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

Lena and Cynthia become close friends and start attending events together.

At the time, Waithe was engaged to film executive Alana Mayo. “I finally found my sis,” Erivo wrote on Instagram in May 2018 alongside a selfie of them at the Met Gala. “Lena you are ...

Lena Waithe is taking the blows so you don’t have to Lena Waithe, No. 10 on this year's Queer 50 list, is using her seat at the table to pull up as many chairs as possible for the next ...

Lena Waithe had a pretty stellar year in 2017 ... but you can't help but reach out to them and think about how much alike you are with those characters. And that's really what I was trying ...

We have them in there for months. Our first signing was in June of last year and we haven’t released any music from that artist yet. I think at other labels it’s hard to be a priority with a y ...

Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo at Variety’s Creative ... their romance was confirmed after Page Six photographers spotted them holding hands at the Alvin Ailey Spirit Gala. However, the pair ...

The series just wrapped up its fourth season. ET chats with Lena Waithe at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, which aired on NBC. The 'Masters of None' star announced their split in January 2020.

Ava DuVernay and Mara Brock Akil and Gina Prince-Bythewood sort of became my mentors whether they liked it or not, just because I was watching them work, and I would see how they moved through the ...