Compare and contrast potential cultural differences in LGBT sexual orientation for African American and Hispanic American individuals
What will be an ideal response?
• African Americans
o Gay men are perceived negatively as wanting to be female and cross-dressers and threaten family child-rearing responsibilities.
o Gay men are perceived as traitors to African American families and their race.
o Lesbians are considered incompatible with role expectations in a black community.
o Gay and lesbian communities do not offer the same level of affirmation to blacks that they do to their white members.
• Hispanic Americans
o Lesbian women often fear rejection from their community and receive only marginal support in the gay and lesbian community.
o Latino and Latina community has been described as being excessively homophobic
o They tend to exist in three worlds: the gay and lesbian community, the Latino and Latina community, and the white heterosexual mainstream community
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