Black's Okay...Gay? No Way!

The dangers of anti-gay propaganda – A personal story

via AlterNet, by A. McEwen of Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

In continuing to talk about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s designation and profiling new anti-gay hate groups, the lgbt community needs to demonstrate just what harm these group commit with their lie. Here is a little bit of my story:

As an African-American, I was constantly inundated with positive reinforcements while growing up.

I attended schools which celebrated Black History Month when it was Black History Week and Dr. King’s birthday long before it became a national holiday.
 
I was constantly assured that my racial heritage was an asset rather than a liability and it was something which I should be proud of.

It wasn’t the same with my sexual orientation.

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