While Fellow Travelers focuses on the tragic love story between Tim and Hawk, two white men, from the late 50s to the late 80s, the show also puts an emphasis on the colored queer scene in the same period, or rather, the sad state of affairs. Marcus’ story in the journalistic world of Washington, D.C., parallels Tim’s journey through his political career in many ways. But, in truth, it is Marcus and Hawk who are similar in every way yet very different. Maybe I could say Marcus is the perfect balance between Tim and Hawk (although it takes him a long time to get there). Marcus starts off as a journalist for a black newspaper. When he stands up to Roy Cohn, his press privileges are revoked immediately. Marcus makes a statement that’s quite memorable: “Real change is what white people talk about when they don’t really want anything to change.