Colored Theory.

Here we are again. Another difficult hot-button issue. Another difficult situation to analyze. Well. Let's get into this tea.pic.twitter.com/bjT08lvayl

(Did do a thread on some of the ways that BW contributed to "the closet" for black men if you need to catch up: https://twitter.com/jamkartel/status/883159754109059072 … )pic.twitter.com/9AN9KBhzfB

I'm going to just come out swinging with this one. Even though niggas ain't shit...are they really more homophobic than Black Women?pic.twitter.com/0b6raeNWTP

Black women are actually more homophobic than black men, but only slight so (like on some 1% more shit)pic.twitter.com/hNvPwRqggQ

Let's look first at the way black men contribute to homophobia (feel free to chime in/quote with anything I might have missed/mis-analyzed)pic.twitter.com/ZHTW5EEoV0

Black men's homophobia is hedged within the bounds of masculinity politics.pic.twitter.com/xHTfgfLPVq

How strong you appear, how attractive you are perceived to be by the opposite sex, how well you perform masculinity, defined by the hegemonypic.twitter.com/ewDh07edi2

(because even the hegemony <straight white men> determines how black men perform masculinity), all plays a part.pic.twitter.com/Nm8MRJdqqh

Queer men don't fit inside traditional masculinity politics because queer men are not solely attracted to the opposite sex, if at all.pic.twitter.com/p9FaHbLy5D

Therefore, they can't be judged by the same kind of rubric for manhood.pic.twitter.com/NLCOe6w6B5

For straight men, they don't see any common ground with the queer man because their attraction targets are not always the same.pic.twitter.com/S4eL8xDB4O

The stereotypical effeminate gay man is the best example of a polar comparison to the hypermasculine straight man.pic.twitter.com/55T2j22xrM

Their homophobia stems from a "well that f*ggot better not try me" standpoint.pic.twitter.com/v6lxnhHaBB

They don't understand how queerness works, & those who do have an innate scorn for it because they cannot analyze it thru a traditional lenspic.twitter.com/ZhNMmSFHfG

You can't tell jokes about the sexual conquest of dominating women (stories including misogyny) with a man that doesn't sleep with women.pic.twitter.com/2OBA3btTm9

The violence that straight men enact onto the bodies of queer men is not forgotten and it is indeed despicable.pic.twitter.com/foieQgDyok

As for straight black male vision concerning queer women...wellpic.twitter.com/L5RwA8vBhb

As if the entire point of queer female interactions is purely for male consumption. Chile...pic.twitter.com/AcSfmiNmwz

Black women...I'm sorry sweeties, but y'all take the cake for homophobia this time. I'll explain.pic.twitter.com/L70Q7f6ELa

But, black queens, y'all are actually the ones capable of hurting us the most sometimes.pic.twitter.com/ZrsBbq2OD3

Homophobia from a black woman is so wild and it stings even more because it's like "damn girl I thought you knew better"pic.twitter.com/dRRGhCAzrn

Black queer people have been the fighters for every struggle, right alongside black straight women. Then, the switch up. My God.pic.twitter.com/sEACgmMIks

The homophobia that black women exhibit is slighty more problematic than black men because it's so multifaceted and insidious.pic.twitter.com/kBQ0DVoMBs

Homophobia is a chivalrous code for black men, but it's a lifestyle for black womenpic.twitter.com/W7yA9T1p6k