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The article talks about why the Black Lives Matter movement is an LGBT issue. It talks about how queer and trans people of color are disregarded, disrespected and abused; ironically even within the LGBT community. One instance of this would be the hostile, complacent and apathetic response towards the mourning queer and trans POC’s who peacefully protested bars in the Castro area of San Francisco. The interesting thing is that it is supposed to be an LGBT-friendly area but when people of color in the community speak up or are threatened, it turns hateful; cis, white, gay men screaming, “No one cares”. Funny enough, this sense of apathy was displayed elsewhere- the New York HIV epidemic. In “The Normal Heart”, these same gay men fought against
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