XPost: alt.non.racism   
   From: HumpinYoMomma@home.net   
      
   On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:46:59 -0400, "Thomas Keske"   
    wrote:   
      
   >It is to America's shame to think that gays in   
   >1930s Germany were actually making better   
   >progress toward having their relationships   
   >officially recognized by the government,   
      
   Blame it on the jigaboos, not the govt.   
      
   Many Gays Struggle at Black Colleges   
      
   Apr 8, 6:02 PM (ET)   
      
   By DIONNE WALKER   
      
   HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the   
   black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit   
   campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without   
   even visiting the waterfront campus.   
      
   A lesbian who is open about her sexual orientation, she arrived eager   
   to join the extended Hampton family.   
      
   Instead, "I felt like I was the only gay person on campus - it seemed   
   like nobody was really out," said the now 24-year-old Maxwell.   
      
   She channeled her isolation into organizing a gay support group, but a   
   panel of students and faculty denied it a charter. The panel recently   
   denied a second attempt at chartering Students Promoting Equal Action   
   and Knowledge, or SPEAK, headed by underclassmen after Maxwell   
   graduated.   
      
   (...)   
      
   Nationwide, black pastors have opposed gay marriage and shot down   
   comparisons between the struggles for civil rights and gay rights;   
   others have attacked "down low" bisexual men for contributing to the   
   rising AIDS rates among black women, though the topic is a matter of   
   debate in the public health community.   
      
   On historically black campuses, those tensions make life uncomfortable   
   for gay students.   
      
   (...)   
      
   http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070408/D8OCMDG80.html   
      
      
      
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