Black and other non-white LGBTs occupy a very unique position in the social world with their multiple marginalized identities and this affects the ways in which they navigate through their everyday lives. Previous studies argue that for black LGBTs, being situated in the mainstream LGBT domain and therefore, become aware of their doubly marginalized position leads to the higher salience of their racial/ethnic identity as well as resentment and bitterness towards the mainstream LGBT community (Nagel 2009; Harris and Battle 2014; Battle et al. 2002). Thus, black LGBTs’ sexual and racial identities are commonly understood to be in hierarchical order, fragmented, and mutually exclusive. In public discussions of LGBT rights and black (homo)sexuality,
