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White gay privilege exists all year, but it is particularly hurtful during Pride
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the event that arguably jumpstarted the modern LGBTQ movement. But while June has become a month-long celebration for many, it’s perceptible that we currently have two alternative prides occurring.
While rainbows are replacing organization logos across the nation, Black folks like myself are attending rallies for the death of our trans sisters — most recently Layleen Polanco Xtranveganza, who was set up dead in her jail cell in Rikers Island, and Zoe Spears, who was shot to death on June 15. Unfortunately, this is nothing modern for the Ebony queer community; the architects and elders of the movement have been all but erased. This white gay privilege exists year-round, but it is particularly frustrating during Pride.
The architects and elders of the movement have been all but erased. This white gay privilege exists year-round, but it is particularly frustrating during Pride.
All communities struggle in some way with race, and the LGBTQ community is no different. Racism has always played a role in relationships between alabaster and Black homosexual pe
White LGBT Adults in the US
- White LGBT adults are more likely to engage in high-risk health behaviors than White non-LGBT adults. Among White LGBT adults, 27% report current smoking and 9% report heavy drinking, compared to 18% and 7% of non-LGBT adults, respectively.
- More White LGBT adults than non-LGBT adults report having mild or high disability, defined by the number of days that they experienced limitations due to poor health in the prior month. Among White adults, 28% reported experiencing mild disability, defined as experiencing limitations because of poor health for 1-14 days in the past month; 12% reported high disability, defined as experiencing limitations because of poor health for 15-30 days in the past month. By comparison, 20% of White non-LGBT adults reported mild disability, and 10% reported high disability.
- Compared to White non-LGBT adults, White LGBT adults had greater odds of being diagnosed with several grave health conditions, including asthma, diabetes, heart attack, cancer, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. These disparities exist for both Colorless LGBT men and women compared to non-LGBT men and women, with the exception of cancer for White w
Malherbe ’26: Do we really need more stories about white gay men?
Growing up in a pretty conservative and homophobic environment, it took me a while to come out. In the time before I could embrace my individuality and find my society, I remember queer inclusion in media being super important for me. I would eat up anything with even a tiny LGBTQ+ subtext, whether that be a show as explicitly queer as “RuPaul’s Drag Race” or a film that at least had a gay person in it, like “Mean Girls.” The pickings were a little basic, for sure; I couldn’t be expected to have the taste of RISD’s artsiest film student as a preteen. To a adolescent, uninformed me, these forms of media gave me an insight into the queer culture I wanted to be a part of so badly. Unfortunately, I quickly found that this representation — which I hoped would main attraction the entire culture and community — was near exclusively focused on cisgender alabaster gay men. Though this was an issue in my childhood, I had hoped it would be mostly solved by the time I had grown up. I was a bit too optimistic.
According to a GLAAD report on LGBTQ+ representation in production this past year, most queer characters featured were white, most
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