Grand Divisions

Tennessee Equality Project seeks to advance and protect the civil rights of our State’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and their families in each Grand Division.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Volunteers needed for study of gay black and white men in the South

Dominique White, graduate student of Sociology at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas is conducting a comparison study of the lives of gay black and white men living in the South, particularly Arkansas and Tennessee.   She is currently trying to find black male participants to partake in one focus group in Nashville and/or Memphis.  The focus group will consist of 10-15 gay black males.  The comparable focus group will consist of 10-15 white gay males.
The criteria for participation is as follows:


1. Participants must be 18 and older
2. Participants must live in Tennessee
3. Participants must be openly gay

If interested, please contact Dominique White at dominique.white@smail.astate.edu for more information.

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