“I’m simply not into black colored dudes.”
They are just a few samples of the racism that exists in the LGBTQ community and they are way more typical than many think. In line with the LGBTQ charity Stonewall and YouGov, 50 % of LGBTQ people of color have seen discrimination or bad treatment from other people inside their regional, queer community for their ethnicity.
The survey of LGBTQ folks found that while almost 32 % of LGBTQ people have skilled some kind of discrimination, that number rises to 51 per cent if you are black colored, Latino, Asian, or fit in with another cultural minority. An extra three away from five black colored, LGBT individuals stated which they had skilled prejudice due to their ethnicity.
These prejudices result in internet dating since well. In accordance with data released by OkCupid, white, gay guys react to communications off their white guys 44 % of that time but respond only 37.3 per cent of that time to males of color. Continue reading “Queer Men of Color Talk Racism in Denver’s Hookup Community”