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Contents:

• BEG BLACK AND GAY: HOW TERSECTNAL STIGMA IMPACTS ON THE UPTAKE OF PREP
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• LIL NAS X OPENED UP ABOUT THE MICROAGGRSNS HE EXPERIENCED BEFORE COMG OUT AS GAY AND THE PRSURE HE’S FACED SCE
• BEG BLACK AND BEG GAY ARE NOT THE SAME THG
• DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE REALY OF BEG BLACK AND GAY IN THE CHURCH
• BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
• WHAT IT’S LIKE BEG A BLACK, GAY AND NON-BARY PERSON
• “THE FEAR OF BEG BLACK PL THE FEAR OF BEG GAY”: THE EFFECTS OF TERSECTNAL STIGMA ON PREP E AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• ON BEG BLACK, GAY, AND JEWISH—AND FDG RADIL SELF-LOVE
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

BEG BLACK AND GAY: HOW TERSECTNAL STIGMA IMPACTS ON THE UPTAKE OF PREP

June marks LGBTQ Pri Month, and this year — as anti-racism protts sweep the untry — the foc of the annual time of queer celebratn and reflectn has been on the relatnship between the fight for LGBTQ equaly and the stggle for racial explore this nnectn, NBC Out and NBC News NOW hosted a special report Thursday tled "Pri and Prott, " durg which advot and lears at the tersectn of the Black and queer muni discsed issu om the work of historic gay and trans ins like Bayard Rt and Marsha P.

"David and Johnson, the morator, referenced as an example the se of Rt, the Black gay civil rights in who anized the March on Washgton 1963 but was shunned by some fellow civil rights lears due to his sexual means no tersectg inty ncels out or outweighs any other, Bell said. However, this is not jt on the basis of beg gay, trans, or genr-nonnformg, as members of the LGBTQ+ muny have also exhibed animosy towards the plight of the BLM movement as well.

For stance, a popular gay Tmp supporter named Chadwick Moore tweeted a ntroversial statement, cricizg the regnn of Jueenth and the Black Liv Matter protts as an erasure of Pri Month. Given the general progrsn society towards acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, whe gay men tend to foc on more ancillary issu ncerng sexualy and genr, such as gay men beg ee to wear makp.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

However, for other members of the muny, particularly those who are people of lor, beg gay, trans, or genr nonnformg is still highly stigmatized wh their own racial or ethnic muni. Given the fact that whe gay men domate the nversatn about LGBTQ+ issu, the more prsg issu regardg the direct vlence faced by LGBTQ+ people of lor are neglected.

However, homophobia and transphobia still permeate the younger generatn of Black Amerins, as evinced by the aths of 27 transgenr or genr non-nformg people 2020 alone, mostly Black transgenr women.

However, overall, Black LGB and transgenr adults reported ncealg their sexual orientatn or genr inty and experiencg ternalized homophobia or transphobia to some gree. Mistreatment healthre servic, racism, homophobia and stctural equali all tersect to ter black MSM om seekg out PrEP as a means of preventg HIV fectn.

LIL NAS X OPENED UP ABOUT THE MICROAGGRSNS HE EXPERIENCED BEFORE COMG OUT AS GAY AND THE PRSURE HE’S FACED SCE

This type of stigma is experienced as a rult of discrimatn based on multiple inti, such as beg black and gay. Seventy-five per cent of participants intified as gay, 48% had a high school diploma or equivalent, wh only four participants havg a llege gree.

Participants were also asked how they perceived their experienc to differ om those of black heterosexual men or whe gay men. As gay men, they are expected to disclose their sexual orientatn orr to accs servic such as PrEP but there is a breakdown the relatnship between provir and client. Someone who may not be LGBT-intified or gay may have to hi [PrEP] bee they don’t want to expla to their parents what is….

BEG BLACK AND BEG GAY ARE NOT THE SAME THG

This aspect of PrEP e may be particularly problematic for younger men who do not intify as gay and whose sexualy uld be disvered through their PrEP e. “…I thk ’s also more [stigma] Ain Amerin muny bee, like, I jt feel like jt beg Ain Amerin, beg gay, like jt that stuff that happened throughout my past, like beg judged and battered and stuff, kda ma me tough…”. Social racism tersects wh homophobia and this ntribut towards feelgs of anxiety, fensivens and low self-worth.

DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE REALY OF BEG BLACK AND GAY IN THE CHURCH

This stigmatisatn happens at multiple levels: wh their own muni, broar society and om the largely whe, gay male muny. Men experienced both racism and homophobia wh a ntext of equali healthre accs, socenomic stat, tn and HIV fectn. The tersectn of beg gay, black and HIV posive had the most negative impact on perceptns of PrEP e, as men wanted to distance themselv om this tersectnal inty.

This uld be the form of supportive youth spac and implementg riliency-foced terventns to rce negative associatns of beg gay and black.

BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

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In a new terview wh Out magaze, Lil Nas X — whose real name is Montero — talked about his difficult upbrgg the South as a young gay Black man and how this has e to shape his sense of inty as he's matured. “Growg up the Atlanta area, I [saw] a lot of microaggrsns towards homosexualy, ” he told Tre’vell Anrson. And Lil Nas X went on to open up about the mental stra and “prsure” he feels his posn as a Black gay artist an dtry that has always had a typilly fixed fn of what rappers are “supposed” to be.

This all jt weeks after Lil Nas X was faced wh a seri of anti-gay ments followg the release of his mic vio for “Indtry Baby, ” his latt sgle that featur rapper Jack Harlow. The mic vio — which se the 22-year-old prison, dancg naked the showers wh the other male mat — was met wh an overwhelmg amount of negative and anti-gay ments on Twter, wh some people accg him of “phg the gay agenda.

WHAT IT’S LIKE BEG A BLACK, GAY AND NON-BARY PERSON

However, Lil Nas X was quick to h back — typil Lil Nas X fashn — at many of the anti-gay ments, notably llg one er out for viewg “femy as weakns” and for beg “aaid” of Black men beg perceived as “weak.

Much is beg ma of HGTV’s cisn to ncel a prevly announced new seri, "Flip Forward, " bee s stars, tw brothers David and Jason Benham, had exprsed their fah-based, pro-life valu and belief that marriage should be between one man and one the media have lled their beliefs anti-gay and siar to race-based … HGTV is a private enty that n make whatever cisn choos regardg s work and bs operatns, however, has bee extremely disturbg to me that media personali and social groups have equated the Benham brother’s support for tradnal marriage to racism. [pullquote]The same race/gay parisons were ma after the firg of Mozilla CEO, Brendan Eich, who supported California’s Proposn 8 mpaign to not refe flash for the media and Ameri: race and ethnicy are not the same as sexual behavr and sexual orientatn. I am a registered Democrat, I love gays, I have gays my fay, and I value tolerance and cln, but the natnal dialogue regardg gay rights, abortn, and ee speech have gone way overboard.

I am also a pastor who unapologetilly teach a biblil unrstandg of marriage and the sancty of are lns of relig Amerins, like me, who love gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people, and love women who’ve had abortns, but believe that heterosexual relatnships are blogilly, physlogilly, and spirually unique and therefore should be rerved for the unn intifitn of marriage and that life begs at views should be rpected. Jt bee civil rights for gays and ethnic cultur have been bated public policy don’t make them the same. I’d personally like for everyone to be a Christian, but that don’t mean that I cricize those who don’t agree wh gay journalist Andrew Sullivan said bt rponse to the Mozilla firg, “The guy who had the gall to exprs his First Amendment rights and favor Prop 8 California by donatg $1, 000 has jt been slped by some gay activists… The whole episo disgts me — as should disgt anyone terted a tolerant and diverse society.

“THE FEAR OF BEG BLACK PL THE FEAR OF BEG GAY”: THE EFFECTS OF TERSECTNAL STIGMA ON PREP E AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

The film, tled "Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay the Church, " looks at the tersectn of black and queer inti that has grown more visible the last year as black LGBTQ dividuals and their narrativ have entered the mastream, om realy TV to scripted dramas and magaze vers. "Wh 'Holler: Beg Black and Gay the Church' my tent was to put the narrative the hands of black LGBT folk the church, and to hear their stori, " he said.

"I thk for a lot of black gay men or those who intify as gay that for most of you have some nnectn to the church some way, " Cane said. "Acrdg to Cane cultural fns of black masculy are fluenced by racism, which creat a culturally specific form of homophobia. "The tersectn of the church and of black masculy and of racism creat a pot of plited reasons why there’s this misperceptn of black folks beg more homophobic, " he said.

While many black pastors nmn gays and lbians om the pulp, the choir lofts behd them often are filled wh gay sgers and micians.

ON BEG BLACK, GAY, AND JEWISH—AND FDG RADIL SELF-LOVE

Print Obama's recent announcement that he supports same-sex marriage turned the spotlight on rervatns many blacks harbor about gay rights. Most polls show Ain-Amerins evenly divid about gay marriage, but the vol opposn, led by preachers, has gaed more attentn.

The virtuosy of gay sgers, micians and posers has been the drivg force velopg popular gospel choirs — even chart-toppg, Grammy-wng acts — that make money for a church, help expand ngregatns and raise the profil of pastors. It all happens unr an unspoken "don't ask, don't tell" ctom that allows gay people to be active the church, though closeted, and church to reap the benefs of their membership. "On the one hand, you're nurtured the choir but you also have to s through some of those fire and brimstone sermons about homosexualy beg an abomatn, " says E.

Patrick Johnson, an openly gay gospel sger and thor of Sweet Tea: An Oral History of Black Gay Men of the South.

‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

Patrick Johnson, who is openly gay, says morn gospel mic is largely fed by the artistry of black gay men.