“What was really amazing about Michael K. Williams was that he was unafraid of playing Black gay men in Hollywood,” a fmr. Vibe magazine editor said. “He was willing to play those roles and push back against heteronormativity in Hollywood.” - NBCOUT
many of his queer Black admirers have been reflecting on the importance of his groundbreaking portrayals of gay Black men., is best known for his role as Omar Little on the award-winning HBO drama series “The Wire,” from 2002 until the show’s end in 2008. Omar was a terrifying stickup man who stalked the streets of Baltimore fearlessly robbing drug dealers while wearing a billowing duster concealing a sawed-off shotgun. But he was also an unashamedly open gay man with a moral “code.
His role as Freeman earned him his fifth Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. “Michael K. Williams’s death cuts incredibly deeply because what we witnessed in him was an artist who was getting as close to liberation as we’ve ever seen a Black man get — only to have it snatched away the moment it was within reach,” Jones said in a statement. “Michael was showing us a different way to think, to act, to love, to be. His passing leaves a cavernous hole in the fabric of existence. I hope his example gives us the skills, the tools, the vision to one day repair it.
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