Op-ed: The Tragic Consequences of Being an Anonymous Minority Statistic

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Op-ed: The Tragic Consequences of Being an Anonymous Minority Statistic
Posted on Advocate.com August 29, 2011 04:30:00 AM ET
By Terry Angel Mason, op-ed contributor

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Author Terry Angel Mason says it's not only the black churches that are to blame for violence against LGBT people of color.
There are thousands of same-gender-loving people within the congregations of black churches. Because I have ministered from their pulpits for more than 40 years, I am very aware of how these churches' refusal to address issues such as HIV/AIDS has gravely crippled us. But there are other more commonly overlooked culprits.