Baby, I Was Born This Way WITH Ben Carlton: Life as a Gay Pastor, DL Culture and Resiliency of Gay People

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 coming out. 31:15- Coming out to your family at thanksgiving dinner 40:50- Ben talks about his process to coming out in the TheRoot.com 46:50- Family’s accept all kind of things but not homosexuality 54:50- Advice to people struggling to come out SOCIAL MEDIA IG: queerlyblax BEN CARLTON IG: @ibencarlton