Why is that? For some reason, it seems that lesbians were accepted way before their counterparts and this is largely due to the over-sexualization of lesbians by heterosexual men. To be honest, it almost seems like she just popped up out of the woodwork at the beginning of the s. Waithe has tons of accolades already tied to her name including producing the original film Dear White People as well as winning an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Master of None.