Gay People Should Celebrate and Support the NAACP at 100!
Thursday July 9, 2009
Categories: Homosexuality, Race
Gay people and their allies should take the occasion of the NAACP's centennial to celebrate the NAACP's century of accomplishments and recommit to supporting the organization and its objectives of ending racism in America. Why?I'll give you three reasons.1) The NAACP provides an example...
Filed Under: Benjamin Jealous, civil rights, gay marriage, gays and blacks, Julian Bond, lynching, NAACP, NAACP Centennial, national Association of Colored People, slavery, supporting the NAACP
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I agree. How can we show our support, and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the NAACP? Would we be mocking them if we show our support, and celebrate with them, in order to gain their votes, and support when we need it?
Given the enormous hurdle we, as gays and transgender face in having our status as human recognized in the US, we need all the allies we can get.
It is unfair and irrational that so many Negroes claim the fight for civil rights exclusively for themselves, but that is just the way it is.
A very large part of their community has only negative associations when thinking of us, their 'Christian' churches are so hate-filled, they make the folks over at crunchy.com look like they love us.
Anything we do to either not further antagonize them or, (best case) get them to remain neutral in our fight is to our advantage.
I can not imagine how horribly difficult it must be for gay and transgender people who are trapped in such communities. The extremely high rate of heterosexual HIV infections and suicide among teenagers in the ghettos gives me little hope.
As a Gay African American, I quite agree that the gay movement should support and celebrate the NAACP's goals, objectives, and join in the celebration of 100 years. The Gay Civil Rights Movement is only 40 years old, and we still have much to learn, and who better to learn from than the NAACP. It took 100 years to instill an African American in the White House as President of the United States of America. This definitely shows that there is hope for all the diverse peoples of this planet Earth. We've come so far, and yet, we still have a long way to go. We must continue to be strong about equal rights for all people. We must remain positive and affirming in the knowledge that all things are possible. This is a most remarkable year as we celebrate not only the 100 years of the NAACP, but the 40 year struggle for Gay Civil Rights as well. We have much to learn from the NAACP struggle. This is a huge turning point in the history of America and the entire world in its determination for equality and justice for all.
I'll 'support' blacks when they reverse their hateful vote on Prop 8.
Until then ...
Oh, and will someone please tell all those 'str8' black men who are on the down low that we don't appreciate their hypocrisy.
another opinion,
I really understand your frustration with the Negro community.
This does not change the fact that without them, we have little chance of our status as humans being recognized.
Also, permit me to point out that our President is bi-racial.
When the LDS has so much power that they can have two men handcuffed and arrested for just kissing, we really need all the allies and neutral parties we can get.
So, please, don't alienate people who, if they won't stand with us, might well be willing to stand aside.
And yes, as I already mentioned, the HIV rate among young people of all minorities is appalling.
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