Being Gay Was Fine With My Family — But Not ‘Acting’ Gay

It takes consistent effort to remind other Black men that we are more than our gender

James Woods
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3 min readMar 9, 2020

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II came out to my family in 2015. At the time, the Supreme Court was about to make the historic vote that would legalize gay marriage for millions of queer people in America.

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James Woods
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