Originally Posted by Dr. Dilznick

Originally Posted by naughty

Contrary to most stereotype ( some perpetuated by African Americans themselves) AA's tend to be rather conservative in their outlook. Facing the injustice of being denied basic civil rights, the subculture of homosexuality was for a large part seriously marginalized within a group who themselves had been marginalized. Parents feeling that the child already had enough strikes against him or her died a thousand deaths to find that their child was walking down that "firey path to hell". Like mental illness ( up until 1970 it was actually listed as one) the issue of homosexuality has long been a dirty little secret. With the exception of artists , writers actors and musicians whose gender bending joie de vivre could not be contained, it has been painfully suppressed . But where would we have been without Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, James Baldwin, Ma Rainey, Louise Beavers, Lil' Richard, etc. Their genius could not be denied, but their gender preferences were. Fear... plain and simple. In Romans I there is a whole list of sins which are decried .Yes, homosexuality is listed, but then so is fornication and adultery....