Adodi

{{short description|Black gay men's organization in the US}}

Adodi is one of the oldest Black gay organizations in the United States.{{Cite web|date=2017-12-28|title=Black Gay History and the Fight Against AIDS|url=http://theweeklychallenger.com/black-gay-history-and-the-fight-against-aids/|access-date=2020-12-23|language=en-US}} It was founded in Philadelphia in 1986 by Clifford Rawlins to bring together same-gender-loving men of African descent. Since its founding, Adodi has become one of the oldest movements of same-gender-loving men of African descent in history.{{Cite web|last=Michael|first=Jason A.|date=2016-04-14|title=Adodi Spring Retreat a 'Safe Space' for Black, Gay Men|url=https://pridesource.com/article/76107-2/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Pride Source|language=en-US}} It organized retreats for Black gay men partially to grieve during the early AIDS epidemic and partially to heal together. By 2003, the group had chapters in dozens of cities and suburbs.{{Cite web|date=2003-11-01|title=Sex, Lies and DMX - Windy City Times News|url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Sex-Lies-and-DMX/605.html|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Windy City Times}} The organization currently has chapters in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Dallas, and Washington, DC, many of which have regular programming and annual retreats.

Adodi is erroneously translated as a is the plural of ado, a Yoruba word to describe "a man who 'loves' another man"., however, as Yoruba has no form of pluralizing words by adding suffixes, and the yoruba word for love is "ife," it actually means "one who perform (anal) sex, with another man" and is a term used to describe gay people.{{Cite web |url=https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/elanguage/sal/article/view/3080.html |title=Plural strategies in Yorùbá | Ajíbóyè | Studies in African Linguistics |access-date=2021-05-27 |archive-date=2021-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527003114/https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/elanguage/sal/article/view/3080.html |url-status=dead }}