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NO ASIANS, NO BLACK PEOPLE. WHY DO GAY PEOPLE TOLERATE BLATANT RACISM?
But while the LGBTQ+ movement looks forward to a world whout homophobia and transphobia, too often fails to look si self at the racial bias that people of lor face the cis-straight world. Dpe polls showg the growg acceptance of LGBTQ+ people the US – and the Supreme Court lg earlier this month guaranteeg employment protectns for gays, lbians, and transgenr workers – there’s still great dispary wh the broar muny between people of lor and their whe unterparts. Referencg a study that found the per-pa rate of fatal shootgs by officers to be 70% lower partments wh black police chiefs than those wh whe learship, our panelists suggted that efforts need to be directed at and enuraged wh policg stutns to unteract ongog racism, homophobia, transphobia, and profilg.
Durg this past Pri month, the cy of Philalphia rpond to recent allegatns of racism at a gay bar by addg black and brown to the inic rabow flag. But the extra two lors were ntroversial, drawg loud cricism particular om whe gay LGBT muny has long stggled wh allegatns of discrimatn There have been other discrimatn accatns leveled agast the LGBT muny over time — ually, but not only, wh a subset of whe gay men charged as the culprs.
Durg the 1980s, lbians fought to have the “gay muny” relabeled “lbian and gay, ” so that women would no longer be erased.