Why I Can't Stand The 'Gay Is The New Black' Slogan
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:15 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-i-cant-stand-gay-is-new-black.htmlWhen I hear or see that 'Gay is the New Black' slogan, it just irks me, especially considering what I've observed over the last decade as a African-American transgender activist.
When we hear people say that, I and other African-Americans, both GLBT and non GLBT, see a movement comprised predominately with a leadership of white moneyed gay men who wish to compare themselves to the Civil Rights Movement but consistently ignore or fail to apply the fundamental lessons of that movement.
What are those lessons? Coalition building, composing civil rights law as broadly as possible to cover the most people, and doing so and dealing with others in a morally ethical manner.
