Who is Andy Evans - other black in town from The Broken Bridge and what is their importance?

Andy Evans is the only other black in the town of Llangynog besides Ginny. The friends find similarities and comfort in one another, although they still have different ideas regarding how to deal with their feelings that they do not belong. Ginny and Andy identify with each other in that they are the only black adolescents growing up in a white town. Ginny thinks she is falling in love with Andy until she finds out he is gay.