Racism in the LGBT community

Racism in the LGBT community is any negative prejudice or form of discrimination against ethnic minority lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities by white LGBT communities in the Western world.[1][2][3]

In the United States, ethnic minority LGBT individuals may find themselves in a double minority, in which they are neither fully accepted nor understood by mainly white LGBT communities, nor are they fully accepted by their own ethnic group.[4][5] Many people experience racism in the dominant LGBT community in which racial stereotypes merge with gender stereotypes; for example, Asian-American LGBT people are often stereotyped by Westerners as more passive and feminine, while African-American LGBT people are stereotyped as more aggressive. A number of culturally specific support networks for LGBT people are active in the United States, such as "Ô-Môi", a support network for Vietnamese-American queer females.[5]

  1. ^ Buttoo, Sanjiv (2010-03-08). "Gay Asians reveal racism problems". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  2. ^ "Study of Asian Pacific American LGBT People Reveals High Rates of Discrimination". New America Media. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  3. ^ Puar, Jasbir (2010-06-02). "To be gay and racist is no anomaly". Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  4. ^ Cheng, P. (2011). Gay Asian Masculinities and Christian Theologies. Cross currents 61,(4), 540.
  5. ^ a b Masequesmay, G (2003). "Emergence of queer Vietnamese America". Amerasia Journal. 29 (1): 117–134. doi:10.17953/amer.29.1.l15512728mj65738. S2CID 146235953.

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