Can we discuss the lack of visibility of everything except white, males?
From Pride ads, to gay media (television, magazines etc...)?
Why does the 'community' pretend to be tolerant, but excludes 'blacks' and 'asians' like slaves only inviting them into their Bad Girls club when they want to fetisize/sex them?
Why does the 'community' tear down minority members when they try to speak up on their issues?
What is the impact of a whitewashed LGBT community?
What aboout young asian and black LGBT people, some who experience increased homophobia/transphobia from their racial/culture groups and families, but then are rejected for their race by their - or what the heterosexual majority ASSUME is their - community?
What is the impact on PREFERENCES, when one group only presents its idea of beauty to the young and more impressionable LGBT members?
Another generation that thinks non-white people are less than?
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Fact: I am an openly gay black man. Another fact: as disappointing as it may sound, experiencing racism as a "double-minority" has been felt within both communities. I can be racially profiled at a store as a black man and can then be treated as a pariah at a gay club the same night by the white men and bouncers who occupy the space.
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As I have gotten older, it has become more difficult to ignore the intersectionality that has colored my experience as a gay black man. In one sphere, I am told that being black has nothing to do with being gay. And in the other, I am reminded that race is irrelevant to the conversation.
Both of these are lies and as much as one community wants to act as though they are more accepting than the other, it's difficult for me to decide right now.
Sure, the black community can be labeled as having deep-seated homophobic views. But that lame trope is getting old when you take in consideration the current LGBT movement's lack of recognizing variety and sympathy for people of color in general.
I'm sorry, but having a few famous black drag queens and transgender superstars does not make this issue go away.
The most annoying misconception that has often hurt further dialogue on this issue is the myths that talking about racism within our community will distract from other social causes we are trying to achieve.
I will no longer accept that excuse. It is 2015: if people are not allowing us to get married, it will have nothing to do with the fact that there is racism in our community just as it is in theirs.
At the end of the day, when we are finally over the constant focus on marriage equality -- a cause that in my opinion reveals the privilege of our community, in regards to priorities -- we should start getting real about what the faces and spaces of the next LGBT movement look like. Answer: more diverse and colorful.
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I am tired of going to queer events that are fundraising for only white queer member causes -- but ignore that more than 5 black transgender individuals have been murdered so far this year.
Visibility is one thing, but access and equity is another. We need to start expanding the conversation on race in these conventions and not just for LGBT members of color but for their white counterparts.
I don't just want specialized events and socials catered to me due to my race, but instead more intellectual space and opportunity to inform and enlighten the very members whom I share an interest in activism with.
It's time to start addressing the racial setbacks in the current LGBT movement. If we don't now, we are never going to obtain that pot of gold equality on the other side of the diverse rainbow.
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SINCE SOME OF YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY NEVER SEEN GAY MEDIA TO DENY THE WHITEWASH, HERE'S SOME FRONT COVERS OF LGBTQ PUBLICATIONS
Gay TimesAttitude
The Advocate
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