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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 | 1885–1954 | American | Philosopher, writer, educator, art patron | Queer, Gay [3] |
| Barbara Jordan | 1936–1996 | American | Lawyer, educator, politician, first African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives | LGBTQ+ [4] |
| Name | Occupation |
|---|---|
| McKinley Belcher III [16] [17] | Actor |
| Kemah Bob [18] | Comedian and drag king |
| Lee Daniels [19] | Film and television producer |
| Little Richard [20] | Singer |
| Don Lemon [21] | CNN News anchor and journalist |
| Bessie Smith [22] | Singer |
| Raven-Symoné [23] | Actress and singer |
| Patrick Ian Polk [24] | Film director, producer, singer, and actor |
| Frank Ocean [25] | Singer, songwriter, and rapper |
| Wanda Sykes [26] | Actress and comedian |
| Kevin Abstract [27] | Singer, songwriter, director and rapper |
| Daryl Stephens [28] | Actor |
| Angel Haze [29] | Rapper |
| LZ Granderson [30] | Journalist and commentator CNN and ESPN |
| Charles M. Blow [31] | Columnist for The New York Times |
| Paris Barclay [32] | Director, producer, and writer |
| Andre Leon Talley [33] | Journalist and editor |
| Terrance Dean [34] | Writer and author |
| Audre Lorde [35] | Author and feminist |
| Alice Walker [36] | Author and poet |
| Tracy Chapman [37] | Singer |
| RuPaul [38] | Actor, drag queen, and television personality |
| Tarell Alvin McCraney [39] | Playwright and actor |
| James Baldwin [40] | Author |
| Janet Mock [41] | Writer, TV host, and transgender rights activist |
| Isis King [42] | Model and designer |
| Alvin Ailey [43] | Choreographer and activist |
| Azealia Banks [44] | Rapper |
| Nell Carter [45] | Actress and singer |
| Billy Porter | Actor, singer, fashion icon [46] |
| Laverne Cox [47] | Actress and LGBTQ advocate |
| Janelle Monáe [48] | Singer-songwriter, actress, model, and record producer |
| Mo'Nique [49] | Comedian and actress |
| Sir Lady Java [50] | Drag queen, actress, and transgender rights activist |
| Amandla Stenberg [51] | Actress and singer |
| Tessa Thompson [52] | Actress |
| Mel Tomlinson [53] | Ballet dancer and choreographer |
| Karamo Brown [54] | Television personality and activist |
| François Clemmons [55] | Actor and singer |
| Lil Nas X [56] [57] | Rapper, singer, and songwriter |
| Harrison David Rivers [58] | Playwright |
| Luther Vandross [59] | Singer, songwriter, record producer. |
| Todrick Hall [60] | Singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, director, choreographer |
| Le1f [61] | Rapper and producer |
| Colman Domingo [62] | Actor, playwright, director, producer, professor. |
| Angie Stardust [63] | Singer, actress, drag artist |
| Queen Latifah | Rapper and Actress |
| Amythyst Kiah | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Marlon Riggs | filmmaker |
| LeRoy Whitfield [64] | Journalist |
| Terry Blade [65] | Singer, songwriter, lyricist |
| Emira D'Spain [66] | Model, social media influencer, magazine director |
| Ma Rainey | Singer |
| Niecy Nash [67] | Actress and comedian |
| Tyler, the Creator [68] | Rapper |
| Frank Ocean [69] | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Steve Lacy [70] | Singer, musician |
| Khalid [71] | Singer, songwriter |
| Jason Collins [72] | Basketball player |
| Name | Known For |
|---|---|
| Shea Couleé [73] | American drag queen, musician, actor |
| Dorian Corey [74] | American drag performer and fashion designer |
| Honey Davenport [75] | American drag performer, singer, songwriter, actor and activist |
| David Hampton [76] | Con artist |
| Angela Davis [77] | Political activist, academic |
| CeCe McDonald [78] | LGBTQ advocate |
| DeRay Mckesson [79] [80] | Activist and educator |
| Marsha P. Johnson [81] | Gay liberation activist and Stonewall Riot veteran |
| Bayard Rustin [82] | Political and Black rights activist |
| Flawless Shade | Drag queen and make-up artist |
| Kornbread Jeté | Drag queen |
| Mary Anne Adams [83] [84] | 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 reappropriated 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 or trans women. 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 LGBTQ community is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning individuals united by a common culture and social movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality. LGBTQ activists and sociologists see LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ community is diverse in political affiliation. Not all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender consider themselves part of the LGBTQ community.
LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ 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.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) personnel are able to serve in the armed forces of some countries around the world: the vast majority of industrialized, Western countries including some South American countries, such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile in addition to other countries, such as the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Mexico, France, Finland, Denmark and Israel. The rights concerning intersex people are more vague.
The bisexual community, also known as the bi+, m-spec, bisexual/pansexual, or bi/pan/fluid community, includes members of the LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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.
The transgender rights movement is a movement to promote the legal status of transgender people and to eliminate discrimination and violence against transgender people regarding housing, employment, public accommodations, education, and health care. A major goal of transgender activism is to allow changes to identification documents to conform with a person's current gender identity without the need for gender-affirming surgery or any medical requirements, which is known as gender self-identification. It is part of the broader LGBT rights movements.
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 first English-language use of the word "bisexual" to refer to sexual orientation occurred in 1892.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) 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.
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of non-heterosexual conforming people of African ancestry, who may identify as LGBTIQGNC, men who have sex with men, or related culturally specific identities. This timeline includes events both in Africa, the Americas and Europe and in the global African diaspora, as the histories are very deeply linked.
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