Comments on: Gay isn’t the new black

By: Pip

Pip — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:54:46 +0000

Just like Michael Jackson chose to bleach his skin, gay men can choose to have sex with women. Does Michael Jackson’s skin “condition” mean that his genetics will create male babies that look like deformed white women? No. Does a gay man having sex with a woman mean that he won’t be attracted to men anymore, and develop a desire to play with vaginas? No.
Its like you said, being a straight black woman doesn’t make you an authority on white gay men (or any other minority group apparently). So why don’t you just shut your trap, or at least read a few articles for publishing your own on topic you know nothing about.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:07:30 +0000

Hey. Who said “gay” was the new “black”? I’m a black lesbian female. I have three kinds of discrimination coming at me. But I do equate being lesbian and being black as similar. For me, I was born female. I was born black. And I was born gay.

This who “gay” as the new “black” thing I think you’re referring to is some Central Michigan culture thing, so I wish this article was better articulated.

By: MM

MM — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:18:50 +0000

While I agree that blacks experienced much more discrimination, I completely disagree with this statement…

“I cannot change myself from being black to another ethnicity while, with homosexuality, sometimes people can choose to become heterosexual.”

Um…gays can’t choose to become heterosexual and I find it extremely offensive that you would imply that. Being gay isn’t a choice. This whole sentence should have been completely taken out of the article. If it had been, you would have had a much stronger argument. Know I question your sincerity about this issue.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:22:00 +0000

Please add my name to the long list of others who have decried this drivel. I am truly appalled at the total lack of journalistic integrity as well as editorial oversight here; a very cursory amount of research in any decent library would have yielded this author with enough material to know that same-sex attraction cannot be changed or redirected. It is not, and never was, a choice.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:22:22 +0000

I totally agree with Sherri on this issue. For those like Daniel who erroneously believe: “We all saw Michael Jackson change from a black man into a white man.” How can you actually believe that? In fact what we all witnessed was an African American man’s skin become lighter. Michael Jackson remained African American until the day he died.

Lightening the skin does NOT change ones ethnicity! And by the way, gays can remain in the closet until they choose to come out, African Americans cannot. So gay is not and never will be the new Black.

There are countless people who have chosen to leave the gay lifestyle and now live heterosexual lives.

This was not the caustic article some have tried to make it out to be.

By: Eddie Thompkins

Eddie Thompkins — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:46:19 +0000

Interesting debate here, but let me chime in if I may. First of all, there will never be “A New Black.” The Black experience is a unique experience with its own personal history and struggles. Yes there are commonalities amongs the plight of all those oppressed, but these experiences are not equal and it is offensive and naive to imply they are. I don’t know very many people denied loans because they were gay. I don’t know many property deeds that state in writing “not to be sold to gays.” You can lie about being gay, not true for most Blacks I know. If gays are so eager to pick a minority group to identify with, try the Republicans. If Gay is the new Black, then Republican is the new Gay. Excellent Article!

By: Eddie Thompkins

Eddie Thompkins — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:27:43 +0000

Interesting debate here, but let me chime in if I may. First of all, there will never be “A New Black.” The Black experience is a unique experience with its own personal history and struggles. Yes there are commonalities amongs the plight of all those oppressed, but these experiences are not equal and it is offensive and naive to imply they are. I don’t know very many people denied loans because they were gay. I don’t know many property deeds that state in writing “not to be sold to coloreds.” You can lie about being gay, not true for most Blacks I know. If gays are so eager to pick a minority group to identify with, try the Republicans. If Gay is the new Black, then Republican is the new Gay. Excellent Article!

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:02:10 +0000

I totally agree with Sherri on this issue. For those like Daniel who erroneously believe: “We all saw Michael Jackson change from a black man into a white man.” What a completely ignorant statement. What we all witnessed was an African American man’s skin become lighter. Michael Jackson still remained African American until the day he died.

There are countless people who have chosen to leave the gay lifestyle and now live heterosexual lives. With God ANYTHING is possible.

This was not the caustic article some have tried to make it out to be.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:13:34 +0000

Intense responses.

Maybe saying “choose” was the wrong word–I think a fairer comparison would be that if you are black, for the most part, people *know* you’re black without having to know you, thus making it “easier” to discriminate. Laws/treatment that are unfair to LGBTQ are so are based more on action/perceived action (and the “morality” of said actions) versus literally saying, “Hey, that person’s skin is pretty dark.”

I’m not going to compare which treatment is worse (as both groups, historically, have gotten a raw deal), but I do think it’s fair to say that a comparison between a reaction based solely on race (which then dives into deeper psychological issues) and one based on sexual orientation (which is sheer physic) is unfair.

By: Jefferson D.

Jefferson D. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:56:48 +0000

>>i’m gay. i’m latino. i’m adopted. and i’m under five foot five.

Why, exactly, do these features qualify you for special treatment in twenty-first century America? Good golly, Miss Molly, this country is obsessed with entitlement.

“Human rights” as enforced by who? The United Nations? They have zero authority over any person or nation, let alone legislating the pleasant-sounding, yet empty phrase of “human rights.”

LGBTs saying that they deserve rights because LGBT-affiliated or funded think-tank organizations create statistics and reports saying LGBTs deserve equal marriage is circular reasoning.