She had the help of my grandmother, but not my father, who had left to form another family with someone else. My mom, a nurse who worked at the hospital where my four siblings and I were born, did her best to raise us. It was something that those afflicted tried to pray away. Homosexuality wasn’t something to celebrate.
Growing up, I didn’t dare dream of seeing people like me on stage. Billed as a “big, Black, and queer-ass Great American Musical for all,” it has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards including best musical, best original score, best lead actor in a musical and - in a historic first for transgender representation - L Morgan Lee was nominated for best featured actress in a musical. That’s what makes the public celebration of the musical “A Strange Loop” a personal revelation.
