Thanks for this article. I’m one of the teens who would be hanging out in Chelsea with some of the house kids. I enjoyed being gay then! Back then we had the One Potato, Two Potato, Octagon, the Roxy, etc. I also loved dancing at the Jewel’s Catch One in L.A. I don’t think that safe spaces for black LGBT folks exist…

So you apologize for mistaking a violent thug who beat a man nearly to death, but NOT that casual nature in which you discuss the man who may DIE as a result of the attack? The Root has ALWAYS been shiftless and trifling, but this... this is sad.