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"Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, the nascent house music era, Paris Is Burning (1990) chronicles the ball culture of New York City's disenfranchised African American and Latino gay and transgendered patrons who were the same patrons of nightclubs such as the Paradise Garage." --Sholem Stein

I'm happy - I'm carefree - I'm gay
I was born this way
--"I Was Born This Way" (1975)

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LGBT (also seen as LGBTQ) stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer. The LGBT community did not receive societal recognition until the historical marking of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 in New York at Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall riots brought domestic and global attention to the lesbian and gay community. Proceeding Stonewall, Romer v. Evans vastly impacted the trajectory of the LGBT community. Ruling in favor of Romer, Justice Kennedy asserted in the case commentary that Colorado's state constitutional amendment "bore no purpose other than to burden LGB persons".

Advancements in policy, discourse, and knowledge assisted in the progression and coming out of many LGBT individuals. Statistics show an increase in accepting attitudes towards lesbians and gays. A Gallup survey shows that acceptance rates went from 38% in 1992 to 52% today. However, when looking at the LGBT community from a racial lens, the black community lacks many of these advantages. Research and studies are limited for the black LGBT community due to resistance towards coming out, as well as a lack of responses in surveys and research studies; The coming out rate of blacks is less than those of European (white) descent. The black LGBT community refers to the African-American (black) population who identify as LGBT, as a community of marginalized individuals who are further marginalized within their community. Surveys and research have shown that 80% of African Americans say gays and lesbians endure discrimination compared to the 61% of whites. Black members of the community are not only seen as "other" due to their race, but also due to their sexuality, making them targets for discrimination from whites and their own people. While marginalization happens from external factors such as systematic and social injustices, the black community creates disparities and division within its own community. Furthermore, religion also hinders progression within the black community for its LGBT members. The wedge created by colonization and the black through the use of religion makes the future unclear for black LGTBQ members. The major disparities, however, that will affect the mobilization of the black LGBT community are systematic and social injustices.

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