Black LGBT Pride Matters

The black LGBT pride movement began as a result of the gay black minority community in the United States feeling marginalized and less a part of the whole gay community in participation, organization and administration. There was also the factor of socio-cultural differences that revented  the sub-community in full participation in the gay movement.

LGBT rights have progressed because of protest and people who have benefited from those actions should look beyond themselves and consider the struggles of those still fighting because Pride is, always has been and always will be, political.

While white LGBT communities may have moved on, LGBT people of colour are still facing policing issues on a daily basis.

Being LGBT is one thing, but being ethnically or culturally ‘other’ is a whole other thing – and reconciling the two is huge. Read more about Black LGBT Pride

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