I got featured in Buzzfeed

I was fortunate to be a part in a great post in Buzzfeed.

Here's a piece of the article:

Role models give kids tangible examples of possibilities. And as cultural critic bell hooks has noted, "oppression means the absence of choices." LGBT representation on television has come a long way since "Will and Grace," but everybody isn't going to identify with Chris Colfer or Neil Patrick Harris. The "It Gets Better" videos are great, but have you noticed how few black men appear in them? The fewer choices queer youth have for role models, the more vulnerable they are to the idea that being a successful and proud black, gay male is not a possibility.

We all need and deserve diverse examples of people who have already stared down the darkness. We need to see out gay people of all colors, creeds, and classes thriving on the basketball courts and football fields; we need to see them delivering closing arguments in landmark legal cases and announcing breakthroughs in scientific discoveries; we need to see black gay men on stage, on television, and movie screens, behind the lectern, in the spotlight, and everywhere else a queer kid might hope to end up one day.

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