It emerged in the early 1990s[1] as a culturally affirming African American homosexual identity.
SGL was adapted as an Afrocentric alternative to what are deemed Eurocentric homosexual identities (e.g. gay and lesbian) which do not culturally affirm or engage the history and cultures of people of African descent.
The term SGL usually has broad, important and positive personal, social, and political purposes and consequences.
SGL has been described as "an anti-hate and anti-anti-Black identity [...] movement, philosophy and framework".
[5] The National Black Men's Xchange is the oldest and largest US "community-based movement devoted to promoting healthy self-concept and behavior, cultural affirmation and critical consciousness among same-gender loving (SGL), gay-identifying and bisexual African-descended males and allies".