Homosexual behavior is prevalent among black people where they have intermingled with white people or their society. This is not something that is indigenous or prevalent among Black people. Why do you think the Jamaicans can be in the Western Hemisphere and seem to have a disdain for it? They kept a lot of African cultural traditions and that ain't one of them.
This Black and Gay solidarity/common ground ish is nonsense. This is just another smokescreen by gay white men and woman to use Black people to further their agenda like white feminist used Black women to further theirs in the women's lib movement.
They were resting on their laurels(or ankhs), and didn't realize that progress don't stop because you are on top. You can always be overtaken by your student if you are not careful, which is not a bad thing unless your student is or becomes corrupted. See Revenge of the Sith....