On June 1, 1993 Greg Price of North Carolina A&T stated in his
posting that Homosexuality was incompatible with Black Progress
(at least in the short run).
This is a first time post for me.  I usually just browse.
Mr. Price let's look at that incompatibility (at least in the short
run).  SAY, SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS.
Bayard Rustin - Civil Rights activist and associate of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., who organized the 1963 Civil Rights March
on Washington.
Benjamin Banneker - Mathematician and inventor, who helped design
Washington, DC, produced America's first working clock and published
one of this nation's first almanacs.
Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen & James Baldwin unarguably three
of the finest African American writers.
While we're discussing writers, how about the late Audre Lorde,
Poet Laurete of the State of New York, Lorraine Hansberry author
of "A Raisin in the Sun",or Zora Neale Hurston, of the Harlem
Renaissance.
Speaking of the Harlem Renaissance, how about Alain Locke,
Rhodes Scholar, Howard University Philosophy Professor and one
of the principal patrons of the Harlem Renaissance.
Alvin Ailey, who revolutionized dance, Willie Smith & Patrick
Kelley, who revolutionized the world of fashion.
Singers: Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Ma Rainey, Johnny Mathis,
and yes Luther Vandross.
Also at a time when education is of critical concern in the
African-American community there is evidence to suggest that
Black Lesbians and Gay men are disproportionately represented
among Black Phds.
We are not incompatible with Black Progress, we are vital to it.
You and the Robinsons make a mistake commonly made by White Gay
activists.  You speak of the African-American community and the
gay community as if they are mutually exclussive; they intersect.
As one of those intersections, I'd like to borrow from sister
Gloria Hull who wrote, "All The Women Are White,  All The Blacks
Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave.
All The Lesbians & Gays Are White, All The Blacks Are Straight,
But Some Of Us Are Brave.
Chuck.Tarver@MVS.UDEL.EDU