Black Masculinity In Moonlight

“It’s so important that a film tackling the question of black male identity and black masculinity focuses on a gay man” (Blay, 2016). Masculinity is such a fragile concept, especially black masculinity. Black men have been subjected to a history of denigration, violence, hate, and the aftermath has been a sea of unnamed pain (Blay, 2016). “But there’s beauty in vulnerability, and some of the most beautiful moments in Moonlight are the moments when Chiron removes his armor, takes off the mask. This is why every black man, straight or queer, needs to see this film. In its own small way, it reckons with the narratives that have been thrust upon black men, the narratives they’ve had to buy into, paramount among these that being gay means being