So I got tapped to write something about Black gay history for the National Blogging Online event as part of the activities involved with the PHYRE project. To be honest, I wasn’t going to write anything. I hate being tapped to write shit that I don’t really have much to contribute to, but after talking with J. about it after the Atlanta Black Gay Blogger Meetup (remind me to espouse on how interesting it turned out), I realized that I am a part of Black gay history. And if you’re a Black gay blogger, then you’re a part of history too.

Think about it. Before this whole writing online thing, there really weren’t that many outlets present for Black gay men to express themselves intelligently. Sure, you had your few and far in between who wrote books and essays and drew comics and the like, but before blogging, these history makers spoke for a generation of Black gay men. Now, we speak for ourselves. With blogs being created every half second, new and varied voices of the Black gay community are being created and heard and viewed. I didn’t realize how what my musings here meant until I started getting mail from people either celebrating or shouting me down. That was when I really felt like “hey, what I’m saying is affecting people”. From here on in, we are all making Black gay history.

Speaking of which, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I’m the only Black gay podcaster in Atlanta and probably one of the few Black gay podcasters in the country right about now.

Now that’s some history for you.

[tags]phyre, black gay history, national blogging online[/tags]