A documentary explor the formatn of the Gay Black Group, a landmark group that gave queer men of lour a rare and radil safe space.
Contents:
REMEMBERG A FOTTEN LANDMARK GAY, BLACK, BRISH HISTORY – AND THE LSONS N TEACH
Recently, the media have fostered negative imag of the ultra-mascule Black homosexual man who liv on the “Down Low. The men have distanced themselv om anythg related to ntemporary notns of what means to be gay the Uned Stat.
By fosterg monolhic notns of the “down low, ” the media have problematized and sensatnalized sexualized inty formatn, namg practic, and self-affirmatn among homosexual and bisexual men of Ain scent. The issu clu racism Whe gay muni and the Uned Stat as a whole, homophobias Black muni, gay mastreamg, as well as social nstctns of genr, masculy, gay inty, and queer inty.
It addrs what rms the cisn to inty as gay, queer, or same-genr-lovg wh a racialized social nstct that genrs sexual rol. More important, vtigat the cisn of some homosexual Black men not to intify as homosexual at all (leadg to such phenomena as the “Down Low”).