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Same gender loving, or SGL, is a description for homosexuals, particularly in the African-American community. It emerged in the early 1990s[1] and is often used by those who prefer to distance themselves from terms that they see as associated with white-dominated lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities.[2] The term includes both down-low and out homosexuals within the black communities. It is also considered by some to be more descriptive of emotional links between gay men than the identity "gay".

In a 2004 study of African American men, most of whom were recruited from black gay organizations, 12% identified as same gender loving, while 53% identified as gay.[3] Men attending Black Gay Pride Festivals in nine U.S. cities in 2000 responded similarly, with 10% identifying as same gender loving, 66% as gay, and 14% as bisexual.[4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Communities of African Descent Media Resource Kit. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Poynter, Kerry John; Jamie Washington (2005). "Multiple Identities: Creating Community on Campus for LGBT Students". New Directions for Student Services (111): 45. 
  3. ^ Malebranche, DJ; Peterson JL, Fullilove RE, Stackhouse RW (2004). "Race and Sexual Identity: Perceptions about Medical Culture and Healthcare among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men". J Natl Med Assoc. (96): 97-107.  Summarized in Young, Rebecca M.; Ilan H. Meyer (2005). "The Trouble With "MSM" and "WSW": Erasure of the Sexual-Minority Person in Public Health Discourse". American Journal of Public Health 95 (7): 1144-1149. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2004.046714. 
  4. ^ Cochran, SD; Scott RL, Mays VM, Nellos C. (July 11-16, 2004). "Don't Call Me Queer: Preferred Self-Identifiers for Recruiting African American MSM's in HIV Research (Abstract)". Int Conf AIDS. Retrieved on 2007-02-01. 
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