Sean Hayes, Gay Noir Detective (Video)

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 Sean Hayes, Gay Noir Detective
  Noir really needed some LGBT characters to spice things up. 
 
 Elizabeth Daley 
          
          Jul 13, 2016
          
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Film noir generally refers to black-and-white detective movies of the 1940s and 1950s. Unfortunately at that time, LGBT characters in film were few and far between. To remedy that, Sean Hayes of Will & Grace fame offers up his own noir character on the Maya & Marty show.
Watch Hayes help a woman in distress, played by Maya Rudolph, with fashion tips and more. 
 
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Sean Hayes, Gay Noir Detective

Noir really needed some LGBT characters to spice things up.

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The South Carolina Republican is escalating attacks on LGBTQ+ people and lawmakers of color.

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