While, Jonetta Rose Barras' column in the Washington Examinar entiteld Blacks and gays in D.C.: It’s complicated speaks to many unspoken truths within the black community when it comes to issues of Lesbian and Gay people, the message has to move beyond what the relationship has been between black LGBT people and the broader black community, to why and how that relationship has to change.
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Today I posted to following comment to her article:
The reality is that for Black Gay America this fight for equality isn't soley focused on marriage equality. It is and should be focused on the fact that the unofficial covenant that Ms. Barras speaks of, is endangering our community. Because as a culture, American culture broadly and black culture more directly, we resist discussing sex and sexuality we find ourselves in a situation where our people are dying. HIV/AIDS is rampaging through our community and it is not for a lack of knowledge, but it is because of the cultural stigmas that exist around issues of sex and sexuality. We cannot afford to keep this unspoken covenant any more. I know that this is and will continue to be a difficult conversation but it is a much needed conversation that we have to have. For me as a black gay man, this isn’t about white gay men wanting to get married, this is about my community standing up publicly and recognizing and respecting my existence. We cannot afford to hide in the shadows any more, the covenant should not be broken, but the code has to changed.
Read the article Blacks and Gays in Dc It's Complicated
Today I posted to following comment to her article:
The reality is that for Black Gay America this fight for equality isn't soley focused on marriage equality. It is and should be focused on the fact that the unofficial covenant that Ms. Barras speaks of, is endangering our community. Because as a culture, American culture broadly and black culture more directly, we resist discussing sex and sexuality we find ourselves in a situation where our people are dying. HIV/AIDS is rampaging through our community and it is not for a lack of knowledge, but it is because of the cultural stigmas that exist around issues of sex and sexuality. We cannot afford to keep this unspoken covenant any more. I know that this is and will continue to be a difficult conversation but it is a much needed conversation that we have to have. For me as a black gay man, this isn’t about white gay men wanting to get married, this is about my community standing up publicly and recognizing and respecting my existence. We cannot afford to hide in the shadows any more, the covenant should not be broken, but the code has to changed.
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