Black Gay Professor Don Belton Murdered In His Own Residence. His Death Exposes Hypocrisy & Gay Racism Of America’s LGBT Community!
Don Belton, a 53-year-old black gay English professor at Indiana University, was allegedly murdered by a 25-year-old white male Michael J. Griffin. According to court documents, Griffin admitted to stabbing Belton during an argument on Sunday. Belton was stabbed several times in the back with a 10 inch knife.
Griffin was a Marine and he served in Iraq. According to media reports, Griffin told the police that Belton was the aggressor.
His ex girlfriend called the police to let them know she believes he probably killed professor Belton.
Professor Belton was a writer, he wrote the novel “Almost Midnight” he also edited an anthology on black male masculinity.
Bloomington police believe the murder was a “crime of passion.”
In fact, according to media reports, professor Belton left a detailed diary and he mentions Griffin in his diary recently. According to one diary entry, professor Belton said he was “very happy” that Griffin entered his life. Meanwhile, Griffin claims he was sexually assaulted twice by professor Belton. The two men obviously knew each other. The question is, what kind of relationship did they have?
I suspect Griffin is a classic closet case. Griffin probably had sex with professor Belton freaked out due to his internalized homophobia by murdering the professor.
On the gay websites Queerty and Towleroad there isn’t any “outrage” that professor Belton was murdered due the fact he was black. Some gay bloggers are actually siding with Griffin of course because he is white. I have also read some racist and offensive comments about professor Belton.
Since Belton was African-American, the paucity of humanity and respect is due to gay racism. Some bloggers are criticizing Belton about his sex life and age. The consensus of the cruel comments are that professor Belton was a desperate middle age man. What right do bloggers have to criticize a man who cannot defend himself since he is deceased?
Since professor Belton was a black gay man, he’s not a member of America’s LGBT community. Professor Belton was viewed as “the other” he was ” just a black man” and not a “black gay man”.
Whenever white gays want support from black people they talk our similarities in relation to civil rights. The reason some blacks don’t support the white gay community is because some are suspicious of white gays and their motives. However, professor Belton’s death is a tragedy and he is viewed as an outsider by some white gays due to race.
Wow, can I just say yuck! Some gay bloggers are calling the alleged murderer “cute” and “hot”. Where is the sensitivity? Where is the humanity?
Some gay men are racists the comments on Queerty and Towelroad are just disgusting and disappointing! A gay man was murdered but since the gay man was black and not white some of these white queer bloggers could care less. The queers on the blog Towelroad & queerty are saying the killer is good-looking that’s abhorrent! There is so much apathy for professor’s Belton’s tragic death the comments on the web underscore how racist the LGBT community is!
Here is an offensive superfluous comment the white gay Village Voice writer Michael Musto wrote about professor Belton’s death on December 30th 2009.
“In any case, an entry in Belton’s journal was found and it expressed delight that someone named Michael had entered his life.
Don’t ever write an entry like that!”
Musto’s comment is pernicious for criticizing professor Belton and blaming professor Belton for his own death! Michael Musto comment is callous and disrespectful!
I can honestly say, no wonder some black gays are very critical of the mainstream LGBT community. I doubt professor Belton’s death will be a big news story in the gay media this tragedy will probably be buried in the back pages. However, if a racial reverse occurred you better believe the mainstream white gay media would be “outraged.” The apathy, hypocrisy, and gay racism is deleterious. I am glad the mainstream media are treating professor Belton’s murder seriously because this is a heinous crime!
Link to Queerty Blog & Apathetic Racist Comments About Professor Belton’s Murder:
Link: Affidavit To The Murder Case:
http://media2.wishtv.com/_local/pdf/Sales%20Copier_20091230_161145.pdf
Link: To Article Discussing Professor Belton’s Murder
Gayblackcanada 
Read the comments Queerty Blog it’s nothing new hear that racist garbage on sites everywhere. That’s the kinda crap that makes me happy to stay in the closet and want nothing to do with the mainstream LGBT community. I got enough drama being a blackman nevermind being bi. Mainstream is just another word for white and I went through the het version of that when I was a kid, being the only nonwhite in school for a couple of years. I won’t go through that again. Het culture now is so much more diverse and fun now in comparison I’ll think I’ll stay there. As for the Don Belton murder case it won’t get any more publicity. All that matters is that justice is served If Griffin is found guilty he should pay the price.
I agree Jettt, Griffin should definitely go to jail. I just think it is comical the attitude of some white LBGT folks. Here is a distinguished gay professor, he is brutally murdered. However, in the white American LGBT community’s eyes he’s not “gay” he’s just “black”. So to be gay means to be white in their eyes. Professor Belton is not a “member” of their community he’s just a black man, an outsider. I hope the police get to the bottom of this tragedy and Griffin gets a long sentence.
THE WISE FAMILY says:
Don was a very humble person if you got to know him. This murder comes as a huge shock to our family. Our family loved Don dearly. I am one of the many cousins that Don has. I would like everyone to know that the family doesn’t believe that the story that Michael has told is true. THE FAMILY LOVES YOU DON R.I.P. WE PRAY THAT THE MEDIA LET’S YOU R.I.P. TOO.
Please link to justicefordonbelton.com for more information about Don’s life and work, and media coverage of this event.
I am neither gay nor black, but i remember being completely shocked and outraged by a group of white gay men i overheard using the notorious “n” word. I asked two of them, when they were out of ear shot of the rest of the group, how they could demand rights for themselves but not see the need for equality for different races. They got rather more offensive with their use of the word as if to spite me. Further more, in California there are militant groups of gay Nazi skinheads who wear pink laces and braces (instead of the traditional Nazi red) and espouse Hitler’s philosophies about inferior races. They show up at GBLT marches all the time and receive little to no flack that i have witnessed.
Boberto, thank you for your opinion. Your experience articulates the problems I have with the hypocritical racist mainstream white gay culture. Some white gays are hypocritical racists. Some white gay men do not acknowledge their white skin privilege, their male privilege, and their social class privilege. Some gay racists utilize their race, class, and gender to discriminate against people of colour. I have also heard about gay Neo Nazis and the interesting thing about these people is Hitler hated homosexuals. In fact, in the Third Reich, homosexuals had to wear the pink triangle and they were killed by the Nazis.
Some white men are so arrogant that they cant even acknowledge their own shortcomings… They get angry when Black people refused to support the prop 8? .. Why should blacks support their issues when whites couldnt care less about Black peoples issues.