BLACK GAY PRIDE | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Wtern Rerve Universy

Contents:

• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• BLACK GAY PRIDE

GAY PRI CALENDAR

Begng 1991, wh DC Black Pri, the Black Gay Pri movement began as a way to provi Black LGBTQ+ people an alternative to the largely whe mastream LGBTQ+ movement serv as a way for Black LGBTQ+ people to discs specific issu that are more unique to the Black LGBTQ+ muny and celebrate the progrs of the Black LGBTQ+ muny. While the mastream gay pri movement, often perceived as overwhelmgly whe, has foced much of s energy on same-sex marriage, the Black Gay Pri movement has foced on issu such as racism, homophobia, and lack of proper health and mental re black muni.

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‘Black lbian in’Mabel Hampton, a Black lbian activist, was active durg the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, before later gog on to participate the first natnal gay and lbian march on Washgton 1979.

BLACK GAY PRIDE

Today, those rerds are hoed the Lbian Herstory Archiv New York, and Hartman said they are a ttament to an oft-repeated quote om historian Henry Louis Gat that the Harlem Renaissance was “surely as gay as was Black. “What’s tertg about Rt is that while he was dog such important work, he actually had a hard time as a gay man, ” Hsu said.

At the time, homosexualy was illegal California.

”‘First Black woman to monstrate for gay rights’Ernte Eppenger, known as Ernte Eckste her activism work, was stmental lobbyg gay activists to adopt the same tactics of the civil rights movement. Ernte Eckste Tob Lahe / Mancripts and Archiv Divisn, The New York Public Library“Before Ernte, the Dghters of Bilis did not want to march for gay rights, ” Cervi said.