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Atlanta Becomes Center for Black Gays

By , About.com GuideAugust 18, 2005

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The metropolitan Atlanta area has the largest number of black gay and lesbian couples in the South, according to an Associated Press report. The migration of gay blacks to the South has been attributed to a lower cost of living and deeper cultural roots. However, Emory University's David Malebranche claims that black glbt people move to Atlanta because they "feel ostracized from the white gay community because of racism. People will migrate to a city where there is a lot of black people in general, and then within that you find your niche."

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June 19, 2011 at 1:03 pm
(1) Dennis says:

Yeah, and their behavoir is pretty disgusting. Low lifes, if you ask me – they have ruined this city. You fail to touch on the ostracism (as you elect to put it) of blacks generally toward whites and latinos in this city. I believe we call that racism. Foul-mouthed, loud, nappy-haired, crude. lazy, obnoxious, ghetto behavoir. The Black Mecca is the White Hell. As soon as I possibly can I am moving away from here and I will never, ever come back, except to pass through and catch a flight elsewhere. Atlanta is the armpit and rectal cavity of Black America. And prejudice against GLBT’s is far worse in the black community than the white community. Your article is totally worthless.

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