Support is rising
Dr. David Johns National survey IDs options for strengthening support for Black LGBTQ people in the Black community JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer James.Journo@gmail.com A new national survey identifies pathways for strengthening support for Black LGBTQ people in the Black community.
The Black Facts study — commissioned by six Black leaders of national LGBTQ leaders and conducted by the National Black Justice Coalition in partnership with HIT Strategies — reveals large strides in line with other broader surveys about the LGBTQ community.
In the survey, 1,300 Black people were asked about personal and political beliefs, including religious views, partisan preferences and policy issues such as youth safety.
The goal is to use the responses to, first, build support for Black LGBTQ people and issues and, second, to research how to increase support for the community. “We’ve experienced the result of white and white LGBTQ leadership and know the tendency that white racial actors have for tapping Black people — women in particular —– to clean things up,” said Dr.
