article_snippet: It comes amid tons of conversation in this country about gay rights.
article_snippet: Series co-creator Lee Daniels, himself an openly gay man, has said Series co-creator Lee Daniels, himself an openly gay man wants to expose the problem of homophobia in the black community.
article_snippet: Homophobia is rampant in the African-American community, and men are on the DL (down low, meaning living a double life and sleeping with both men and women).
article_snippet: They don't come out, because your priest says, your pastor says, mama says, your next-door neighbor says, your homie says, your brother says, your boss says (that homosexuality is wrong)," The Wrap reported Daniels saying during the Television Critics Association press tour in January.
article_snippet: So I wanted to blow the lid off more on homophobia in the black community.