Myles "Ray" Cunningham

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Ray Cunningham (b. April 15, 1983 in Richmond, VA), was one of eight cast members on season 3 of BET's College Hill reality series. Cunningham is best known and nationally recognized as the first openly gay personality to be featured on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network in its then 25 year history. He is an alumni of Virginia State University, an historically black insititution located in Petersburg, Virginia, with a degree in Mass Communications (2006). He now resides in Los Angeles, California. [1]

Cunningham has also appeared on episode 4: Mark of the HERE network groundbreaking series DL Chronicles (2007) [], FOX Reality's late night television special Nightclub Confessions (2007)[2] and will play the role of Malik on the upcoming television series Christopher Street [3], which is currently in production in New York City and will premier in next fall.

Cunningham was recently featured in the November Advocate issue [4], interviewed by noted journalist John Griffiths and also was named one of Clik magazine's most eligible and wanted batchelors of 2007in the November issue. [5] On January 23, 2008, Cunningham along with nationally recognized blogger and advocate Jasmyne Cannick moderated "It's a Black Thang: The Black LGBT 08 Vote - A Presidential Forum" [6] at the Lucy Florence Coffee House and Cultural Center in Leimert Park. The events panelist included Paris Barclay, Emmy Award winning director, Abner Mason, Executive Director of AIDS Responsibility and former President of the Log Cabin Republicans and actor Doug Spearman, of Noah's Arc fame.

In the upcoming 2008 year, Cunningham has signed on for several independent film projects and will be returning to BET once again this March for the first ever College Hill Class Reunion special featuring the Virginia State University, Virgin Islands and Chicago Interns cast [7].

Cunningham's official myspace url: rayfromcollegehill