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![An Honest Look At BLACK GAYS AND LESBIANS<br />
By Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.Associate Professor of PsychiatryHarvard Medical School<br />
Lately, they have “come out of the closet” in increasing numbers<br />
Some people fear and scorn, others tolerate homosexuals, but few understand and welcome them as equal partners in African-American society. Most of us have laughed at Eddie Murphy pretending to be a swishing drag queen. Black comedians rely on stereotypes of Black gays and lesbians as a ready source of<br />
[images: Phil Wilson, co-chair of the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum in Los Angeles, feels that Black gays can avoid rejection by the Black community only if they are not too obvious about their gay orientation. At right, Venus Medina, a project officer at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, says that most Black lesbians identify as Black women first and lesbians second. Medina is a 30-year-old mother of two]](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/fullsize/09d44d9ac206fc5bd6b89a0841afec9a.jpg "An Honest Look At BLACK GAYS AND LESBIANS<br />
By Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.Associate Professor of PsychiatryHarvard Medical School<br />
Lately, they have “come out of the closet” in increasing numbers<br />
Some people fear and scorn, others tolerate homosexuals, but few understand and welcome them as equal partners in African-American society. Most of us have laughed at Eddie Murphy pretending to be a swishing drag queen. Black comedians rely on stereotypes of Black gays and lesbians as a ready source of<br />
[images: Phil Wilson, co-chair of the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum in Los Angeles, feels that Black gays can avoid rejection by the Black community only if they are not too obvious about their gay orientation. At right, Venus Medina, a project officer at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, says that most Black lesbians identify as Black women first and lesbians second. Medina is a 30-year-old mother of two]")
"An Honest Look at Black Gays and Lesbians"
Poussaint; Alvin F.; Ebony (Chicago, Ill.) 1990 September![Ethel Waters wearing ornate gown and headdress signed "To Floyd [?] Ethel 9/3/34"](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/fullsize/174df82ee176d7bb26c9ed2dad80f5ae.jpg "Ethel Waters wearing ornate gown and headdress signed \"To Floyd [?] Ethel 9/3/34\"")
Correspondence between Paula Snelling and Miles M. Jackson
Harold Jackman Memorial Committee 1966 November 13
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