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After 'Tom Swift' debuted at the beginning of Pride Month, series star Tian Richards is reflecting on the pressure of playing network TV's first gay Black lead character. Tom Swift , the spin-off of the CW show Nancy Drew , is making waves with how it depicts Black excellence and queerness. The little kid in me that has never seen anything like this exists.
Is Tian Richards Gay? He’s the Star of ‘Tom Swift’
Tian Richards is making queer TV history. Star of the Nancy Drew spinoff Tom Swift, Richards is the first-ever Black gay lead on network television. And yet, as he shared in an interview with. Network television is going through a major haul, with The CW canceling 10 shows and counting. However, viewers need to know very little, if anything, about Nancy Drew to enjoy Tom Swift , which stars Tian Richards in the title role. 
Tom Swift Is The Black, Gay Billionaire You've Been Waiting
The new CW series, ‘Tom Swift,’ features Tian Richards in the leading role. Now, many fans of the series are wondering if Tian and Tom are gay. But after his father, Barton Christopher B. Duncan , mysteriously disappears on a landmark trip to Saturn, Tom begins a quest to unravel the truth at all costs and finds himself fighting to outsmart an Illuminati-scale cabal hellbent on stopping him.
Let The “Tom Swift” Writers’ Room Tell You Why You Should
Fast forward years and now Tom Swift is a successful Black, gay inventor whose family is set to take the world into space. (Yes, even fictional billionaires are trapped in a space race.) Swift. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Tian Richards is making queer TV history.
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Tom Swift, the spin-off of the CW show Nancy Drew, is making waves with how it depicts Black excellence and queerness. It’s the first show with a Black gay lead on a network TV, has a mostly Black cast in all different shades, and queer and trans characters. And did I mention that LeVar Burton is the voice of AI Barclay? I talked to start Tian Richards about playing this groundbreaking role. . [Interview] Tom Swift’s Tian Richards Talks About the Show
Tom Swift is super queer, super Black, and super entertaining: much of the joy in watching the CW sci-fi show lies in how unapologetically it is all those things. Not only is Tian Richards absolutely radiant as network TV’s first-ever gay Black lead, but the cast and writers’ room is diverse. . 'Tom Swift' series reimagines the classic book character as a
The character of Tom Swift is a gay billionaire inventor played by actor Tian Richards. He first appeared in Season 2 of Nancy Drew and quickly became a fan favorite. Now, his very gay, very. . Tom Swift is the Black, Queer Hero You’ve Been Waiting For
The intrepid, ingenious inventor Tom Swift — whose eponymous book series debuted more than a century ago — has been reimagined as a Black gay billionaire in a new sci-fi mystery drama that. .