Here we are at the Harlem Tea House. Photo by Donald Andrew Agarrat, 2005.
Larry and I penned an article for the latest issue of Black Issues Book Review called "Not So Loud: Legal Issues Affecting the Black LGBT Community." It is our first professional collaboration. We are proud of our baby. Here is a snippet from the article:
"Current debates about the legal issues facing the LGBT community have a couple of things in common. Most frequently, the discussions center on the rights that accompany the recognition of same-sex unions, and they seldom hold the community of color as their central focus. Clearly, the black LGBT community faces the challenge of alienation.
The current literature’s ambivalence about race suggests that racism in America is a non-issue. As the daily lives of non-heterosexual African-Americans prove that the facets of their identity are inextricably connected, how should this community respond to a body of literature that presumes that its legal problems begin and end with its sexuality?"
Monday, May 02, 2005 @ 01:18 PM