Quote Originally Posted by vidman View Post
I don't know if you all have read my input on the transsexual strip club in Atlanta, but this same situation is the reason I said that it would be difficult for the club to thrive in Atlanta. Brothas are still on the DL in Atlanta, even though Atlanta is supposed to be "black gay is okay" capital of the world. I went to the club last night and there were 5 white guys in there and ME, the only black dude. One white guy was in there with his UPS suit on. Imagine that.....a man so comfortable with himself that he came to the trans-strip club with his work clothes on. In other words, "I am who I am and I don't care who knows it" is what he was saying. However, there were 9 transsexual dancers, 8 of which were black and 1 hispanic.

The ignorance in the black community is astounding. Why one can't choose to be himself and feel comfortable around his peers disturbs me. I have said this time and time again that white people can be gay and comfortable (safe) in their communities.....in most cases. Being gay in the Black community, on the other hand, is almost a worse crime than committing murder. In order for the black community to really be pillars amongst society, we must change our mindset. Not only about homosexuality, but period!!! Not saying that we don't have any pillars now, but just think about what would happen if my community became just a bit more tolerable, understanding and perhaps more educated on a worldly view. WOW!!!

I peek at craigslist and backpage and read some of the ads the girls post and I'm starting to see more and more "white guys only" ads. Not only from non-Black transsexuals, but now from Black transsexuals too. It's to the point now to where Black transsexuals don't even want to deal with Black guys anymore, which is just a microcosm of the Black community in large. We fight one another. We kill one another. We don't even deal with each other on a sensible basis. Why are we so hateful and unforgiving towards our own?

Anyway......just how I feel. No biggie.
Not to belie your point, but that 'no blacks' thing is oft times more about money and/or what the client is looking for, than it is personal preference. I know a few girls that dont want to 'date' black men, but still date them.

That being said, your point about the black culture is correct. But you cant really expect anything else from a culture in which surviving a jail sentence is celebrated more than graduating from high school or college. Ignorance is all emcompassing.