Sunday, September 6, 2009

Coalition marches through South Side

I've been sitting on this story for a a while. I saw a post over at the Concerned Citizen of Chatham on this issue and thought this was a good time to bring this up.

Did you know that there was a protest in our ward in the month of January? Well there's this story about it on the Gay Liberation Network! In any event I'm sure you've clicked on the link in the first paragraph to find more information on this story.

A group marched on 79th Street around the time of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday to highlight the issues faced by black gays and lesbians in the areas of health care, criminal justice, employment, and social services. They even discussed an unsolved three-year-old murder that occurred at 79th and Woodlawn of two gay males.

I know I'm very late on bringing this to your attention I was Googling one day (actually I found this in late March).

Also I want to show you this link posted over at the Concerned Citizens of Chatham page:
Do Gays Belong in Black Neighborhoods


I saved this for a very slow day. The point of making this post was only to inform and certainly not to make a value judgement of any particular lifestyle although I'm sure many have an opinion on this subject.

Questions posed:
  1. Referring to that document about Lorraine Hansbury would you accept a homosexual as your neighbor? Especially if they prove to be good neighbors?
  2. Does anyone know about the aforementioned murder on 79th & Woodlawn three years ago?

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