The success of Moonlight remains an outlier in major film and TV representation so it’s been left to smaller web series to pick up the slack
On 12 May, screenwriter Kirk A Moore took to his Twitter page calling for his Black gay followers to share images of themselves with their Black partners.
The now viral thread seemed like a simple request, with it racking up more than 3,000 retweets and over 7,600 likes as Black couples shared their photos together and Twitter users posted comment after comment sharing their joy in engaging with the thread celebrating diverse body shapes, skin tones, ages and regional backgrounds.