Clay Cane

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| occupation = Journalist, author, television personality

| education = Rutgers University

| notableworks = The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump,
Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race,
Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church

| awards = New York Festivals Radio 2022 Awards, GMAD's 2016 James Baldwin Revolutionary Award.

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Clay Cane is a journalist, author, political commentator, and radio host. He is the author of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump (2024).{{Cite book |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |title=The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump |last2=Books |first2=Lavette |date=2024-01-30 |publisher=Sourcebooks |isbn=978-1-7282-9022-5 |location=Naperville, Illinois |language=English}} Cane is also the host of The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126.

Early life and education

Cane earned a bachelor's degree in English and African-American Studies from Rutgers University. He was a member of academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

Cane is the co-editor and contributing writer of the 2012 anthology For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. He also contributed to Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community.

In 2015, Cane created, directed and produced the BET.com original documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. The film explored homophobia in the black church by tackling the intersections of race, gender, sexuality and religion, earning a 2016 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Digital Journalism.{{Cite web |title=BET Receives GLAAD Award Nomination for Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church |url=https://www.bet.com/article/1xgu4h/bet-receives-glaad-nomination-for-holler-if-you-hear-me |access-date= 2024-03-11 |website=BET.com |language= en}}

Cane's commentary has been heard on MTV, ABC, FOX, VH1, CNN,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/opinions/black-trump-supporter-fraud-scherie-murray-cane/index.html|title=Black Trump backers make his racial hypocrisy even more obvious|last=Cane|first=Clay|website=CNN.com |date= July 26, 2019| access-date= 2019-09-27}} and MSNBC.{{cite web | url=https://www.rawstory.com/trumpism-rick-tyler-both-sides/ | title='That's lunacy': MSNBC's Rick Tyler shutdown after claiming Biden and Trump are 'both sides of the same coin' | website= rawstory.com | publisher= | date= September 4, 2022 | accessdate=}} On February 24, 2016, The White House{{cite web| url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/white-house-screen-documentary-about-homophobia-black-church|title=White House to screen documentary about homophobia in the black church |publisher= | website=MSNBC.com |date= February 23, 2016|accessdate= February 23, 2016}} featured Cane as a Black History Month speaker along with a screening of the documentary. In 2017, he released Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race.{{Cite book |last=Cane |first=Clay |title=Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race |date=2017-06-13 |publisher= Cleis Press |isbn=978-1-62778-218-0 |location=Jersey City, New Jersey |language= en}} In 2024, he released the New York Times bestseller{{Cite news |title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2024/03/03/hardcover-nonfiction/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump.

Published works

{{cite book|title=The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump |date= January 30, 2024|isbn=978-1728290225 |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |publisher= Sourcebooks, Incorporated}}
{{cite book|title= Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race |date= June 13, 2017|isbn= 978-1627782180 |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |publisher= Start Publishing LLC}}
{{cite book|title= For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home |isbn= 978-1936833153 |last1=Boykin |first1=Keith |year=2012 |publisher=Magnus Books }}
{{cite book|title= Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community |isbn=978-1932841701 |first= Gil l. IV| last= Robertson |year= 2013 |publisher=Agate }}

References

External links

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[http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/documentary-examines-being-gay-in-the-church-560586819595 Melissa Harris-Perry Interviews Clay Cane About Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church]
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/holler-if-you-hear-me-black-and-gay-in-the-church_us_5638d311e4b00a4d2e0bdd3a Documentary Explores The Reality Of Being Black And Gay In The Church]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8E3_1hNW4 Janet Mock & Clay Cane in Conversation on Being Black & LGBT]
[http://thegrio.com/2011/11/05/new-yorks-wwrl-1600am-launches-new-voice-of-black-gay-life/ TheGrio Interviews Clay Cane About New LGBT Radio Show]

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Category:Living people

Category:Rutgers University alumni

Category:African-American LGBTQ writers

Category:American gay writers

Category:American male essayists

Category:21st-century American essayists

Category:American LGBTQ film directors

Category:African-American film directors

Category:American documentary film directors

Category:African-American film producers

Category:American documentary film producers