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This is a list of Black/African Americans who are also members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or intersex communities.
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This is a list of Black/African Americans who are also members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or intersex communities.
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| Name | Lifetime [1] | Nationality | Notable as | Communities [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain LeRoy Locke | b. 1885 | American | Philosopher, writer, educator, art patron | Queer, Gay [3] |
| Name | Political Party | State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Gillum | Democrat | Florida | Mayor of Tallahassee |
| Lori Lightfoot | Democrat | Illinois | Mayor of Chicago |
| Vernetta Alston | Democrat | North Carolina | North Carolina State Representative |
| Stormie Forte | Democrat | North Carolina | Raleigh City Councilwoman |
| Gordon Fox [4] | Democrat | Rhode Island | State Legislature |
| Rashad Taylor [5] | Democrat | Georgia | State Legislature |
| Althea Garrison [6] | Republican | Massachusetts | Judge and US Representative |
| Pat Spearman [7] | Democrat | Nevada | Nevada State Senator |
| Marcus Brandon [8] | Democrat | North Carolina | North Carolina State Representative |
| Ron Oden [9] | Democrat | California | Mayor |
| Bruce Harris [10] | Republican | New Jersey | Mayor |
| Keith St. John [11] | Democrat | New York | City Councilman |
| Darrin P. Gayles [12] | Democrat | Florida | United States Federal Judge |
| Kelvin Atkinson [13] | Democrat | Nevada | Former Nevada Senate Majority Leader |
| Ritchie Torres [14] | Democrat | New York | US Representative |
| Erick Russell | Democrat | Connecticut | Connecticut State Treasurer |
| Name | Occupation |
|---|---|
| McKinley Belcher III [15] [16] | Actor |
| Kemah Bob [17] | Comedian and drag king |
| Lee Daniels [18] | Film and television producer |
| Little Richard [19] | Singer |
| Don Lemon [20] | CNN News anchor and journalist |
| Bessie Smith [21] | Singer |
| Raven-Symoné [22] | Actress and singer |
| Patrick Ian Polk [23] | Film director, producer, singer, and actor |
| Frank Ocean [24] | Singer, songwriter, and rapper |
| Wanda Sykes [25] | Actress and comedian |
| Kevin Abstract [26] | Singer, songwriter, director and rapper |
| Terez Carter Thorpe | Activist, Director, Producer |
| Daryl Stephens [27] | Actor |
| Angel Haze [28] | Rapper |
| LZ Granderson [29] | Journalist and commentator CNN and ESPN |
| Charles M. Blow [30] | Columnist for The New York Times |
| Paris Barclay [31] | Director, producer, and writer |
| Andre Leon Talley [32] | Journalist and editor |
| Terrance Dean [33] | Writer and author |
| Audre Lorde [34] | Author and feminist |
| Alice Walker [35] | Author and poet |
| Tracy Chapman [36] | Singer |
| RuPaul [37] | Actor, drag queen, and television personality |
| Tarell Alvin McCraney [38] | Playwright and actor |
| James Baldwin [39] | Author |
| Janet Mock [40] | Writer, TV host, and transgender rights activist |
| Isis King [41] | Model and designer |
| Alvin Ailey [42] | Choreographer and activist |
| Azealia Banks [43] | Rapper |
| Nell Carter [44] | Actress and singer |
| Billy Porter | Actor, singer, fashion icon [45] |
| Laverne Cox [46] | Actress and LGBT advocate |
| Janelle Monáe [47] | Singer-songwriter, actress, model, and record producer |
| Mo'Nique [48] | Comedian and actress |
| Sir Lady Java [49] | Drag queen, actress, and transgender rights activist |
| Amandla Stenberg [50] | Actress and singer |
| Tessa Thompson [51] | Actress |
| Mel Tomlinson [52] | Ballet dancer and choreographer |
| Karamo Brown [53] | Television personality and activist |
| François Clemmons [54] | Actor and singer |
| Lil Nas X [55] [56] | Rapper, singer, and songwriter |
| Harrison David Rivers [57] | Playwright |
| Luther Vandross [58] | Singer, songwriter, record producer. |
| Todrick Hall [59] | Singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, director, choreographer |
| Le1f [60] | Rapper and producer |
| Colman Domingo [61] | Actor, playwright, director, producer, professor. |
| Angie Stardust [62] | Singer, actress, drag artist |
| Queen Latifah | Rapper and Actress |
| Amythyst Kiah | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Marlon Riggs | filmmaker |
| LeRoy Whitfield [63] | Journalist |
| Terry Blade [64] | Singer, songwriter, lyricist |
| Monifah Carter Thorpe | Singer, Actress, Producer |
| Emira D'Spain [65] | Model, social media influencer, magazine director |
| Name | Known For |
|---|---|
| Shea Couleé [66] | American drag queen, musician, actor |
| Dorian Corey [67] | American drag performer and fashion designer |
| Honey Davenport [68] | American drag performer, singer, songwriter, actor and activist |
| David Hampton [69] | Con artist |
| Angela Davis [70] | Political activist, academic |
| CeCe McDonald [71] | LGBT advocate |
| DeRay Mckesson [72] [73] | Activist and educator |
| Marsha P. Johnson [74] | Gay liberation activist and Stonewall Riot veteran |
| Bayard Rustin [75] | Political and Black rights activist |
| Flawless Shade | Drag queen and make-up artist |
| Kornbread Jeté | Drag queen |
| Mary Anne Adams [76] [77] | Activist for Black community/Black, elderly lesbians, academic, founder of NAMI NOBLA |
A pink triangle has been a symbol for the LGBT community, initially intended as a badge of shame, but later reclaimed as a positive symbol of self-identity. In Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, it began as one of the Nazi concentration camp badges, distinguishing those imprisoned because they had been identified by authorities as gay men. In the 1970s, it was revived as a symbol of protest against homophobia, and has since been adopted by the larger LGBT community as a popular symbol of LGBT pride and the LGBT movements and queer liberation movements.
The LGBT community is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals united by a common culture and social movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality. LGBT activists and sociologists see LGBT community-building as a counterweight to heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, sexualism, and conformist pressures that exist in the larger society. The term pride or sometimes gay pride expresses the LGBT community's identity and collective strength; pride parades provide both a prime example of the use and a demonstration of the general meaning of the term. The LGBT community is diverse in political affiliation. Not all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender consider themselves part of the LGBT community.
Biphobia is aversion toward bisexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being bisexual. Similarly to homophobia, it refers to hatred and prejudice specifically against those identified or perceived as being in the bisexual community. It can take the form of denial that bisexuality is a genuine sexual orientation, or of negative stereotypes about people who are bisexual. Other forms of biphobia include bisexual erasure.
LGBT slang, LGBT speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others. The acronym LGBT was popularized in the 1990s and stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant, LGBTQ, adds the letter Q for those who identify as queer or are questioning their sexual or gender identity.
LGBT culture is a culture shared by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals. It is sometimes referred to as queer culture, while the term gay culture may be used to mean either "LGBT culture" or homosexual culture specifically.
The bisexual community, also known as the bi+, m-spec, bisexual/pansexual, or bi/pan/fluid community, includes members of the LGBT community who identify as bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, polysexual and sexually fluid. As opposed to hetero- or homosexual people, people in the bisexual community experience attraction to more than one gender.
Over the course of its history, the LGBT community has adopted certain symbols for self-identification to demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another. These symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity both within their communities and to mainstream culture. The two symbols most recognized internationally are the pink triangle and the rainbow flag.
Bisexual erasure, also called bisexual invisibility, is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+(LGBTQ+)music is music that focuses on the experiences of gender and sexual minorities as a product of the broad gay liberation movement.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBT communities in the United States, and is one of the most important in the history of American LGBT rights and activism alongside New York City. The city itself has been described as "the original 'gay-friendly city'". LGBT culture is also active within companies that are based in Silicon Valley, which is located within the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
LGBT erasure refers to the tendency to intentionally or unintentionally remove LGBT groups or people from record, or downplay their significance, which includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people and those who identify as queer. This erasure can be found in a number of written and oral texts, including popular and scholarly texts.
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