‘Pose’ Actor Dyllón Burnside Talks Black Lives Matter, ‘Prideland’ and Growing Up Queer
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variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDyllón Burnside, who plays Ricky on FX’s hit show “Pose,” is currently quarantining in Georgia and watching the Black Lives Matter protests from afar.
In this chat with Variety, he talks about what the movement means to him, especially as a queer Black man.Burnside also touches on his new PBS series “Prideland,” which follows him as he journeys to the South and meets members of the LGBTQ community.
One of the highlights from the special is Burnside sharing his coming out experience, which he says he was terrified to share on camera because, “My family encouraged me to deny and suppress who I was.”The movement for Black Lives is really rooted in the radical Black Liberation Movements of the past.
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