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Being both black and gay can be, well, interesting. But rarely has this dual identity manifested itself as dramatically as during the current controversy between the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Black TV and radio commentator Roland Martin.

A week ago, to commemorate Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I appeared on a segment of the Tom Joyner morning show about AIDS that included the rates of HIV among young Black gay men, which was produced and hosted by Martin. That same day I also partnered with GLAAD to publish an HIV/AIDS editorial.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, during the Super Bowl Martin sent out a number of tweets that GLAAD and others believe advocated violence against gay men. Martin denies this was his intent.

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