Editor’s Note: This is a cross-post from Holly Bullies and Headless Monsters. Alvin is a 38-year-old single African-American gay man who resides in Columbia, SC. He’s an internationally known and referenced blogger known for exposing the Lies of the Anti-Gay Industry. He is also a board member of the SC Pride Movement and SC Black Pride as well as a co-founder of Palmetto Umoja.
by Alvin McEwin
I want to do something different today.
Monday is February and the beginning of Black History Month, so I’m starting early on it.
It occurs to me that in both the lgbt community and the black community, lgbts of color never seem to be able to get in the conversation. We are boggarted because it seems that both communities don’t see us as people, but as commodities.
So I am posting clips from an old episode of In Focus, news magazine show in Atlanta, GA.
The episode is talking about homosexuality in the black church. And what makes this episode excellent is that it is doing something that neither the black or gay community can never seem to do – letting lgbts of color get a word in edgewise.
I would ask those who claim to be for lgbt or African-American equality to view the clips and ponder one point – how in the hell are you working to secure my rights if you won’t listen to what I have to say?:
