Black dl gay

Rejecting a gay culture they perceive as white and effeminate, many black men have settled on a new identity, with its own vocabulary and customs and its own name: Down Low. There have always been men – black and white – who have had secret sexual lives with men.

DL’s meaning in gay slang refers to gay and bisexual men who live their lives pretending to be straight, refusing to come out, or living in denial. Not to be dramatic, but pretending to be straight has got to be the only thing worse than actually being straight. (No offense, allies!).