Six voices from Houston's Black LGBTQ+ community joined ABC13 for an exploration of Black Pride, coming out and how to best address mental health concerns.
Six voices from Houston's Black LGBTQ+ community joined ABC13 for an exploration of Black Pride, coming out and how best to address mental health concerns while grappling for a seat at the table.The ballroom at the Doubletree Hilton near Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport is like many across the city, but Harrison Guy felt a palpable energy humming between its banquet tables, adorned in white linen.
"I just think the world of Black LGBTQ people," Guy said, adding, "because I know the magic we bring to the room." Guy, the founder of Urban Souls Dance Company, was one of six activists invited to speak at an Action 13 town hall during May'sHe said he wanted to highlight joy and hope in our conversation on mental health, but he also came to advocate for truth.
"Some of us have no demonstration of love, no demonstration of care, no demonstration of trust," Guy said. "Some of the vulnerability we're talking about, some of the brave and courageous spaces we're trying to create, we can't create them because we don't trust the space." While LGBTQ+ people are facing a tense climate in the face of hundreds of bills directed against the community, those who are Black experience greater disparities when it comes to jobs and employment, housing and health care, said Ian Haddock, founder of the nonprofitDuring our hour-long discussion, ABC13 digital producer and anchor Brittaney Wilmore led panelists on an exploration of Black Pride, coming out and how best to address mental health concerns while grappling for a seat at the table.
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