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Press Release Distribution. Follow on Google News Country s. We can better appreciate these cinematic breakthroughs by looking towards actors like Antonio Fargas, one of the first African-Americans to play standout roles as a drag queen on film. Fargas helped open the door to this trend with honest depictions that brought humanity and sensitivity to drag.

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His performances were powerful enough to shine a realistic light on a community long deserving of honest representation in the media. It was no easy act getting transgendered characters into a major not art house motion picture, and the obstacles surmounted by the writers and actors is an often-overlooked achievement.

Such actions speak volumes about what the media was then willing to show about the LGBT community. It underscores the struggles among both gay and straight actors—like Fargas—who risked unpopularity despite such chance-taking bravery. These behind-the-scenes struggles went even deeper as gay talent found their own casting couches to deal with.

Nobody talked about the price that the young actors paid. I remember feeling powerless to do something about antonio. He admits that while being unable to fully identify, or even understand their pain, he was determined to speak for them with dignity. Neither Fargas or the directors and writers could see the trendsetting moves that were taking place as they boldly exhibited lifestyles surrounded in misunderstanding.

Fargas cites standing on the shoulders of James Gay, Langston Hughes, and Truman Capote, as brave visionaries— just as he prepares his own shoulders for this new generation breaking through the remaining barriers. He sees the changes taking place and acknowledges what a tough, yet rewarding task it was and still is.

We have to take our hats off to the ones who got spit on, beaten, arrested. African-Americans and those with alternative lifestyles who back then were not celebrated and had no voice. There is still opposition to these things, but there is a spiritual answer to this and I know that we are closer to it.

We can do it if we get a firm grip on our history and a good foothold on knowing that fargas of us are alone anymore. EntertainmentMediaMovies.