racism
Scruff founders Eric Silverberg (right) and Johnny Skandros (left) have defended the app’s feature that allows…
Over the years, I have fondly, yet with a straight face, shared with my friends that I am writing a book called I have a Dream…and you’re not in it. No one really believes I will do it, but the impetus for me even saying it is something that I struggle with each day – when will we have a community with a coordinated dream where everyone is included?
As the struggles for racial and sexual equality continue today, we hope to honor past black LGBT leaders by telling their stories.
Jen LaBarbera, George Gramer and Carlos Martinez reply to this week’s question.
Aligning with a broader anti-racist movement, many people of color in the LGBT community point out the trickiness of their work: Racism can be subtle, even invisible, to all but those who it’s directed at – and sometimes even to them. Racism can be in the attitudes of partners, acquaintances and friends. It can be in people of your own race. The challenge of drawing awareness to racism where it exists within the LGBT community itself is steep.
Friends tell me I’m a broken record, especially since becoming Junior Editor at Out Front…
