One of my favorite lines — a real gem — came from a guy named Ben who sent me an email in response to something I said in an article about sexual racism a while back:. Sexual racism, or sex preferences and prejudices based solely on skin color and perceived ethnicity, is one of the most psychologically damaging and mentally exhausting forms of racism in the contemporary gay social world.
You're off to a house party hosted by a fabulous gay socialite. You're dressed to the nines, hair perfectly coiffed, and your pre-party selfie gets 30 likes on Facebook.
Skin color is only skin deep. There are many people who report, comment, and are frustrated by the frank and total racism felt by non-white privileged guys in the gay community as of late.
Gay men like me felt our sexual orientation as an ineffable presence as long as we can remember. When it comes to the modern fight for equal rights, it's imperative that we remind our straight counterparts that we were born this way.
You wanna hear a story? I have a lot of them.
Slurs, threats, and rejection are driving many people of color to retreat further into romantic defeat and isolation. A year-old gay man who lives in New York, he keeps a folder filled with various dating apps on his phone—including Grindr , Scruff, and Tinder.