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- HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100: THE FIRST BLACK GAY SHORT STORY EVER PUBLISHEDFROM 1926, RICHARD BCE NUGENT'S "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA" IS AN O TO TERRACIAL SAME-SEX SIRE. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 21, 2020/3:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3541PX;WIDTH:5055PX;}GETTY IMAGBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 21, 2020 / 3:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100: THE FIRST BLACK GAY SHORT STORY EVER PUBLISHED","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-21T20:19:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-21T20:19:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI CELEBRATG THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HARLEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}…ALEX TURNED HIS DOORWAY…UP THE STAIRS AND THE STRANGER WAED FOR HIM TO LIGHT THE ROOM…NO NEED FOR WORDS…THEY HAD ALWAYS KNOWN EACH OTHER…AS THEY UNDRSED BY THE BLUE DAWN…ALEX KNEW HE HAD NEVER SEEN A MORE PERFECT BEG…HIS BODY WAS ALL SYMMETRY AND MIC…AND ALEX LLED HIM BETY…LONG THEY LAY…BLOWG SMOKE AND EXCHANGG THOUGHTS…AND ALEX SWALLOWED WH DIFFICULTY…HE FELT A GLOW OF TREMOR…AND THEY TALKED AND…SLEPT…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA," RICHARD BCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRH OFF BEG FIRED AND RIDG HIGH ON UNEMPLOYMENT SURANCE, I WROTE THIS PIECE FOR THE HUFFGTON POST BACK 2014, "WHY I'VE GIVEN UP ON HOOKG UP," TAILG, RATHER EXPLICLY, MY TRATN WH DATG, DATG APPS, AND THE GENERAL CULTURE AROUND THEM AS PERTAED TO GAY MEN. IT SPIRED A FEW RPONSE PIEC, WAS TRANSLATED TO OTHER LANGUAG (LIKE ONE—GERMAN, I BELIEVE), AND I STILL GET THE OCSNAL DM OM A HOMOSEXUAL WH WHOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME, BLOGGG HAD BEE RATHER SOLIPSISTIC AND I WAS AMONG THE MANY WRERS MG MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR THE THKPIECE OF THE WEEK. WHILE I'VE NEVER BEEN WHOLLY FORTABLE WRG ABOUT MY LOVE LIFE, OR LACK THEREOF, THE REACTN I GOT OM THAT PIECE TGHT ME THAT THERE WAS VALUE SHARG MY EXPERIENCE— THAT ULD MAKE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD FELT SIARLY FEEL LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHILE I THOUGHT I WAS JT LIVG MY BT CARRIE BRADSHAW LIFE, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS NTUG A TRADN SET FORTH SOME 80-PL YEARS AGO; THIS SHARG OF SAME-SEX SIRE THAT BY S VERY EXISTENCE SPOKE PROFOUNDLY TO THE PTH AND VARIETY OF BLACK LIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNAPOLOGETILLY GAY, RICHARD BCE NUGENT, THE ENFANT TERRIBLE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, WAS ONE OF THE FOUNRS OF THE SEMAL LERARY MAGAZE FIRE!!, WHOSE FIRST AND ONLY ISSUE WAS PUBLISHED 1926. NUGENT NTRIBUTED SEVERAL DRAWGS FOR THE ISSUE, AS WELL THE SHORT STORY ORIGALLY TLED, "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA, A NOVEL, PART I"—DITG THAT WAS MEANT TO BE PART OF A LARGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN , THE PROTAGONIST ALEX SCRIB FALLG FOR A BETIFUL LATO MAN NAMED ADRIAN, WHOM HE LLS BETY; BETY, TURN, LLS HIM DULCE. THE CHARACTER OF BETY IS POSSIBLY BASED ON A HOTEL KCHEN EMPLOYEE NUGENT MET ON ONE OF HIS MANY ODD JOBS, WORKG AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT GO ON TO SCRIBE HIS FASCATN WH BETY, PARG TO HIS MORE TRADNAL (READ: HETEROSEXUAL) RELATNSHIP WH MELVA. EVEN THOUGH HE PROFS TO LOVE THEM BOTH, BETY TRANSFIX HIM LIKE MELVA DO NOT—OR NNOT—AS HE REUNTS A DREAM:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS A FIELD...A FIELD OF BLUE SMOKE AND BLACK POPPI AND RED LLA WAS SEARCHG AND PHED ASI POPPY SAW TWO STRONG 'S NTOURS PLEASED EY PAST THE MCULAR HOCKS TO THE FIRM WHE ROUND THE LHE NARROW TORSO AND BROAD EP HEAVY GRACEFUL MCLED NECK...SQUARED CH AND QUIZZIL LIPS...GRECIAN NOSE WH S TEMPERAMENTAL BROWN EY LOOKG AT MONTY LOOKED AT HAIR CURLY AND BLACK AND ALL WAS BETY SED AND LOOKED AT HIM AND 'LL WA ALEX...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT ENDS THE STORY BY VACILLATG BETWEEN IMAG OF MELVA AND BETY, EVENTUALLY SETTLG ON BETY AND NTEMPLATG , BETY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}..'S HAIR WAS SO SMOKE OM AN IVORY THAT WHY HE LOVED N.. BEE HIS BODY WAS WHE AND BEE HIS N LOVE....{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORY SPOKE TO ME SO MANY WAYS AND ON SO MANY LEVELS. I FELT SEEN, JT AS HOW MY LTLE SAYS ABOUT HOOKG UP MA OTHER PEOPLE I HAD NEVER MET FEEL SEEN. THE WAY NUGENT SCRIB THE BLUE SMOKE CURLG TO THE AIR REMD ME OF THE HOURS I'VE SPENT SMOKG BLUNTS MY ROOM, HYPNOTIZED BY OWN SWIRLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THEN THERE IS HIS MEDATN ON BETY—FOR BLACK QUEER MEN, TERRACIAL SIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GHT WH AN NER TENSN. SPEAKG PERSONALLY AND OM NVERSATNS I'VE HAD WH OTHER BLACK GAY MEN, WE OFTEN FEEL MARGALIZED WH OUR OWN QUEER MUNY, WHILE THE HISTORY OF RACE AMERI SENTIALLY MEANS A WHE MAN IS THE SYMBOL OF OUR OPPRSN, REGARDLS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, SEEMS FTG THAT THE FIRST PUBLISHED GAY STORY OM THE BLACK EXPERIENCE WOULD BE ABOUT AN TERRACIAL ROMANCE—THE ATTRACTN IS PLEX AND PLITED AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE WAS ALL ABOUT CHALLENGG THE NORMS OF TRADNAL SOCIETY. BOTH WHE AND BLACK. BEG GAY 1926 WAS BAD ENOUGH, BUT MISCEGENATN WAS ILLEGAL UNTIL 1967'S LG LOVG VS. VIRGIA. SO "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA" IS DOUBLY TABOO—AND ALL THE MORE TERTG AS A PRODUCT OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT'S SPIRUAL SCN JAM BALDW DIDN'T PUBLISH GVANNI'S ROOM, ONE OF THE FT GAY NOVELS, UNTIL 1956; BUT EVEN THEN, AS A BLACK WRER, HIS CHARACTERS WERE WHE. BALDW EXPLAED THAT TACKLG HOMOSEXUALY AND RACE AT THE SAME TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN A NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TASK FOR HIM.CI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I CERTALY ULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE—NOT AT THAT POT MY LIFE—HANDLED THE OTHER GREAT WEIGHT, THE 'NEGRO PROBLEM,'" BALDW EXPLAED. "THE SEXUAL-MORAL LIGHT WAS A HARD THG TO AL WH. I ULD NOT HANDLE BOTH PROPOSNS THE SAME BOOK. THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT HANDLED THE PROPOSNS HIS OWN WAY; NOT BY LVG TO THE POLICS OF SAME-SEX TERRACIAL SIRE, BUT SIMPLY PRENTG AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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- BILLY PORTER BE THE FIRST BLACK, OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO W AN EMMY AWARD IN A LEADG CATEGORYHE ALSO WAS THE FIRST TO BE {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRYBY PL MEARASEPTEMBER 22, 2019/11:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2276PX;WIDTH:3414PX;}PHOTO: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GETTY IMAGBY PL MEARASEPTEMBER 22, 2019 / 11:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BILLY PORTER BE THE FIRST BLACK, OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO W AN EMMY AWARD IN A LEADG CATEGORY","SCRIPTN":"HIS SPEECH ALSO SENT CHILLS TO ALL WHO WATCHED .","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-09-23T03:15:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-09-23T03:15:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"PL MEARA","KEYWORDS":"BILLY PORTER, CELEBRI0, EMMYS0","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILLY PORTER STOPPED THE SHOW AT THE 71ST ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS ON SUNDAY NIGHT (SEPTEMBER 22), AND NO, WE’RE NOT JT TALKG ABOUT HIS MICHAEL KORS SU FEATURG $55K WORTH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PORTER, WHO SLAYED THE ANNUAL AWARDS’ RED RPET WH HIS F, CLOSED OUT THE OTHERWISE MAJORLY WHEWASHED NIGHT BY MAKG HISTORY. THE POSE ACTOR BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W AN EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR A DRAMA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“GOD BLS YOU ALL. THE TEGORY IS LOVE, YOU ALL, LOVE. I’M SO OVERJOYED AND SO OVERWHELMED TO HAVE LIVED TO SEE THIS DAY,” AN EXCED PORTER TOLD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUOTG THE LATE WRER JAM BALDW, HE REVEALED THAT TOOK HIM MANY YEARS FOR HIM TO BELIEVE HE HAS THE RIGHT TO EXIST. “I HAVE THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS ALSO PORTER’S FIRST TIME BEG NOMATED FOR AN EMMY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PORTER WAS UP AGAST OZARK’S JASON BATEMAN AND GAME OF THRON’ K HARGTON. HE IS ALSO NOW JT ONE AWARD AWAY OM AN EGOT (EMMY, GRAMMY, OSR, TONY WNER). IN ADDN TO HIS EMMY VICTORY, HE PREVLY WON A TONY FOR BT ACTOR A MIL AND A GRAMMY FOR BT MIL THEATER ALBUM BOTH FOR KKY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONGRATS BILLY! 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THE TMP INDICTMENT: THE FORMER PRINT PLAYED A DANGERO GAME WH BLACK PEOPLE, AND NOW HIS NUMBER’S UP (ANALYSIS)AFTER YEARS OF TRYG TO NVCE BLACK VOTERS HE’S WORTH THE EFFORT, A GROUP OF SUPERSTAR BLACK LEGAL PROFSNALS, CLUDG FANI WILLIS, MAY BE THE ON TO ULTIMATELY TAKE HIM DOWN FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100: THE FIRST BLACK GAY SHORT STORY EVER PUBLISHEDFROM 1926, RICHARD BCE NUGENT'S "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA" IS AN O TO TERRACIAL SAME-SEX SIRE. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 21, 2020/3:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3541PX;WIDTH:5055PX;}GETTY IMAGBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 21, 2020 / 3:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100: THE FIRST BLACK GAY SHORT STORY EVER PUBLISHED","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-21T20:19:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-21T20:19:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI CELEBRATG THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HARLEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}…ALEX TURNED HIS DOORWAY…UP THE STAIRS AND THE STRANGER WAED FOR HIM TO LIGHT THE ROOM…NO NEED FOR WORDS…THEY HAD ALWAYS KNOWN EACH OTHER…AS THEY UNDRSED BY THE BLUE DAWN…ALEX KNEW HE HAD NEVER SEEN A MORE PERFECT BEG…HIS BODY WAS ALL SYMMETRY AND MIC…AND ALEX LLED HIM BETY…LONG THEY LAY…BLOWG SMOKE AND EXCHANGG THOUGHTS…AND ALEX SWALLOWED WH DIFFICULTY…HE FELT A GLOW OF TREMOR…AND THEY TALKED AND…SLEPT…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA," RICHARD BCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRH OFF BEG FIRED AND RIDG HIGH ON UNEMPLOYMENT SURANCE, I WROTE THIS PIECE FOR THE HUFFGTON POST BACK 2014, "WHY I'VE GIVEN UP ON HOOKG UP," TAILG, RATHER EXPLICLY, MY TRATN WH DATG, DATG APPS, AND THE GENERAL CULTURE AROUND THEM AS PERTAED TO GAY MEN. IT SPIRED A FEW RPONSE PIEC, WAS TRANSLATED TO OTHER LANGUAG (LIKE ONE—GERMAN, I BELIEVE), AND I STILL GET THE OCSNAL DM OM A HOMOSEXUAL WH WHOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME, BLOGGG HAD BEE RATHER SOLIPSISTIC AND I WAS AMONG THE MANY WRERS MG MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR THE THKPIECE OF THE WEEK. WHILE I'VE NEVER BEEN WHOLLY FORTABLE WRG ABOUT MY LOVE LIFE, OR LACK THEREOF, THE REACTN I GOT OM THAT PIECE TGHT ME THAT THERE WAS VALUE SHARG MY EXPERIENCE— THAT ULD MAKE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD FELT SIARLY FEEL LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHILE I THOUGHT I WAS JT LIVG MY BT CARRIE BRADSHAW LIFE, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS NTUG A TRADN SET FORTH SOME 80-PL YEARS AGO; THIS SHARG OF SAME-SEX SIRE THAT BY S VERY EXISTENCE SPOKE PROFOUNDLY TO THE PTH AND VARIETY OF BLACK LIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNAPOLOGETILLY GAY, RICHARD BCE NUGENT, THE ENFANT TERRIBLE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, WAS ONE OF THE FOUNRS OF THE SEMAL LERARY MAGAZE FIRE!!, WHOSE FIRST AND ONLY ISSUE WAS PUBLISHED 1926. NUGENT NTRIBUTED SEVERAL DRAWGS FOR THE ISSUE, AS WELL THE SHORT STORY ORIGALLY TLED, "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA, A NOVEL, PART I"—DITG THAT WAS MEANT TO BE PART OF A LARGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN , THE PROTAGONIST ALEX SCRIB FALLG FOR A BETIFUL LATO MAN NAMED ADRIAN, WHOM HE LLS BETY; BETY, TURN, LLS HIM DULCE. THE CHARACTER OF BETY IS POSSIBLY BASED ON A HOTEL KCHEN EMPLOYEE NUGENT MET ON ONE OF HIS MANY ODD JOBS, WORKG AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT GO ON TO SCRIBE HIS FASCATN WH BETY, PARG TO HIS MORE TRADNAL (READ: HETEROSEXUAL) RELATNSHIP WH MELVA. EVEN THOUGH HE PROFS TO LOVE THEM BOTH, BETY TRANSFIX HIM LIKE MELVA DO NOT—OR NNOT—AS HE REUNTS A DREAM:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS A FIELD...A FIELD OF BLUE SMOKE AND BLACK POPPI AND RED LLA WAS SEARCHG AND PHED ASI POPPY SAW TWO STRONG 'S NTOURS PLEASED EY PAST THE MCULAR HOCKS TO THE FIRM WHE ROUND THE LHE NARROW TORSO AND BROAD EP HEAVY GRACEFUL MCLED NECK...SQUARED CH AND QUIZZIL LIPS...GRECIAN NOSE WH S TEMPERAMENTAL BROWN EY LOOKG AT MONTY LOOKED AT HAIR CURLY AND BLACK AND ALL WAS BETY SED AND LOOKED AT HIM AND 'LL WA ALEX...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT ENDS THE STORY BY VACILLATG BETWEEN IMAG OF MELVA AND BETY, EVENTUALLY SETTLG ON BETY AND NTEMPLATG , BETY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}..'S HAIR WAS SO SMOKE OM AN IVORY THAT WHY HE LOVED N.. BEE HIS BODY WAS WHE AND BEE HIS N LOVE....{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORY SPOKE TO ME SO MANY WAYS AND ON SO MANY LEVELS. I FELT SEEN, JT AS HOW MY LTLE SAYS ABOUT HOOKG UP MA OTHER PEOPLE I HAD NEVER MET FEEL SEEN. THE WAY NUGENT SCRIB THE BLUE SMOKE CURLG TO THE AIR REMD ME OF THE HOURS I'VE SPENT SMOKG BLUNTS MY ROOM, HYPNOTIZED BY OWN SWIRLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THEN THERE IS HIS MEDATN ON BETY—FOR BLACK QUEER MEN, TERRACIAL SIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GHT WH AN NER TENSN. SPEAKG PERSONALLY AND OM NVERSATNS I'VE HAD WH OTHER BLACK GAY MEN, WE OFTEN FEEL MARGALIZED WH OUR OWN QUEER MUNY, WHILE THE HISTORY OF RACE AMERI SENTIALLY MEANS A WHE MAN IS THE SYMBOL OF OUR OPPRSN, REGARDLS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, SEEMS FTG THAT THE FIRST PUBLISHED GAY STORY OM THE BLACK EXPERIENCE WOULD BE ABOUT AN TERRACIAL ROMANCE—THE ATTRACTN IS PLEX AND PLITED AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE WAS ALL ABOUT CHALLENGG THE NORMS OF TRADNAL SOCIETY. BOTH WHE AND BLACK. BEG GAY 1926 WAS BAD ENOUGH, BUT MISCEGENATN WAS ILLEGAL UNTIL 1967'S LG LOVG VS. VIRGIA. SO "SMOKE, LILI, AND JA" IS DOUBLY TABOO—AND ALL THE MORE TERTG AS A PRODUCT OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT'S SPIRUAL SCN JAM BALDW DIDN'T PUBLISH GVANNI'S ROOM, ONE OF THE FT GAY NOVELS, UNTIL 1956; BUT EVEN THEN, AS A BLACK WRER, HIS CHARACTERS WERE WHE. BALDW EXPLAED THAT TACKLG HOMOSEXUALY AND RACE AT THE SAME TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN A NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TASK FOR HIM.CI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I CERTALY ULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE—NOT AT THAT POT MY LIFE—HANDLED THE OTHER GREAT WEIGHT, THE 'NEGRO PROBLEM,'" BALDW EXPLAED. "THE SEXUAL-MORAL LIGHT WAS A HARD THG TO AL WH. I ULD NOT HANDLE BOTH PROPOSNS THE SAME BOOK. THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NUGENT HANDLED THE PROPOSNS HIS OWN WAY; NOT BY LVG TO THE POLICS OF SAME-SEX TERRACIAL SIRE, BUT SIMPLY PRENTG AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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" 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. 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. Now 79, Miss Major, known to many simply as “Mama, ” ris Ltle Rock, Arkansas, where she ntu to be a vol Sprg's mayor Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagRon On (Born 1950)When On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy.
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He explored issu of sexualy and black inty his work, and his avant-gar story “Smoke, Lili, and Ja” is thought to be the first explicly gay story published by a black RUSTIN (1912-1987)Bayard Rt his Park Avenue South office New York Cy, April 1969. In 2013, Rt was posthumoly award the Printial Medal of Freedom, the natn’s hight civilian honor, for his tirels work promotg equal BALDWIN (1924-1987)Author Jam BaldwTed Thai / LIFE Picture Collectn/Getty“There isn't a sgle black gay wrer of lerary fictn or nonfictn that has not been fluenced by Jam Baldw on some level, " Charl Stephens, executive director of the Counter Narrative Project, told NBC News.
RCHIE TORR MAK HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK GAY MAN ELECTED TO US CONGRS
Rchie Torr, a Democrat, beme the first gay black man elected to the Uned Stat Congrs by wng the 15th ngrsnal district, which spans South Bronx * the first black gay *
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 AILEY (1931-1989)Dancer and choreographer Alv Ailey. "RON ODEN (Born 1950)Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagWhen On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California, 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy, acrdg to The Advote. Johnson was someone who was virtually unknown by the average Amerin, sce the story of gay liberatn and Stonewall was almost variably retold om a whe, cis, male perspective.
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For stance, the 1970s, many black lbians felt exclud om the mastream (whe) femist movement bee of racism, exclud om the (male-domated) black liberatn movement bee of sexism, and had to ntend wh homophobia wh both movements.
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In 1980, a multiracial group of gay men California found the Natnal Associatn of Black and Whe Men Together (NABWMT).
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Their objective at the time was to tackle homophobia, racism, and AIDS discrimatn across racial barriers. While NABWMT was extremely succsful, other black gay men found more expedient to create anizatns that spoke to their specific needs—as men that were both black and gay.
Charl Angel, a preacher, Columbia Universy graduate, and licensed stock exchange broker, found Gay Men of Ain Dcent (GMAD) along wh several black gay men livg New York Cy.
Charl Angel, along wh Tony Csor, Cary Alan Johnson, Reggie Patterson, Len Richardson, Col Robson, Harold Robson, Ali Wadud, and others, met at the relatively new Lbian and Gay Communy Servic Center (LGCSC) Manhattan to discs the need for a support group for black gay men. Gay Men of Ain Dcent (GMAD) was subsequently tablished as the first black gay anizatn exclively dited to polil activism.
A GAY, BLACK MAN HAS NEVER SAT ON A STATE SUPREME COURT. THIS JUDGE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE THAT
Their missn statement at the time affirmed that GMAD is “A support group dited to nscns-raisg and the velopment of the Lbian and Gay muny, GMAD is clive of Ain, Ao-Amerin, Caribbean and [sic] Hispanic/Lato men of lor…” On May 12, 1989, the anizatn’s Board voted to transn to a nonprof rporatn.
Organizg themselv to formally-regnizable groups gave black gay men the polil clout and visibily that was necsary to bat issu that disproportnately affected them.
For stance, although the 1995 Milln Man March, lled by Natn of Islam lear, Louis Farrakhan, did not explicly enumerate gay rights on s missn, gay activist Phil Wilson, founr of Black Gay and Lbian Learship Fom, seized the opportuny to ll for a natnal group “to provi an ‘anized black gay and lbian voice’ and ‘break the isolatn’ felt by small, lol and black gay groups.
BILLY PORTER BE THE FIRST BLACK, OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO W AN EMMY AWARD IN A LEADG CATEGORYHE ALSO WAS THE FIRST TO BE {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRYBY PL MEARASEPTEMBER 22, 2019/11:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2276PX;WIDTH:3414PX;}PHOTO: FREDERIC J. 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THE POSE ACTOR BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W AN EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR A DRAMA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“GOD BLS YOU ALL. THE TEGORY IS LOVE, YOU ALL, LOVE. 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HE IS ALSO NOW JT ONE AWARD AWAY OM AN EGOT (EMMY, GRAMMY, OSR, TONY WNER). IN ADDN TO HIS EMMY VICTORY, HE PREVLY WON A TONY FOR BT ACTOR A MIL AND A GRAMMY FOR BT MIL THEATER ALBUM BOTH FOR KKY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONGRATS BILLY! 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In addn to creatg anizatns geared toward addrsg systemic opprsn, black gay men created artistic circl that functned as spac where they uld procs their experienc.
Some East Coast black gay men formed the BlackHeart and later the Other Countri wrers llective. Tongu Untied was particularly salient bee nonted the fact that black gay men equently ternalized the homophobia and racism they experienced daily, makg difficult for them to see the bety other gay black men.
After attendg graduate school and publishg several short stor and articl LGBTQ+ newspapers and magaz, "Joseph began preparg and llectg materials for an anthology of wrgs by and about black gay men 1982. His goal was to unteract the absence of posive imag of gay men of lor the media and their excln om the cultural world of whe gay rights activists. " In addn to his black gay publitns, Joseph Beam was an avid activist, ocsnally givg talks and dog nsultant work for LGBTQ+ anizatns.