Black, Female and Out in Hollywood

*There are plenty of Black lesbian and bisexual women in Hollywood, but it’s a rare thing to find an openly gay Black actress in Hollywood ... who’s working. She may not be as celebrated by mainstream gay America as the cast of Showtime’s “L Word” series is, but Felicia Pearson has garnered a nationwide fan base with her role as Felicia “Snoop” Pearson in HBO’s “The Wire.” A Black lesbian female who was born premature to two drug-addicted and incarcerated parents and ended up in a foster home where she was raised by the hardcore streets of Baltimore, Felicia earned her G.E.D. while serving 8 years in prison for second-degree murder. Yes, she’s not your typical Hollywood story. Snoop, as she’s affectionately called by her peers, joined the cast of the critically acclaimed HBO series “The Wire” in 2004 after meeting Michael K. Williams who plays Omar Little in the series at a nightclub in Baltimore.... (more here)

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