The artists spoke to LGBTQ Nation about the mentors who inspired them to show up for the Black queer community.

As a gay black woman in Hollywood, Lena Waithe felt it was important to lend her voice to Time's Up. She says: "No shade to white guys, but I think that it's someone else's turn." Lena Waithe had ...

Lena Waithe won an Emmy ... first featuring an openly queer black woman—called her someone who’s “disrupting the hell out of Hollywood.” Thanks to Waithe, diverse communities can turn ...

And because you know how we get jiggy ‘round these parts, we’ve gathered a handful of Black-leading ... A.V. Rockwell and produced by Lena Waithe. Starring Teyana Taylor and Will Catlett ...

But with Cynthia Erivo landing in the spotlight, so too is her partner Lena Waithe ... Dear White People, Westworld, and Big Mouth. In 2017, Waithe became the first Black woman to win an ...

It's not 'Let's show black people in Chicago in a positive light.' It's 'I want to show people in a human light.'" While acting in a potential third season of None is a possibility, Waithe's focus ...