Hello Sorors:
I read this article about two months ago and was pretty disturbed although I understand the reasons why some choose to hide their sexuality.
Let's also not forget that another issue is the identification of being "gay"
I can't speak for women but because I work with a lot of gay men, the problem also lies in the fact that if a man does not identify himself as gay, then he may not feel compelled to inform others of his sexuality.
This pertains men who are "situationally" gay (i.e. the brothah incarcerated who needed affection while he was locked up), but also men who think they aren't gay because they are not the receptive partner
(in lieu of Soror Director's post, I will not say what I WAS going to.)
Although some detest the term "homothugs" it is simply used to describe these brothahs who are "caught" in a space where they identify with the hip-hop culture (very mysoginistic, etc.) but are indeed sleeping with men.
They definitely don't identify as being LGBTG or GLBT (LGBT) if they don't identify with being simply "gay."
It's deep and yes it is one of the MAIN contributing factors to the high rates of HIV/AIDS amongst the heterosexual African-American female population. Not that there aren't those that contracted the disease from heterosexual partners who cheated in another heterosexual relationship, but those incidents aren't nearly as numerous and the others.
Anyways,
Just my $19.13.
Peace.
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