Comment on Blacks Are More Likely to Identify as Gay Than Any Other Group by Ethan

The figures were higher for people of color, with 4.6 percent of Blacks identifying themselves in that manner, followed by 4.3 percent of Asians, 4 percent of Hispanics and 2.2 percent of non-Hispanic Whites. Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks, Executive Director and CEO, National Black Justice Coalition, the nation’s leading Black LGBT civil rights organization, said: “While it is easy to get lost in the rhetoric that pits ‘Black’ against ‘gay’ or depicts the LGBT community as wealthy white gay men, failing to recognize that our Black families are comprised of Black LGBT parents, siblings, children, co-workers and friends is a failure to recognize the full Black experience and our collective power.” More than 41% of Hispanic and African-American LGBT women, along with 38% of Asian LGBT women, are…