Black Homophobia

Black Ministers Come Out On Obama's Stance On Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.17.2012

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Irene Monroe

LGBTQ activists of African descent have pondered what would be the catalyst to rally those African-American Christian ministers to support same-sex marriage and engage the black community in a nationwide discussion. The answer arrived in President Obama.

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Brutal Attack On Two Texas Men May Have Been Motivated By Sexual Orientation: Report

Posted 03.15.2012

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A brutal attack on two Texas men believed to have been targeted because of their perceived sexual orientation has been classified as a hate crime. ...

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It's Official: Gay Is the New Black

Monique Ruffin | Posted 02.26.2012

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Monique Ruffin

The civil rights issue of our time is gay marriage, and the key players in our country's most significant civil rights movement are on the wrong side of it. The black church has taken on a new role: oppressor.

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Resistant Homophobia in the Black Community

Aaron Anson | Posted 12.07.2011

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Aaron Anson

The very same Bible that whites used to defend slavery, blacks are now using to repress and ostracize gays. Our tendency to use religion as the basis to justify superiority by labeling others as inferior is irrational at best.

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Tim Hardaway's Change of Words

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.15.2011

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Irene Monroe

Hardaway is the last person one would expect to speak out on behalf of a LGBTQ social justice issue. In a 2007 interview, Hardaway was asked how he would interact with a gay teammate: "You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known."

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In "Hot-Lanta" You Stay "in the Closet" as CNN's Don Lemon Did

Irene Monroe | Posted 08.08.2011

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Irene Monroe

Because African Americans don't address the homophobic role some Black churches play in creating a "down-low" (DL) culture that both Bishop Eddie Long and Pastor Donnie McClurkin can tell their truths.

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Marriage Equality Film Comes to Harlem

Irene Monroe | Posted 07.04.2011

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Irene Monroe

African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities have always existed in Harlem, residing here since this former Dutch enclave became America's Black Mecca in the 1920s.

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Malcolm X Was "Gay-for-Pay," New Book Says

Irene Monroe | Posted 06.07.2011

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Irene Monroe

We need to closely examine the recent revelation that for a period in his life Malcolm X engaged in same-sex relationships.

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AIDS still thought of as a gay disease in black America

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Irene Monroe

To date, more than 230, 000 African Americans have died of AIDS. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 22 African Americans will be...

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Why President Obama Hurts His Own Cause By Not Addressing Homophobia in the Black Community

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pam Spaulding

With a president reticent to do much of anything about LGBT issues or homophobia in the black community without overwhelming support, where does that leave black, LGBT, and black LGBT communities?

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Charles Blow Gets it Wrong on Blacks and Prop. 8

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

In his New York Times column on the overwhelming black vote in favor of Prop 8, Charles Blow paints a picture of hypocrisy, irrationality, resentment and plain ignorance.

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Obama Takes On The Black Community's Homophobia

The Guardian | Matthew Harwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the media concentrates on the verbal slaps between the Obama and Clinton camps, there hasn't been much traction on what Barack Obama said to a b...

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