Being Gay and Black: A Discussion of Intersecting Identities is an open discussion of the intersecting identities between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and black individuals, to be held Wednesday evening, February 29 at UAA.

All are welcome to attend. Food will be provided.  Sponsored by the UAA Multicultural Center at University of Alaska Anchorage.

• Date/time: Wednesday, February 29, 6:30-7:30 PM
• Location: Room 106, Rasmuson Hall, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3416 Seawolf Drive, Anchorage (see map)
• Further info: Contact Dale at (907) 250-8281.

Some of the black LGBTQ organizations in the U.S.:

• The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a leading national Black LGBT civil rights organization focused on federal public policy.
• The Black AIDS Institute, a national HIV/AIDS organization focused exclusively on Black people, focused on ending the AIDS pandemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals.
• The Audre Lorde Project (ALP), an LGBTQ People of Color community organizing center focusing on the New York City area.
• Black Men’s XChange, the first organization for same gender loving (SGL), and bisexual African-descended males to actually locate itself geographically within Black communities.
• African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC), the oldest organization of lesbians of African descent in the U.S. (founded as Salsa Soul Sisters, Third World Wimmin Inc. in 1974).
• Southerners On New Ground (SONG), “a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South.”
• LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent, an organization of LGBTQ and same gender loving clergy, divinity students, and faith leaders of African Descent and their allies, representing diverse interdenominational religious institutions.