The Truth About Black Men, Gays And Homophobia

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ority, then by internal group definition. As a result, they question their statements of self and the process of self-affirmation becomes all the more difficult.
Just as African American men need distance from the distorted image
Reflection (lazy, weak minded, dogs, uneducated, worthless to the community) for African American Gay men the possess is all the more difficult, not only is there two struggles to fight but they are also clamed by both stereotypes. The main obstacle of African American Gay men is the success they have is in being invisible. But the process of being invisible robs them of knowing themselves and each other. It also robs them of being known on there own terms Black And Gay, yet the risk of being visible is one that too few of African American gay males are willing to take so most African
American gay men will chose the obvious one, the common one, to continue to be invisible and hate it, but the only way to over come that obstacle is for African American men to be more sensitive to their African American homosexual brothers.
To solve the problem with African American men and their homosexual brothers they need to know the root of homophobia. Whether at church, on college campuses, or at your friend’s house hanging out, African American mal...