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Black-ish (2014-22) starred Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson, the head of an upper-middle-class Black family. They are black-ish because they have to figure out how to maintain their Black identity while living in a ritzy all-white neighborhood.
Son Andre (Marcus Scribner) announces that he's converting to Judaism so he can have a Bar Mitzvah like his friends.
There were no gay characters other than Dre's lesbian sister (played by Raven Simone of Raven's Home), who visited once or twice per season, but Junior was queer-coded in spite of his occasional girlfriends. He was an outsider, with quirky tastes, interests, and mannerisms that his family variously ridiculed, ignored, and worried about. Sounds like my parents with their "Go to work in the factory!" and "Get married and have kids!" rants.
Marcus Scribner continued to play Junior on the spin-off Grown-ish (2019-24), which sends the kids to college. Although he has a "will they or won't they" romance with a girl named Annika, Junior also has a gay-subtext buddy bond with Doug (Diggy Simmons). Oddly, Doug is involved with his own "will they or won't they" romance.
TV Insider says that he "became close friends" with Sean Reagan (Mike Amonson) after they were both injured in a fire, and now he is a regular guest at the Silvers' shabbat dinners. Sean has a female "love interest," so he's straight. Jonah doesn't have any hetero-romances listed in the plot synopses, so maybe he is gay-ish.
Son Andre (Marcus Scribner) announces that he's converting to Judaism so he can have a Bar Mitzvah like his friends.
He starts dating a Republican girl, to the consternation of his liberal parents.
The kids hate Dre's favorite restaurant back in the hood.
They go on their annual Martin Luther King Day ski trip.
There were no gay characters other than Dre's lesbian sister (played by Raven Simone of Raven's Home), who visited once or twice per season, but Junior was queer-coded in spite of his occasional girlfriends. He was an outsider, with quirky tastes, interests, and mannerisms that his family variously ridiculed, ignored, and worried about. Sounds like my parents with their "Go to work in the factory!" and "Get married and have kids!" rants.
He had gay-subtext buddy-bonds with several guys, notably Zach (Nick Carson, who has a lot of muscular men but no women on his Instagram).
Marcus Scribner continued to play Junior on the spin-off Grown-ish (2019-24), which sends the kids to college. Although he has a "will they or won't they" romance with a girl named Annika, Junior also has a gay-subtext buddy bond with Doug (Diggy Simmons). Oddly, Doug is involved with his own "will they or won't they" romance.
Fans continue to speculate that Marcus is gay in real life, so I checked his non-Black-ish work for gay characters.
Marcus has 27 acting credits listed on the IMDB, including episodes of Castle, New Girl, American Dad, and most recently, rookie cop Jonah Silver on Boston Blue (2025).
TV Insider says that he "became close friends" with Sean Reagan (Mike Amonson) after they were both injured in a fire, and now he is a regular guest at the Silvers' shabbat dinners. Sean has a female "love interest," so he's straight. Jonah doesn't have any hetero-romances listed in the plot synopses, so maybe he is gay-ish.
Marcus has also done a lot of voice work:
Bell Zettifar in 5 episodes of Young Jedi Adventures: Nothing specified.
D'Angelo Baker in 38 episodes of Dragons: The Nine Realms:Gay according to the fan wiki, but straight according to Reddit.
Bow in 57 episodes of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: a female "love interest," but according to an interview in Queerty, he's "s*xually fluid." So gay-ish, but they couldn't say anything.
So, Question #1, any gay roles? Just some subtexts and closets.
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