Interracial Gay Love Pride

" I challenged him, saying: 'You say, "Love one another."

I say: "If a lifelong devotion has arisen in your heart for someone, if your happiness depends on theirs, if your greatest joy is found in doing things together, if you are willing to make sacrifices for your mutual benefit, then what the hell does it matter if they have a different colored skin,

or if they have the same genitals, or if they happen to be closely related?"

Being pro-love, I had to overcome my own prejudice, fear and negative judgment, and I wanted him to overcome his."

* Author Unknown *

I read the above quote recently in another blog posting (DQN In Northern Virginia, http://www.dqninnorthernvirginia.blogspot.com ) and felt it would be appropriate here during Pride Month. It resonated in my heart as true to what type of relationship my partner and I have together. The feelings expressed are both classic and timeless. Our love is based on our personalities; not solely on gender or race.

Interracial love is nothing new. It's been around throughout history. We need only to look in The Bible to find evidence of it. In this country, it was so common that there were laws passed preventing miscegenation (marriage between the races) in the Jim Crow South. There's no reason to think that black men and white men began falling in love overnight. Same gender love may not have had a societal acceptance and legal definition, but we all know it existed back in the day.

As much as many gay men want to deny it, within our own community, there are many, both black and white, who either privately or publicly disparage interracial relationships. Whatever their reasons, these men believe that men should love only within their respective race. They're entitled to their own beliefs, but, they are wrong to expect everyone to value the same.

Biracial couples, deeply committed to each other in an interracial relationship, experience love the same as everyone else. The only difference is that their love is manifested with a man of a different skin color. The fact that their love isn't blurred by race is no cause for guilt or shame.

Our celebration of our love isn't restricted to June as Pride Month. It is something that we all need to embrace every day of the year.  Our capacity to love "outside the traditional box," regardless of what others may believe or think, is a source of joy and honor. It's nothing that needs to be hidden.

Respectfully,

Black Lover Naked