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Morehoe Print Vows To Talk to Stunts on Gay Issu ATLANTAAn attack on a stunt last month at Morehoe College led to talk around the mp about homophobia and a ll om a natnal anizatn for the school to addrs the issue publicly. Sophomore Aaron Price was charged wh aggravated asslt for the baseball bat […]

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CAN A MOREHOE COLLEGE MAN BE OPENLY GAY?

Wh the openly gay muny at Atlanta's Morehoe College, There's a subgroup: Genr benrs who rock makp, Marc Jabs tote bags, sky-high heels and Beyoncé - style hair weav. Can a man of Morehoe be gay? Absolutely. But n he be a woman? Meet The Plastics. * morehouse gay *

Five current stunts talked to The Tenth to discs everythg om datg and iendship to homophobia and fdg alli at Morehoe.

MOREHOE CELEBRAT FIRST GAY PRI

When I meet the brilliant and urageo gay mp activists at Morehoe now, I'm certa I annoy them. I do on purpose. Wh the zeal of a missnary and the honty of a madman, I ask, "Have you heard of Keiron Williams?" * morehouse gay *

There are certaly gay Morehoe Men who've gone on to do great thgs that we don’t celebrate or talk about. Timothy T, sophomore english and spanish double major om Covgton, Geia: I thk the llege do an excellent job at producg men who want to be lears, men who are enterprisg, who are novative, men who f the part.

I mean, there have been a few ocsns where I’ve overheard thgs that were qutnable but I haven’t had any sort of homophobia directed at me on mp. I got an email some time last year where someone wrote to me that they felt like the paper was beg a gay anizatn.

One of the guys was like “I don’t feel like homosexulay is natural and I thk gays are cursed and gog to Hell.

MOREHOE COLLEGE TO OFFER NEW LGBT CLASS JANUARY AS MOV BEYOND ANTI-GAY PAST

The 'Morehoe man' is a paragon of virtue and strength, a lear sted for great thgs. But n he also be gay? * morehouse gay *

I thk there are certa stunts who are homophobic but, as an stutn, Morehoe has done a lot to embrace the gay muny here and has ma efforts to support . Jared: You hear a lot about Morehoe’s transphobic drs or Morehoe havg a lot of gay or DL stunts, that the llege is homophobic.

MOREHOE'S NON-TOLERANCE FOR GAYS

I thk I’d be lyg to say that we don’t experience that or tra on to some I was a rtrant Midtown recently and there was group of gay guys stg at a table near me and my iend. Some were out, some weren’t, but we found clost iends still are guys that who were my hman dorm, who were gay.

Those iendships blossomed and I really appreciate the opportuny to have are some people here who are very vol alli to the gay muny. My ncern though has always been about buildg iendships and muny wh other gay men bee I missed out on that prr to llege.

MOREHOE COLLEGE CELEBRAT FIRST GAY ‘PRI WEEK’

His su claimed that “Morehoe had failed to addrs the harassment of stunts believed to be homosexual; had fostered an atmosphere of hatred and vlence toward such stunts. In 2002 a Morehoe junr was beaten wh a baseball bat by another Morehoe stunt, what was seen as an anti-gay attack. “Adodi is the stoppg pot for a lot of people g to llege lookg to get that exposure to the gay muny that they might not have elsewhere, ” he said.

MOREHOE PRINT VOWS TO TALK TO STUNTS ON GAY ISSU

Morehoe offered s first LGBT urse 2013 and has a scholars program named for the civil and gay rights in Bayard Rt. William Bynum, Jr., vice print for Stunt Servic, to release a statement to several news outlets: “We are talkg about five stunts who are livg a gay liftyle that is leadg them to drs a way we do not expect Morehoe men. While the two adm that the relatnship between the Plastics and the straight muny is ght wh issu, they say the rt of the gay muny n be downright hostile.

While Rome sists that Morehoe needs to foc on equaly for all the gay muny, Phillip believ that this attu don’t apply to genr benrs like the Plastics. Gathered a two-bedroom, off-mp apartment are several members of Safe Space, an anizatn dited to supportg the gay muny at Morehoe, whether or not they flout the appropriate attire policy. “There’s a homophobia even wh the gay muny—which is somethg we have to al wh if Morehoe is gog to progrs.

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irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--flt" id="sgle_media"><figure class="article__FigureWrapper-sc-7s8aer-0 fKKAbz irvg__post-featured-image irvg__post-featured-image--article"><span style="paddg-bottom:56.25%" class="article__ImageWrapper-sc-7s8aer-1 cLpHBB"><img alt="" height="675" loadg="lazy" src=" srcSet=" 2020w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 1080w, 67w, 564w, 615w, 106w, 236w, 473w, 944w, 1889w, 600w, 1200w, 280w, 560w, 1119w, 1366w" siz="(max-width: 350px) 350px, (max-width: 1058px) 768px, (max-width: 1700px) 1080px, 2400px" width="944" class="article__ImageTag-sc-7s8aer-2 ehmVhs"/></span><div class="article__ImageMeta-sc-7s8aer-3 jRhVSJ"><figptn class="article__ImageCaptn-sc-7s8aer-4 hrwttr">Stunts gather durg Morehoe College Founrs Day. (Auzzy Byrdsell)</figptn></div></figure></div></div><div class="flt__ContaerWrapper-sc-1k8y94x-0 bTqzht article-ntent-ntaer irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--flt"><div class="ntentWidth__ContaerWrapper-sc-1p9n6rf-0 gnvRpv irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--ntentWidth"></div><div class="flt__ContaerWrapper-sc-1k8y94x-0 bTqzht article-ntent irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--flt"><div><div class="articleContent__Wrapper-sc-1rqfqf-0 bDtujo le-mon__article-ntent pi-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent--articleContent" id="pi"><p>A culture shift is unrway at Morehoe College. </p><p>The 156-year-old men’s llege — among the natn’s most-selective historilly Black lleg and universi (HBCUs) — was built upon the image of a ser, ntemporary Black man f wh a uniquely Amerin mold. But now, stunts, faculty members, and admistrators are rensirg what means to be a Morehoe man. </p><p>“We don’t want to put masculy a box,” said hman LaQuton Ga. “We’re nontg the norms. The Morehoe man 2023 is gay, straight, nonbary, and maybe transng.” </p><p>That view is a notable shift, current stunts and alumni said. And, ’s an important step makg the mp — which began admtg trans men 2020 — more acceptg. </p><div class="flt__InjectableWrapper-sc-1m0k3h2-0 cJpRA-D wp-block-le-mon-newsletter le-mon__newsletter-block le-mon__newsletter-block--flt"><div class="flt__InjectableInnerWrapper-sc-1m0k3h2-1 jTBpwt newsletter-block__ner le-mon__article-ntent"><h3 class="flt__TextWrapper-sc-hmou3q-0 nVGhA newsletter-block__tle irvg__text irvg__text--flt">Get Capal B ATL your box</h3><p class="flt__TextWrapper-sc-hmou3q-0 nVGhA newsletter-block__teaser irvg__text irvg__text--flt">Sign up for extra news and om the team.</p><form class="flt__SignUpForm-sc-1m0k3h2-2 dqdHij newsletter-block__form"><label class="flt__Label-sc-1m0k3h2-4 keCrGP newsletter-block__label" for="email"><span class="flt__LabelText-sc-1m0k3h2-5 hsohfX">Email Addrs</span><put type="email" id="email" name="email" placeholr="Email Addrs" value="" class="flt__TextInput-sc-1m0k3h2-3 eBYGHz newsletter-block__put"/></label><button type="subm" class="flt__Button-sc-1m0k3h2-6 ddfjwY newsletter-block__button"><svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 16 16" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="><path fill-le="evenodd" d="M10.146 4.646a.5.5 0 01.708 0l3 3a.5.5 0 010 .708l-3 3a.5.5 0 01-.708-.708L12.793 8l-2.647-2.646a.5.5 0 010-.708z" clip-le="evenodd"></path><path fill-le="evenodd" d="M2 8a.5.5 0 01.5-.5H13a.5.5 0 010 1H2.5A.5.5 0 012 8z" clip-le="evenodd"></path></svg><span class="flt__SubmText-sc-1m0k3h2-7 cJkLMn">Subm</span></button></form></div></div><p>Now, Morehoe stunts n participate the annual Ftival of Eccentrics, a Queer-centric dance show hosted by Atlanta’s HBCUs. Speakers that challenge genr norms are beg more equent at Morehoe. There’s an LGBTQ+ group on mp. And, last year, the llege started a <a href=">rearch stute</a> that’s takg an “expansive foc on diverse Black masculi.” </p><p>Johntavis Williams, who graduated 2017, said ’s important that Morehoe is changg wh the tim. There have always been queer stunts on mp — but now they “have more eedom and abily to do and be who they are.” </p><p>“It don’t matter if you’re the ballroom scene or subscribe to LGBTQ+ or not, you reprent the Morehoe brand which is excellence and greatns,” Williams said. “It’s not about what you look like or subscribe to, ’s about what’s unrneath your sk and blood.”</p><p>It hasn’t always been this way. In 2002 a Morehoe junr was beaten wh a baseball bat by another Morehoe stunt, what was seen as an <a href=">anti-gay attack</a>. Morehoe’s drs prevly banned stunts om wearg women’s clothg. A stunt who dropped out of the llege as a rult of the policy told <a href=">VIBE magaze</a> at the time, “Morehoe wasn’t ready for me.” </p><p>Each year on Founr’s Day, stunts wear sus on mp. And hmen mt wear whe shirts, black slacks, and neck ti durg New Stunt Orientatn tradns. </p><p>One source of new thkg on mp is the Black Men’s Rearch Instute, which opened January 2022. Walter Kimbrough, a former print of Philanr Smh College and Dillard Universy, is s terim executive director.</p><p><a href=">Gee M. Johnson</a> — a nonbary wrer and graduate of Virgia Unn Universy and Bowie State Universy —  was the first speaker at the stute this year. Johnson vised January to discs their latt book <em>All Boys Aren’t Blue</em>, an exploratn of their upbrgg as a Black queer man Ameri. </p><p>Kimbrough says the stute will ntue hostg events like this. “The ia is, how do Morehoe beg to have broar and eper nversatns about what means to be a man and what masculy looks like 2023?” he said an terview. </p><p>Last month, for example, rapper G Herbo spoke at the stute about the stigmas surroundg therapy and mental health for Black men.</p><p>Kimbrough says that if Morehoe wants to transform s inty and bee more clive, mt give the stunts rourc to explore their sexuali and qutn who they are as people. </p><p>Ga, the hman, is an ambassador for the stute. He says s work challeng stagnant genr polics at Morehoe and beyond.</p><p>“We e tryg to manver the spac bee the subjects n be ntroversial, but we need to reach them. We are puttg ourselv ahead of the game by steppg outsi of tradns. You n’t feel at home if you don’t have stcture or don’t feel fortable,” he said. </p><p>And, a recently formed on-mp anizatn is foced on helpg the Morehoe muny transform s perceptns of what means to be a Black man. </p><p>Da’Marn Miller is a Morehoe senr and the print of Adodi. Adodi, once known as Safe Space, is the llege’s LGBTQ+ anizatn. It offers safe-sex rourc, teach queer history, and offers a place to “kick back and relax,” Miller said. </p><p>“Adodi is the stoppg pot for a lot of people g to llege lookg to get that exposure to the gay muny that they might not have elsewhere,” he said. </p><p>The group enurag stunts to rensir what they thk of when they picture the Man of Morehoe. </p><p>“Morehoe has the ‘Five Wells’ of beg well-drsed, well-read, well-spoken, well-traveled, and well-round. Oftentim, that archetype only appli to people who have nservative views on sexualy,” Miller said. </p><p>In orr to ntue leadg the standard of excellence Black men, stunts said Morehoe’s culture and stunt body mt reflect the diversy of all Black men. </p><p>“Morehoe should be the flt place. When people want to have nversatns, [when] policymakers and journalists want to unrstand the Black male experience — seems like they should start here,” Kimbrough said.</p><p><em>Auzzy Byrdsell is an gural fellow the </em><a href="><em>HBCU Stunt Journalism Network</em></a><em>, a project of Open Camp.</em></p><div style="height:1px;left:0;marg:0 to;posn:absolute;poter-events:none;right:0;top:50%;width:1px" id="wp-irvg-gtm-article-midpot"></div></div></div></div><div class="ntentWidth__ContaerWrapper-sc-1p9n6rf-0 gnvRpv article-meta article-meta--bottom irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--ntentWidth"><div class="flt__SocialShargWrapper-sc-1ap9xvz-0 fInWHe irvg__post-social-sharg irvg__post-social-sharg--pill"><ul class="pill__SocialShargList-sc-19unuas-0 hpxHWY post-social-sharg__list"><li class="pill__SocialShargItemWrapper-sc-19unuas-1 iWrpEJ redd"><a class="flt__LkWrapper-sc-iyf4mi-0 hcvtma --flt" href=" rel="" target="_blank"><span class="pill__InWrapper-sc-19unuas-2 hdYehU redd"><svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 24 24" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="><tle>Share on redd .

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