Links: Recent Quotes from Black LGBT Leaders

Pushing the community forward

by j. brotherlove

After posting everyday last week, I needed a break to catch up on offline projects. Thanks for the great feedback on Lessons From San Francisco’s Race Problems and my Interviewing Stanley Bennett Clay, Pt. I. I really appreciate it!

What say the black folk who are pushing the LBGT community forward?

Conversation with SBC | Real Talk

Joe Hawkins interviewed Stanley Bennett Clay at the 5th Annual Oakland International Film Festival.

Interview with Kortney Ryan Ziegler | Chicago Reporter

Ziegler (aka blac(k)ademic) sat down with The Chicago Reporter to share her experiences as a black academic, lesbian, blogger, filmmaker and as a member of the first class in Northwestern’s African American studies doctoral program.

In [some] departments—I won’t say names—the scholarship they teach is very quote-unquote, ‘Eurocentric.’ And that’s problematic. And if you want to speak up, your aggrieved position is of, ‘Ok, there’s the black person again—always have to talk about the black stuff.’

Or even in classes that are predominantly with people of color, it might be predominantly heterosexual. [Then] there’s the lesbian that always has to talk about gay stuff or something like that.

AIDS is a Black Disease! | Black Voices/Phil Wilson

AIDS in America today is a Black disease. Of course it’s not just a Black disease, but, it IS a Black disease. No matter what lens you use — gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, level of education, region of the country where you live — Black people bear the brunt of the AIDS epidemic in America today. Nobody wants to talk about that, nobody wants to own that and that silence is killing us.

Domestic District | Metro Weekly

Sterling Washington of Us Helping Us on living in D.C.’s co-mingled Petworth and Park View neighborhoods:

”Everything is fine till you walk out the door,” warns Washington, pointing to an adjacent housing project as something of a trouble spot. ”It’s not the best neighborhood. I don’t have much interaction with the neighbors…. [But] one of the good things about Petworth is it’s called ‘up and coming,’ so the rent’s not outrageous.”

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