GOP seeks to woo Black voters by attacking the LGBTQ community

When 27-year-old Don Abram was in middle school, he dreaded going to his single mom’s Chicago South Side church where he was often the only male in a sea of females overflowing the pews. Other Black teens in his neighborhood taunted him as “fruity” with “sugar in his tank.” Abram dreamed of being a pastor but he had a secret that would be an obstacle; he was gay. kept from everyone, even his mom. He dreamed of being a pastor. He comforted himself with the idea that he could at least be an usher, greeting newcomers, and distributing cardboard church fans and Kleenex. But at 14, he debuted as a …

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