A-BOO REAR-TAIL-LIGHT TREATMENT, SEEMGLY MOLED ON THE ASS OF GEE MICHAEL'S PANTS DURG THE SAME ERA.ITS WORKG NAME SI FORD WAS "FOX BODY" MTANG.GENERATN 5 (2005-PRENT): 2008 MTANG "BULT"INSPIRED BY THE R THE 1968 FILM BULT STARRG STEVE MCQUEEN, MY GAY STYLE IN. (P.S. MCQUEEN!)SPORT EXHST PUTER-TUNED TO MATCH THE SOUND OF THE R THE ORIGAL FILM. ONLY A GAY R WOULD RE THAT MUCH ABOUT SUCH A SUBTLE ASPECT OF S REAR END: 'S THE ANAL BLEACHG OF THE TOMOTIVE WORLD.BULITT? IT'S LIKE A LAME JOKE OF A BAD GAY PORNO TLE.VOTE YOUR CHOICE FOR GAYT OF THE RUN: FORD MTANG(POLLS)BRETT BERK IS A DETRO NATIVE, A LIFE-LONG R NUT, A GAY, AND THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE'S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT BRETT BERK
• GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER
• GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.

GAYT OF THE RUN: FORD MTANGBY BRETT BERKOCTOBER 23, 2008SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHERE ARE A NUMBER OF VEHICLE NAMEPLAT THAT HAVE BEEN NTUO PRODUCTN FOR S, BUT FEW ARE AS INIC AS THE MOL WE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK'S GAYT OF THE RUN FEATURE: THE FORD MTANG. CREDED WH CREATG, AND GIVG NAME TO, THE "PONY R" CLASS OF AFFORDABLE, SPORTY, YOUTH-ORIENTED TWO-DOORS, THE MTANG WAS AND REMAS AN EXEMPLAR OF TRADNAL AMERIN MASCULY: LOUD, UNREFED, AND NOT PARTICULARLY AGILE. HOWEVER, DURG S NEARLY 45-YEAR TENURE, WAS EVABLE THAT SOME OFFSPRG OM THE HYPER-BUTCH EQUE LE WOULD E OUT A LTLE…LIGHTER THEIR GOODYEARS THAN THE RT OF THEIR SIBLGS. WHY ELSE WOULD WE HAVE CHOSEN THE STANG AS OUR OFFICIAL STICK SHIFT MAST? (SEE UP THERE, ALL RABOW HUED, AND HORNILY MOUNTG 'S CLONE?) ANYWAY, HERE ARE OUR CHOIC FOR THE FIVE GAYT MTANGS EVER MA, ONE OM EACH OF THE R'S FIVE BASIC GENERATNS. VOTE OUR POLL FOR THE ONE YOU THK IS THE GAYT OF THE RUN.GENERATN 1 (1964-1969): 1966 SHELBY GT-HTHE SHELBY GT-H WAS AVAILABLE AS A RENTAL OM HERTZ, AND WAS OFTEN ED BY PEOPLE TERTED DOG DRAG ON THE WEEKENDS. (OKAY, DRAG RACG, BUT STILL.)AT ONCE BULGG AND TIGHTLY WRAPPED, LIKE A 1950S PHYSIQUE MOL.WATERED DOWN A TOUGH, ASPIRATNAL BRAND WH A POOR ANCHISG CISN—KD OF LIKE MTANG COLOGNE. (NOTE THE PRENCE OF A SIAR VEHICLE THIS AD.)GENERATN 2 (1970-1973): 1973 MTANG GRANWOULD YOU LOOK AT THE LENGTH OF THAT HOOD? INCH WERE ADD UP ONT FOR THIS RE-SIGN MAKG THE LONGT (AND THICKT) MTANG TO DATE. TLY A SIZE-QUEEN'S PARADISE.OVERVELOPED LTOIDS RISG UP ABOVE THE HOOD LE, FORESTG THE 'S CIPIENT HOMO-DRIVEN GYM CULTURE.MAYBE THE LEAST GAY OF OUR GAY MTANGS. (I ACTUALLY FD SORT OF GROTQUE AND MENACG.) BUT THE EPICENTER-OF-EVIL—SARAH PAL—HAD ONE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THK WOULD BE HILAR IF THE R SHE DROVE THE 80S WERE VOTED GAYT OF THE N.GENERATN 3 (1974-1978): 1977 MTANG II GHIAWHEN THE MTANG WENT MANOREXIC ( RPONSE TO ABOVE-MENTNED BLOAT OF THE PREV GENERATN.)THE "STEREOTYPILLY" GAY PONY CAR: WIMPY, WEAK, UNRPOWERED, FEME.BASED ON THE PTO PLATFORM—FAMO FOR "GOG OFF" WHEN TAKEN OM THE REAR.MOST POPULARELON MK’S TWTER WANTED TO TELL TMP ABOUT A SEALED SEARCH WARRANT AND POTENTIALLY F--K UP JACK SMH’S CRIMAL INVTIGATNBY BS LEVRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERGENERATN 4 (1979-2004): 1987 MTANG GTCOVERED LOUVERS, EXTENSNS, OPENGS, FLAR, AND SKIRTS LIKE SOME SORT OF ECSTASY-ED OUT, 80'S CLUB-KID.SHREDD, PEEK-A-BOO REAR-TAIL-LIGHT TREATMENT, SEEMGLY MOLED ON THE ASS OF GEE MICHAEL'S PANTS DURG THE SAME ERA.ITS WORKG NAME SI FORD WAS "FOX BODY" MTANG.GENERATN 5 (2005-PRENT): 2008 MTANG "BULT"INSPIRED BY THE R THE 1968 FILM BULT STARRG STEVE MCQUEEN, MY GAY STYLE IN. (P.S. MCQUEEN!)SPORT EXHST PUTER-TUNED TO MATCH THE SOUND OF THE R THE ORIGAL FILM. ONLY A GAY R WOULD RE THAT MUCH ABOUT SUCH A SUBTLE ASPECT OF S REAR END: 'S THE ANAL BLEACHG OF THE TOMOTIVE WORLD.BULITT? IT'S LIKE A LAME JOKE OF A BAD GAY PORNO TLE.VOTE YOUR CHOICE FOR GAYT OF THE RUN: FORD MTANG(POLLS)BRETT BERK IS A DETRO NATIVE, A LIFE-LONG R NUT, A GAY, AND THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE'S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT BRETT BERK

There are a number of vehicle nameplat that have been ntuo productn for s, but few are as inic as the mol we spotlight this week's Gayt of the Run feature: the Ford Mtang.

GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER

) Anyway, here are our choic for the five gayt Mtangs ever ma, one om each of the r's five basic generatns. Vote our poll for the one you thk is the Gayt of the Run.

Overveloped ltoids risg up above the hood le, forestg the 's cipient homo-driven gym the least gay of our gay Mtangs. ) But the epicenter-of-evil—Sarah Pal—had one high school, and I thk would be hilar if the r she drove the 80s were voted gayt of the n. )The "stereotypilly" gay Pony Car: wimpy, weak, unrpowered, on the Pto platform—famo for "gog off" when taken om the rear.

GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.

Generatn 5 (2005-Prent): 2008 Mtang "Bult"Inspired by the r the 1968 film Bult starrg Steve McQueen, my gay style in. Only a gay r would re that much about such a subtle aspect of s rear end: 's the anal bleachg of the tomotive It's like a lame joke of a bad gay porno Your Choice for Gayt of the Run: Ford Mtang(polls)Brett Berk is a Detro native, a life-long r nut, a Gay, and the thor of The Gay Uncle's Gui to Parentg. I certaly didn’t choose bee so far away om any sort of gay nightlife.

We met more and more “r gays, ” and they were all dog neat thgs wh motors and wheels. Googlg thgs like “gay r muny” rulted prsgly stark rults. Virgo Gang - Gay Gay Mic Vio.

Comg out as Black and Gay Ameri. Black gay love is revolutnary. When two Black men love each other on screen, shows others what is possible, and shows that you n be who you are and still fd we want to take a look back at some of the Black gay upl that we've seen on TV who have spired viewers and changed media as we know .

Unfortunately, the upl aren't as numero as they should be, but as more Black queer creativ get chanc to tell stori, we n only image what the future of Black gay reprentatn looks like.

Two of the mentors have a romantic history, and one of them unwtgly gets assigned to a boy who is gay, prentg somethg of a plex dynamic as the ruals ntue at a remote mp.

Paris Is Burng highlights the importance of chosen fai, as well as creativy and muny borne amid stggl wh poverty, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and accs to health re. Two Mlim, gay, and closeted teenagers New York's Bed-Stuy neighborhood have a secret love affair that gets swept up amidst the surveillance of mosqu. This 2014 film follows a gay high schooler raised Hattiburg, Mississippi, as he rencil his sexualy and Christian fah, as well as a plex fay dynamic.