pda.

PDA speaks to the complexities of being a queer

black man and the journey to love. Being raised in

NYC, I never realized the privilege of being out and

seeing queer love until I experienced homophobia

at my high school in Atlanta, GA, after seeing two

black boys kissing, get ridiculed and thrown

slurs. This experience made me realize how the gay

communities in more conservative areas do not

have equal rights and opportunities to share their

ways of demonstrating affection.