{"id":1117,"date":"2010-07-30T14:06:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T19:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2010-07-30T14:06:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T19:06:52","slug":"black-lesbians-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=1117","title":{"rendered":"Black Lesbians Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zuna Institute<\/a> announces the release of the Black Lesbian needs assessment report, “Black Lesbians Matter<\/a>.” Authored by Francine Ramsey, Zuna Institute’s Executive Director; Dr. Marjorie J. Hill, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Chief Executive Officer; and Cassondra Kellam, PhD Student, Graduate Center, CUNY, this report examines the unique experiences, perspectives, and priorities of the Black Lesbian community.<\/p>\n

The “Black Lesbians Matter<\/a>” report, the result of a quantitative study, is akin to a Black Lesbian “census.” Regional, statewide, and local organizations that support Black LGBTQ asked Black lesbians to speak up and be heard, to stand up and be counted; 1,596 Black lesbians answered that call by participating in focus groups and through an on-line survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zuna Institute announces the release of the Black Lesbian needs assessment report, “Black Lesbians Matter.” Authored by Francine Ramsey, Zuna Institute’s Executive Director; Dr. Marjorie J. Hill, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Chief Executive Officer; and Cassondra Kellam, PhD Student, Graduate Center, CUNY, this report examines the unique experiences, perspectives, and priorities of the Black Lesbian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMmJz-i1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":627,"url":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=627","url_meta":{"origin":1117,"position":0},"title":"National Black Lesbian Survey \/ Zuna Institute","author":"","date":"August 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"National Black Lesbian Survey Zuna Institute would like to request your participation in a national survey of the black lesbian community. 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