BET is doing an in depth look at homophobia in the Black Church. The producer is looking for someone willing to discuss it. Privacy will be of most importance. Here's her note below. Plz tell folks to contact her if they are willing to talk. Plz send out to everyone you know!
Contact: Karen C Saunders-
BET News,
Senior Producer IN DEPTH
212 975 1595
Or e-mail -
karen.saunders@bet.net
--BET is revamping the network and launching several new shows in the fall. IN-DEPTH is a series of quarterly specials that will examine issues/ social phenomena that affect all of America but we will take a look at how those issues manifest/affect the black community.
Our first hour will focus on homophobia in the black community examining the myth that blacks are more homophobic than other groups we'll discover ways homophobia simply manifest homophobia differently than other groups.
We'll hear poignant stories from the grass roots (the gay choir director and/or church member with a homophobic minister) to the "rarely heard emotional stories" from celebrities like Felicia Snoop Pearson.
We're searching for that church member, someone who on the verge of leaving their home church because of the anti-gay messages from the pulpit. We'd like to interview them for the show.
We hope to capture the unique dynamic that is prevalent in some black churches and throughout many black communities- - a "don't ask-don't tell" philosophy in regards to gays in the church and their families.
It is my sincere hope to capture the pain and the paradox by hearing from someone actually going through the torture of attending a church whose' minister/congregati on has condemned them.
Please have any interested people contact me via email or at the phone number.
Thanks so very much!!
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