Is calvin gay in sistas

Anthony Dalton's Calvin Rodney is Sabrina's boyfriend whom she thinks is gay. As a respectable owner of a real estate company from Brooklyn, Calvin knows what he wants and gets it without hesitation. “Calvin’s two white gay dads couldn’t teach him how to be a Black man,” Dalton divulges to TVLine. “But they did teach him how to love himself and defend himself. He had to say something.

Anyone who watches “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” is familiar with Calvin, played by Anthony Dalto. Calvin was introduced as a man who had a crush on Sabrina, and Sabrina kind of liked him, but then. Unfortunately, Calvin spends each episode reiterating to Sabrina that he’s not gay, but she never believes him due to her friends’ prejudice. Sabrina is constantly outing Calvin’s business.

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However, we only manage to catch glimpses of these aspects of their personalities, since the girls insist on centering men more and more with each passing episode. Subscribe to our Newsletter today.

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At a certain point, Sabrina meets a man named Calvin, who frequents the bank where she works, and he finally asks her out. Calvin is an assertive, at times outright obnoxious character who exists as a sight gag for not being hyper-masculine. Sabrina is not okay with this, and instead of the show using this as an opportunity to address the homophobia Black women can and do exhibit, it reinforces a divide between Black women and queer men.

He gives her a concerned look before deciding they should take things slow and figure out what works for their relationship. These homophobic bits are never adequately addressed. On top of that, Sistas deals in some harmful transphobic stereotypes. The girl reassures him that she is a cis woman, but this is quickly ignored, and he returns to Danny.

He has the tools and ambition to inspire, but it somehow always ends up with Black women and queer people as the butt of every joke. Sign up for the INTO newsletter and get your twice-weekly dose of stories that shape the queer experience, culture, and lifestyle. Story by Sabrina Wigfall.