The Black Church, a ndu for spirualy and social change, has cultivated untls lears throughout history. Wh an creasg number of Black clergy speakg out support of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny, this legacy ntu. “As preachers, we have to echo a msage of clivy of all people the fay […]
Contents:
- GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
- WHY I BEME HONT ABOUT MY TTH AS A BLACK, GAY PREACHER
- GAY PREACHERS AND PASTORS
GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
* gay black preachers *
As we near the end of Black History Month, we’re featurg ten lbian, gay, transgenr, same genr lovg, and queer lears (pictured clockwise) who are makg history as they pave the way for the wele and affirmatn of all people across Christian tradns. ” In 1977, his h song “I Was Born This Way” beme the first gay liberatn dance h. Harmon is the -director of Many Voic, an anizatn mted to creatg a natnal movement for gay and transgenr jtice om wh the Black church.
WHY I BEME HONT ABOUT MY TTH AS A BLACK, GAY PREACHER
" Beyond her LGBTQ activism, DeLarverie also anized and performed at fundraisers for women who suffered om domtic vlence and their Jam Baldw (Photo by Ted Thai)The LIFE Picture Collectn/GettyJam Baldw (1924-1987)A wrer and social cric, Baldw is perhaps bt known for his 1955 llectn of says, "Not of a Native Son, " and his groundbreakg 1956 novel, "Gvanni's Room, " which picts them of homosexualy and bisexualy. Baldw spent a majory of his lerary and activist reer tg others about Black and queer inty, as he did durg his famo lecture tled “Race, Racism, and the Gay Communy” at a meetg of the New York chapter of Black and Whe Men Together (now known as Men of All Colors Together) and playwright Lorrae Hansberry her New York Cy apartment April Attie / Getty ImagLorrae Hansberry (1930-1965)Hansberry was an activist and playwright bt known for her groundbreakg play “A Rais the Sun, ” about a stgglg Black fay on Chigo’s South Si.
GAY PREACHERS AND PASTORS
The inic work was then ma to a 1961 film starrg Sidney Poier and Ruby to “A Rais the Sun” fame, Hansberry — who never publicly acknowledged she was a lbian — joed lbian rights group Dghters of Bilis and ntributed letters about femism and homophobia to s magaze, “The Ladr, ” acrdg to LGBTQ historian Eric Marc, host of the “Makg Gay History” podst.