Black, Lato queer stunts say they are on edge the wake of 'Don't Say Gay' bill

Contents:

• GAY, BLACK AND LATO TRAVELERS WARNED AGAST VISG FLORIDA
• RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS
• BLACK, LATO QUEER STUNTS SAY THEY ARE ON EDGE THE WAKE OF 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

GAY, BLACK AND LATO TRAVELERS WARNED AGAST VISG FLORIDA

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". The NAACP advisory on the heels of siar warngs issued by the League of Uned Lat Amerin Cizens (LULAC) and Equaly Florida, a statewi gay rights advocy group.

Black gay love is revolutnary. When two Black men love each other on screen, shows others what is possible, and shows that you n be who you are and still fd we want to take a look back at some of the Black gay upl that we've seen on TV who have spired viewers and changed media as we know . Unfortunately, the upl aren't as numero as they should be, but as more Black queer creativ get chanc to tell stori, we n only image what the future of Black gay reprentatn looks like.

Dpe overall progrs rcg new fectns among gay and bisexual men, the HIV epimic ntued and was more severe among Black or Ain Amerin (hereafter referred to as Black) and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men the leadg up to the feral Endg the HIV Epimic the U. From 2010–2019, the number of new HIV fectns remaed relatively stable among Black (om 9, 000 to 8, 900) and Hispanic/Lato (om 6, 800 to 7, 900) gay and bisexual men and cled among Whe gay and bisexual men (om 7, 500 to 5, 100). The new Val Signs report, which marks World AIDS Day tomorrow, December 1, shows Black and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men were ls likely to receive an HIV diagnosis, be virally supprsed, or e pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, pared wh Whe gay and bisexual men.

BLACK, LATO QUEER STUNTS SAY THEY ARE ON EDGE THE WAKE OF 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

An timated 83% of Black and 80% of Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men wh HIV had been diagnosed, pared wh 90% of Whe gay and bisexual men. An timated 62% of Black and 67% of Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men wh diagnosed HIV were virally supprsed, pared wh 74% of Whe gay and bisexual men.

The report also clus the most recent data on PrEP e among gay and bisexual men om 2017 showg that jt 27% of Black and 31% of Hispanic/Lato men were g PrEP, pared wh 42% of Whe men. While not natnally reprentative, the PrEP e data were llected om gay and bisexual men 23 ci, where more than half of all people wh HIV large urban areas ri. In an analysis of data om the Medil Monorg Project—a natnally reprentative survey of people diagnosed wh HIV—Black and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men were more likely to report experiencg HIV-related stigma than Whe gay and bisexual men.