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You can't be Gay if your Black...

Posted by lotusb • 1/09/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: sexual identity

The DL brothers...the stigma of being a gay Asian...

Why is it that certain minorities are more open to alternative lifestyles while others are widely shunned for it?

(I found out one of my friends from HS is a DL today...so that's where this topic came from.)

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1/09/09

wehireu

Don't they have a term for it, something on the down low. It doesn't make sense to me. There are plenty of gay people from all kinds of backgrounds. They also call it hiding.

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1/09/09

aningeniousname

There's no black gays?

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1. 3/20/09
  
  BlackGAYGossip
  
  Oh, we're here.
1/09/09

Chazman80

You can be anything ya wanna be....man its 2009....be who you be and be who you are.

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1. 1/09/09
  
  jjmezzio
  
  It's 2009 but we are still living and thinking backward in a lot of aspects. Unfortunately freedom seems to have limit to its length.
2. 3/20/09
  
  BlackGAYGossip
  
  I agree with Chazman80. Change and progress can only come about if you dare to be. Visibility is key.
1/09/09

pointlessbanter

Lamar Latrell begs to differ

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1. 1/09/09
  
  GFG
  
  That looks like Michael Jackson
1/09/09

GFG

Are there More Asian Gays where you come from?

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1/09/09

ArsenicCookies

Oddly enough this topic reminds me of a segment on The Daily Show with John Stewart when Larry Whitmore discussed the rift between the gay and black communities. www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=213370&title=proposition-8

Stephen Colbert has done it too www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=210505&title=imaginary-gay/b...

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1. 1/09/09
  
  ArsenicCookies
  
  lol I just realized Larry Whitmore used the same term DL in describing it
1/09/09

Anok

I'm confused. The title says you can't be gay if you're black, and the post says you can't be gay if you're Asian.

Is this a multi racial thing, or do I need to go make more coffee?

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1. 1/09/09
  
  ArsenicCookies
  
  I was wondering that too, so I just stuck with the title
2. 1/09/09
  
  Anok
  
  OK, glad to know I'm not the only one.
3. 1/09/09
  
  Friday13
  
  The title mentions just one thing, but the post mentions two (on the first line).
1/09/09

GFG

This is confusing...
I think we should just ban gay

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1/09/09

ttiger

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3/20/09

BlackGAYGossip

That's a very good question. I think a search for the answer begins with an exploration and understanding of the respective groups' specific culture.

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3/20/09

kat822

I wasn't aware of the down low thing within the black culture, it is an interesting question

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3/20/09

codesucker

ridiculous, anyone can be gay. White, Black, Asian, British, Smart, Stupid, Fat, skinny, short, tall - anyone

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