We talk to the creative team of Merry Men, a ic that re-imag Rob Hood and his Merry Men as gay.
Contents:
- OUT THE 'HOOD: YOUNG, GAY AND HOPG FOR SOMETHG BETTER
- IS THIS YOUNG THUG AND CREW WATCHG GAY P###?
- MERRY MEN EXPLOR THE QUTN 'WHAT IF ROB HOOD WAS GAY?'
- BLACK, GAY AND GRAYG GRACEFULLY LOVE
- REIMAGG ROB HOOD AS A BADASS GAY OUTLAW
- HOOD HEROICS #2 - "THUG BEEF" [GAY BLACK / MM ROMANCE] KDLE EDN
- IN 'MOONLIGHT,' GROWG UP BLACK, GAY AND POOR IN 1980S MIAMI
- YOUNG THUG SAYS HE’S NOT GAY: “I’M THE STRAIGHTT MAN THE WORLD”
OUT THE 'HOOD: YOUNG, GAY AND HOPG FOR SOMETHG BETTER
Gay history is Black history. * gay black hood *
While the events may seem unrelated, activists and lears at the tersectn of the muni say has bee all the more evint that the fight for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights nnot be divorced om the stggle for racial gay rights movement and the Black civil rights movement have long been tertwed, as evinced by the overlap of key figur — cludg Jam Baldw, Pli Murray and Bayard Rt — and the fact that Black activists, among them the transgenr woman Marsha P. "'B-Boy Blu' (1994-2005)by Jam Earl HardyAlyson Books"B-Boy Blu" is a six-book seri that follows a group of Black gay men livg New York Cy.
IS THIS YOUNG THUG AND CREW WATCHG GAY P###?
A soclogist spent two years terviewg gay gang members. While some were the closet and others were openly gay, all were forced to reckon wh an environment of hypermasculy. * gay black hood *
"I didn't fully unrstand my queerns until I read this book, which reflected, at the time the early 2000s, the plexi of beg Black and gay. He said is a "journey through the life of a Black gay man that experienc love, joy, pa and loss.
Two of the mentors have a romantic history, and one of them unwtgly gets assigned to a boy who is gay, prentg somethg of a plex dynamic as the ruals ntue at a remote mp.
Paris Is Burng highlights the importance of chosen fai, as well as creativy and muny borne amid stggl wh poverty, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and accs to health re. Two Mlim, gay, and closeted teenagers New York's Bed-Stuy neighborhood have a secret love affair that gets swept up amidst the surveillance of mosqu.
MERRY MEN EXPLOR THE QUTN 'WHAT IF ROB HOOD WAS GAY?'
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This 2014 film follows a gay high schooler raised Hattiburg, Mississippi, as he rencil his sexualy and Christian fah, as well as a plex fay dynamic. Jason Holliday is the tle subject of this 1967 documentary where the Black and gay baret performer, htler, and sex worker shar var tal om his life, eded down om a 12-hour terview. Throughout the film, Holliday sounds off on beg a Black, gay man durg the Civil Rights era, all while sually enjoyg drks, weed, and cigarett on mera.
In what would be Black gay documentarian Marlon Riggs' fal film, Black Is, Black A't illtrat how there's no sgular, monolhic way for people to be Black wh a muny that's diverse s own right.
After his parents kick him out for beg gay, a young Black pater enters a homels shelter, where he meets an olr Black gay poet. After his boyiend di, a Black gay drag queen (Vg Rham) be iends wh a sgle mother and her dgther.
BLACK, GAY AND GRAYG GRACEFULLY LOVE
Jamal Jordan uldn't envisn what growg old as a gay Black man until he met Mike and Phil while workg on a book. * gay black hood *
PUNKS, a 2000 film ma by Noah's Arc creator Patrik-Ian Polk, follows four Black gay men who are all close iends searchg for a fulfillg romantic relatnship. The edic take (which is que difficult at actually viewg as there were distributn issu) explor what means to be Black and gay while also sheddg light on the everyday stggl shared as part of the human experience. Together, they build a relatnship that mt rema secret bee homosexualy is illegal.
The Skny picts five llege iends, cludg four gay men and a lbian woman, who get together for Pri New York Cy. Teddy is young gay man livg Chapeake, Virgia, who me out at 16 years old and dropped out of school. My name is Tavaris “Teddy Ebony” Edwards and I’m a gay black man.
REIMAGG ROB HOOD AS A BADASS GAY OUTLAW
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I’m the first openly gay person my fay.
I was always teased about beg gay.
HOOD HEROICS #2 - "THUG BEEF" [GAY BLACK / MM ROMANCE] KDLE EDN
Growg up gay and whout a father was very hard for me. When I turned 16 I accepted myself as beg gay. When people lled me nam like gay or faggie, I ed to be so sad.
Bee I was more than jt gay or a faggie. I had gay tennci but I was a funny, so I always had everyone lghg. So once I had her approval, beg gay beme easier bee I didn’t re what others thought anymore.
IN 'MOONLIGHT,' GROWG UP BLACK, GAY AND POOR IN 1980S MIAMI
I may be gay, but I want a baby. Beg gay, that’s the easy part. I’m happy beg gay.
You have no choice but to accept beg gay, baby, bee if you strs about , you’re gonna hurt yourself. One thg I n say [is that] over the years, beg gay has changed pletely. Nowadays I see gays wear short shorts, girl shirts, tights, girl sho and they walk around fortable.
I thk that wh the next five years beg gay will be even more accepted. I’m gay and I accept that.
YOUNG THUG SAYS HE’S NOT GAY: “I’M THE STRAIGHTT MAN THE WORLD”
Black gay men have always ma history. The history of Ameri would not exist whout Black gay men. They've served as civil rights lears, revolutnary artists, labor anizers, scientists, policians, and tors, and their impact has touched every part of this still, many Black gay men are fotten, and erased om history, wh their acplishments beg washed away.
But Amerin history is Black history, and is Black gay history. So we've put together this list of jt some of the important Black gay men who have changed Ameri and the World. He fought for civil rights for Black Amerins, as well as labor rights and gay rights the '80s.