Hello.
Those of you who are unfamiliar with me should know that I am a 25-year-old Afro-American male, of bisexual leanings.
Due to my inclinations, I have been an advocate of the LGBTQ community for a while, and consider them the front-line Hastati protecting us from the onslaught of intolerant rage.
I'm sure I'm nothing special in the Kommunity; I am not the first non-straight person of color and will hardly be the last.
Perhaps you've seen this video: it includes an Afro-American male espousing how terrible 'The Gays' are.
Now, I know that guy is probably just an actor, but you guys should know that there is a contingent of Afro-Americans who seriously believe that The Gays are a Threat.
They make strange claims, such as these:
1.) White people taught us to be gay! (My response: White people are guilty of much evil against our people, but I seriously doubt that they engineered a biological imperative just to get at us. Plus, are you saying that white people taught bonobos and mallard ducks to be gay? Whaaa?)
2.) 'Teh Gays' are conspiring to conquer us all! (They actually sometimes call the Gay community the 'Velvet Mafia'.)
3.) We must stop our fellow Afro-Americans from being gay or lesbian or etc.!
4.) Another small point: they can't just call gay, lesbian, trans, or other non-conventional individuals humans. It's always "sissies", "faggots", "dicksuckers", "bulldaggers (a slur against lesbians)", or etc., I have seen and heard the nicest, kindest people of my race turn into raving bigots at the mere mention of homosexuality.
All these proclamations by my brothers and sisters wound me to the quick; I do not appreciate hearing that I was 'converted' by 'Teh Gays', or that my sexual proclivities were 'invented by white people'.
I am also a Neo-Pagan and not a Christian, whereas, many Afro-Americans are obsessed with all things Christian, and are quick to mention how 'Teh Gays' will go to HELL.
Now, you may ask, why don't I speak to them about this?
They don't want to hear it. They either view me as a hideous brainwashed robot of the Gay Agenda™, or as a hideous sissy faggot dicksucker who sucks people off behind the Olive Garden.
Another thing: you can see my people bitterly complaining about how they hate rainbow flags and don't want to see people 'shoving the Gay Agenda™ in their faces', in the wake of the Supremes legalizing gay marriage.
The whole thing makes me sick - their attitude, their inability to see that people having rights is a good thing...
