In this week’s episode of The Queerly Blax Show, I had a conversation with Ben Carlton, we talked about his coming out story, DL culture, the resiliency of queer people, his work in the LGBT community and so much more. Check it out!

0:00 – Queerly Blax Intro

0:46- Ben Carlton introduction

3:56- Ben’s first experiences in facing his sexuality

8:28- Ben talks about the feeling of isolation at a young age due to rejection of who he naturally was.

11:45- Queer people are resilient

12:32- Ben narrates his first relationship with a man

16:06- Ben talks about DL culture and why people are on the DL

22:10- Ben talks about his experience as a gay man at FAMU, an HBCU.

24:06- His fear of pursing Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

26:02- We talk about Ben’s conversations with his sister leading up to comin ...