Day: February 15, 2018

The ad that caught my attention right away was this one. The first thing that I noticed was that the ad was in Spanish. I found that very important, because Latinos make up around 27% of all HIV infections which is really high. It is also interesting that the setting of the ad is at a gym or sauna, which are the areas that are known for having mean cruise for sex with other men. It is also good that the men in the ad all seem to be from different races and ethnicities to show that AIDS does not only affect white gay men or gay men of color. The ad also promotes rough but safe sex through the description, because it says that the man sitting down is “a good player” and that “he always uses condoms.” Another thing is that this ad has at least three other ones that are exactly the same, but they are in English and all of them have three different men on each of the covers.

• http://aep.lib.rochester.edu/node/40821
• http://www.hudsonvalleycs.org/hiv-crisis-among-hispanic-msm/

For this post I decided to focus on African American LGBTQ+ publications. BLK Magazine was first published in 1988 with the intention of targeting and covering people, events and issues that were about African American LGBTQ+ audiences. It was originally issued for lesbian and gay men, but in time, the magazine became to attract the greater LGBTQ+ community.

This magazine demonstrates a significant milestone within western mass media due to the fact that it was focused and representation of queer individuals within minority communities. BLK magazine paved the way for a number of African-American specific media to spring up, including “Black Lace” a Black Lesbian targeted magazine and “Blackfire” a Black gay magazine. I feel like these magazines are significant to the class because they are prime examples of minority LGBTQ+ experiences and issues. Race and class are often two factors that are disregarded in the LGBTQ+ movement, but with more publications lines these it serves as representation of a marginalized community within a marginalized community.

#lgbtqmedia #lgbtqblacklivesmatter #blacklgbtqhistory #lgbtqexperiencesusa