What happens if a black gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans person needs help from Cincinnati NAACP? They’ll have to hide their sexuality or gender identity from the very people who are supposed to be helping them!

Second thought:

This will give black people in the Cincinnati area the wrong impression – that the NAACP condones homo- and transphobia. This is unacceptable.

There are people who have and still do make that argument about why restaurants should be able to deny service based on race. As in “Because there are some that don’t want their family dining next to a Black/Asian/Jewish/Interracial couple whose actions they find offisive.”

As I am transgender, my father loved his daughter, he was my biggest supporter of my transition. He believed in equality for everyone regardless of their differences.

A letter is definitly going out.

As far as minority status goes, the GLBT community has far more in common with the Jewish community, and they are far more accepting of us as a general rule.

I’m not saying we should abandon work with the black community, but I think the average straight person would understand GLBT discrimination better if it were linked to the historical treatment of Jews rather than blacks.

It can be assumed that some of your membership is gay, can it not? And if by hiring an anti-gay bigot they happen to alienate gay members, you are not exactly looking out for their interests.