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This is another issue that has been raised. There was an article in the Advocate magazine asking is gay the new black. Because gays are going through a lot of segregation openly. This video explains it alot for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k7jTlVr-uM

Tell me what you think?

As for me. Although I do not support gay marriage. I do not agree that gays should have the advantages should come with marriage. I do believe they should adopt and believe they shouldn't be discriminated against.

I'm in accordance with Pentium's comment to some extent: I think that the segregation and discrimination that black Americans went through and to some degree still go through cannot truly be compared with the current plight of the LGBT community. It's not the same thing, in my opinion. All minority groups in the US seem to experience some sort of discrimination, including women, LGBT people, and racial minorities. Saying that "gays" are the new "blacks" suggests that black Americans have moved to some level of acceptance where they are no longer discriminated against, and are seen as equal to white Americans, and that gay Americans have somehow been demoted into some "void" left by black Americans when they "moved up" in society.

I didn't watch the video, but in short I think the comparison is a foolish one to make.

Well put, sir!!

Well I like Wanda Sykes and I watched her stand up last weekend I guess. She made a good point. You don't have to come out about being Black you just are. Whereas you have to come out about being gay and it's a lot harder for people to understand especially here in the Black community in which we have adopted white's mentality about homosexuality which I think it's so awful. Granted that the English-Americans especially have/had a very homo-erotic culture. Hell I will go so far to say America itself has a very homo-erotic culture. (WWE and all the p***s shaped buildings. Not to mention all the male ego stroking in all our historical documents and songs) I guess I'm going off topic there though

Anyway while the two groups have there differences I think it's foolish not too see the similarities. As Gays get lynched in hick town USA just as Black STILL get, they can't donate blood most of the time, they can get fired, ect. Sure maybe this country hasn't enslaved them (yet) but again the similarities are there.

So why I don't feel they are the "NEW" black. I do feel that they are yet another group that are getting their freedoms and rights pissed on. I'm sure if MLK and other civil right leaders were alive today they would fight for these people. Because remember an injustice to one is an injustice to all.

I mean really do we have to get into the whole D/L sub-subject? I'm so sure that most of us have gay people in our family that are in the closet and would probably like to come out about their sexuality. So let's not front around and act like it doesn't affect us as Black people.

Ok I just wanna say. I'm officially in love with you. LOL.