The unty where no one's gay | CNN

Contents:

• MOVG TO GAY MISSISSIPPI? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.
• GAYT PLAC IN MISSISSIPPI FOR 2020
• THE UNTY WHERE NO ONE’S GAY

MOVG TO GAY MISSISSIPPI? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

Found Jackson, Mississippi by lol activist Eddie Sandifer, the Mississippi Gay Alliance was a polil and social anizatn that sought to anize the LGBTQ muny of Mississippi. This Month Mississippi was the official newsletter of the Mississippi Gay & Lbian Alliance. Several of the survey’s rponnts mentned polici champned by some of the state’s most powerful elected officials like Hoe Bill 1523 passed 2016, which is often referred to as the most sweepg anti-gay legislatn the untry.

Dupuy, who teach arts-tegrated Black history wh an emphasis on civil rights and Ao-religns, opened up a dialogue that day to be “real” about his sexualy as a gay Black man. ” But Dupuy’s experience, unlike whe LGBTQ+ members, highlights a mon aspect that people of lor face: creased homophobia and stigmatizatn. While Dupuy relled homophobic and racist experienc at Millsaps College prr to g out, he said he is ultimately proud of his cisn to publicly acknowledge his inty.

GAYT PLAC IN MISSISSIPPI FOR 2020

While Walsh listed social media and Gay-Straight Allianc as ways for LGBTQ+ Mississippians to nnect, she emphasized that safety is a val factor. Those “nvoluted stori” Connor referred to are micro-aggrsns and direct discrimatn agast a margalized group the workplace, like when he is asked outright “if he is gay” or more subtly asked if he is datg anyone.

THE UNTY WHERE NO ONE’S GAY

I need a new gay btie and then we n go shoppg and do all the stereotypil stuff together, ’” Connor said. “That whole gay marriage bate was msy, and my viewpots on marriage are msy, ” Connor said. Mississippi has not prohibed the e of the gay or transgenr panic fense as a legal strategy.