i went to unnamed HBCU for a minute with a cat from NYC. he was gay. er'body knew he was gay. in fact, he was kind of 'king of the gays' at that time on campus. saw him whoop Cincy cat's ass for talkin reckless. for i'm in the feds 15 years later - here this cat comes. Turns out, his family was movin weight in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. he was gettin sugar daddies and using their places as stash spots. some real queen of the south TV script shit. point is, the world is the world. we ALL know gay people. some of them are choir directors. some of them do hair. others of them sell dope and do gangster shit. that a fictional story based on Black life would include a prominent gay character makes sense.
And let them shoehorn away. they know their audience. shit, they know there are some bgol cats who wont bring themselves to look at gay porn, but will sit next to their wife and watch the Power episode with 2 men kissing and fantasize about it later.