landscape photos Homosexuality among black gay community USA (2023) Digital Arts by Raphael Perez

Digital licensing

This image is available for download with a licence

$32.15
$128.62
$187.57
Max resolution: 1024 x 1024 px
Download immediately upon purchase
Artists get paid their royalties for each sales

Sold by Raphael Perez

  • Original Artwork Digital Arts, AI generated image
  • Dimensions Dimensions are available on request
  • Artwork's condition The artwork is in very good condition
  • AI generated image The artist created this image leveraging Artificial Intelligence technology
  • Categories Symbolism
Eşcinsel aşk, aynı cinsiyetten veya cinsiyetten insanlar arasındaki romantik veya cinsel çekim veya davranıştır. Eşcinsel aşk flört, evlilik, arkadaşlık veya aktivizm gibi birçok biçim ve ifade alabilir. Eşcinsel aşkı ayrıca ayrımcılık, şiddet veya damgalama gibi birçok zorluk ve engelle karşılaşabilir. Eşcinsel aşkı, saygıyı ve tanınmayı hak eden[...]
Eşcinsel aşk, aynı cinsiyetten veya cinsiyetten insanlar arasındaki romantik veya cinsel çekim veya davranıştır. Eşcinsel aşk flört, evlilik, arkadaşlık veya aktivizm gibi birçok biçim ve ifade alabilir. Eşcinsel aşkı ayrıca ayrımcılık, şiddet veya damgalama gibi birçok zorluk ve engelle karşılaşabilir. Eşcinsel aşkı, saygıyı ve tanınmayı hak eden geçerli ve güzel bir insan sevgisi biçimidir.


Homosexuality is a term that describes the sexual attraction or behavior among people of the same sex or gender. In the United States, homosexuality has been a source of social stigma, discrimination, and violence for many decades. However, in recent years, there has been an increasing acceptance and recognition of the rights and dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. This article will explore the experiences and challenges of homosexuality among the black gay community in the United States.

Who are the black gay community?

The black gay community is a diverse group of people who identify as black or African American and as gay, bisexual, or other sexual orientations that are not heterosexual. A report by the Williams Institute showed that black LGBTQ adults make up about 12% of the LGBTQ population and 3.7% of the black population in the United States. The report also revealed that black LGBTQ adults are younger, more likely to be women, and more likely to identify as bisexual than white LGBTQ adults. Moreover, black LGBTQ adults are more likely to live in poverty, experience food insecurity, and lack health insurance than white LGBTQ adults.

What are some of the challenges faced by the black gay community?

The black gay community faces multiple forms of discrimination based on their race and sexual orientation, which affect their lives in various ways. Some of the challenges they face include:

- Discrimination in public spaces: A survey by the Center for American Progress indicated that 33% of black LGBTQ individuals reported experiencing discrimination in public spaces such as stores or restaurants in the last year. This discrimination can involve harassment, denial of service, or physical assault.
- Discrimination in workplaces: The same survey showed that 31% of black LGBTQ individuals reported experiencing discrimination at work in the last year. This discrimination can involve being fired, denied a promotion, or subjected to verbal or physical abuse.
- Discrimination in health care settings: The same survey also reported that 29% of black LGBTQ individuals reported experiencing discrimination when seeking health care in the last year. This discrimination can involve being refused treatment, being given inferior care, or being subjected to invasive or inappropriate questions. As a result, black LGBTQ individuals may avoid seeking health care or face worse health outcomes than other groups.
- Discrimination in police interactions: The same survey also indicated that 22% of black LGBTQ individuals reported experiencing discrimination when interacting with law enforcement in the last year. This discrimination can involve being stopped, searched, arrested, or assaulted by police officers. Furthermore, black LGBTQ individuals are more likely to be incarcerated than other groups in the United States.
- Violence and hate crimes: The black gay community is also more vulnerable to violence and hate crimes than other groups in the United States. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2021 is on track to become the deadliest year in history for violence against black transgender individuals, at least 16 of whom have been killed in hate incidents as of this April. Moreover, black male-male couples are less common than white male-male couples, accounting for 6.6% of gay couple households in the United States in 2021.

Related themes

HomosexualityHomosexuality AiGay CommunityLgbt CommunityQueer Community

Follow
Raphael perez Hebrew name rafi peretz was born into a traditional family and grew up in Jerusalem.  Family biography Raphael Perez father, Shimon Perez, worked as a receptionist at Hadassah Ein Kerem[...]

Raphael perez Hebrew name rafi peretz was born into a traditional family and grew up in Jerusalem.

 Family biography Raphael Perez father, Shimon Perez, worked as a receptionist at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. His great love was art, but as a breadwinner, he could not fulfill his dream of becoming an artist. Raphael’s mother,  Alice Aliza Perez, worked as an assistant to a kindergarten teacher and later took care of a baby at home. She loved gardening and nature, and together with her husband, created a magnificent garden.

Raphael has several siblings. His elder brother David Perez repented in his mid-twenties and brought many people back to repentance. His sister Hana Peretz raised eight children and worked in the field of education. His brother Avi (Abraham) Peretz studied Philosophy and Judaism in Israel before moving to the United States where he completed his master’s degree in education and became a conservative rabbi. His fourth brother is Asher Peretz, who is very fond of traveling and has been to magical places all over the world. Raphael is the fifth sibling and has a twin brother named Miki (Michael) Peretz, who is a talented industrial designer. The youngest sibling is Shlomit Peretz, who has been involved in the Bezeq telephone company for almost three decades.

 Peretz). In the IDF, he served in the Artillery Corps. He worked for 15 years in education in therapeutic settings for children and taught art and movement.
Peretz is a graduate of the Center for Visual Arts in Be'er Sheva, where he studied from 1989-1992. He has been painting since 1989 and since 1999 earns a living only from selling art. Since 1995 he has lived and worked from his studio in Tel Aviv.
Between the ages of 17 and 32, he wrote about forty diaries, sketchbooks and artist books in which he wrote daily and described his thoughts, experiences and feelings and his struggle with his homosexual sexual orientations. He later adorned the diaries with illustrations and drawings. The diaries were presented in a solo exhibition at Camera Obscura and in a group exhibition at the Sommer Gallery.
In his work, starting in 1995, he dealt with relationships, initially with relationships between men and women, in which complex relationships between men and women can be seen. In addition to explicit paintings, he created series of flower paintings, as a metaphor for the relationship between a man and a woman.
At the age of 32 he came out of the closet and began to draw relationships between men. At first, the paintings express hesitation and imperfection, while Peretz does not reveal the faces of the cartoonists. After his first love for a man in 1999 and coming to terms with his sexual orientation, the paintings became peaceful and he presented the homosexual relationship in an ideal way. Peretz has created a series of naive paintings that deal with loving relationships between men and common daily activities in the home environment. Over the years he painted his mates.

See more from Raphael Perez

View all artworks
Acrylic on Canvas | 43.3x19.7 in
$6,715.75
Oil on Canvas | 31.9x39.8 in
$5,075.89
Photography
On Request
Photography
On Request

Artmajeur

Receive our newsletter for art lovers and collectors