As a Black Gay Man who is over 50 years of age, I continuously find it deplorable that the Black Community STILL finds ways to want to fight BLACK LGBT+ people while spewing rhetoric that has been derived out of fear and religious manipulation!!
When are we going to find our COMMON GROUND and STAND TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT instead of taking sides to furhter demean, dehumanize, ostracize, criticize, and emaciate one another????
We don't have to AGREE with one another on lifestyle and cultural practices, BUT we MUST be willing to see we are NOT each other's ENEMY!! BLACK FOLK are BLACK FOLK in this country, REGARDLESS of Sexual Orientation... an avenue that SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED because this is PERSONAL!! If we are not fixing the problem of Men having 34 children and 17 "baby mamas" or Women who have 17 kids with 8 baby daddies... HOW are we focusing on the bedroom activities of CONSENTING SAME GENDER LOVING ADULTS????
I am hoping for a REAL platform discussion where we can REMOVE the egos and the stigma of what people THINK being GAY IS and have honest communication on how to MOVE THE POPULACE FORWARD FOR ALL BLACK FOLK IN THIS COUNTRY without fighting about 'being Black FIRST"!!!
I AM BOTH..I stand at the INTERSECTION of Black and Gay.... BUT. the WORLD MAKES ME BLACK FIRST because of my skin color.. BUT BLACKS MAKE ME GAY FIRST because they question my masculinity!!!