Best Gay Blogs » Granderson http://www.bestgayblogs.com Bringing you the best gay blogs on the web with daily updates! Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:22:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Response to Granderson http://www.bestgayblogs.com/2009/07/featured-political-blogs/a-response-to-granderson/ http://www.bestgayblogs.com/2009/07/featured-political-blogs/a-response-to-granderson/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:16:14 +0000 James http://www.bestgayblogs.com/?p=7660 The fact that he didn’t mention the inclusion of black gays in Stonewall but rather contrasted it to black history (wouldn’t Stonewall be considered a part, albeit a small part, of black history) emphasizes the basic emptiness of his piece.

Why is it so hard for folks to say that gay rights are African-American rights because lgbts of color are touched by both communities? Why is it so hard for folks to say that there are times in which the black and gay struggles intersect?

That is why I am so damned weary of this argument about “is gay the new black” or “can gay rights movement compare itself to the civil rights movement.”

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