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Aug 3, 2003 · Benoit Denizet-Lewis article explores phenomenon of subculture called Down Low, or DL, which encompasses black men who have sex with other men but otherwise live straight lives; says they are ...
Sep 4, 2015 · The down low, then, he argued, is yet another way to stigmatize black men’s bodies. Harmon thinks it is important to consider cultural heritage when discussing some blacks’ fear of homosexuality.
Mar 14, 2023 · And now there’s “ Down Low ,” an over-the-top, bottom-trawling comedy that wants to be for the gay community what “The Hangover” was to the mainstream — which is to say, wildly ...
Mar 27, 2015 · According to what Daniels said at the event, Black gay and bisexual men can’t come out about their sexuality because of the extreme level of homophobia in Black communities, so they must engage in secret sex with other men, wherein they get HIV that they later pass on to their female partners. The role of economic distress, sexism, poor ...
Mar 1, 2014 · Since the early 2000s, the phenomenon of the “down low”—black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual—has exploded in news media and popular culture, from the Oprah Winfrey Show to R & B singer R. Kelly’s hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. Most down-low stories are morality tales in ...
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Jul 31, 2010 · The "down low" (men who have sex with both men and women but who don't identify themselves as gay or bisexual) has often been blamed for the alarming rates of HIV in black America. While some ...
The DL means different things to different people. Dr. Wheeler explains, "We found that many of the men who called themselves down low were not sexually active with women, very few said that they were straight or heterosexual, and many did not equate the DL with having a wife or girlfriend." Results of this study found that 54% of the men who ...
