Posted on 10/21/2009 10:43:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Black History Month should help break down homophobia by celebrating the sexuality of black heroes such as Malcolm
October is Black History Month in Britain – a wonderful celebration of the huge, important and valuable contribution that black people have made to humanity and to popular culture.
It is also worth celebrating that many leading black icons have been lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), most notably the US black liberation hero Malcolm X. Other prominent black LGBTs include jazz singer Billie Holiday, author and civil rights activist James Baldwin, soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, blues singer Bessie Smith, poet and short story writer Langston Hughes, singer Johnny Mathis, novelist Alice Walker, civil rights activist and organiser of the 1963 March on Washington Bayard Rustin, blues singer Ma Rainey, dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey, actress, singer and dancer Josephine Baker, Olympic diving gold medallist Greg Louganis, singer and songwriter Little Richard, political activist and philosopher Angela Davis, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman and drag performer and singer RuPaul.
Few of these prominent black LGBT achievers are listed on the most comprehensive UK Black History Month website, which hosts biographies of notable black men and women. In the section on people, only Davis is mentioned and her lesbianism is not acknowledged. The website fails to identify the vast majority of black public and historical figures who are LGBT. The Official Guide to Black History Month UK is equally remiss. Why these omissions? Black people are not one homogenous heterosexual mass. Where is the recognition of sexual diversity within the black communities and black history?
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Malcolm “DL” X
Yeah, why aren’t they celebrated by the black community? ;^)
haha
Well, the left loves Muslims. They love homosexuals. Why not?
Malcolm Xy
So’s Obama...he’s screwing everyone in the whole country!
I am always AMAZED at the free passes the liberal press gives socialists and certain minorities...
How ‘bout Al Sharpton? He’s been screwing us all for years.
What a coincidence... so’s his son Barack.
Johnny Mathis is black?
“Black History Month in Britain”
Just....Huh?
Since when is Greg Louganis BLACK?
So true - and Rangel has been screwing the IRS...
RuPaul gay?!!??? Say it isn't so.
RuPaul is bi. I can’t believe it.
I’m not sure why I needed to know this. Given the fact that none of these people tried to have sex in public, I question what was gained in outing these folks.
TMI!!!!!! I don’t tell them about my sex life, I don’t want to know about theirs.
I always thought he was Greek. And I always thought he was gay.
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