"We just don't have any images of gay people are diverse. . .we don't have anywhere that people can bring their whole selves." –Stephen Williams

"Our House: Gays and Lesbians in the Hood" is an examination of gay culture within the black community that offers a unique view of the images that Williams finds sadly lacking in mainstream society. African and gay parade shots, movie clips, beating footage, and interviews with a series of individuals create a moving portrayal of those who feel that they are forced into an impossible choice: Are you black, or are you gay?

"I do not feel that my being a lesbian negates my relationship with other black men or women," says LaRose Parris, one of the film's interviewees. "Anyone who is African American knows that you are inextricably linked to the black community through the common experience of oppression." Many others echo her sentiment throughout the film, expressing sorrow and frustration that their families and friends can not—or will not—see the parallels between the movement for black civil rights and the struggle for gay rights.

This film also attacks the idea that Afro-centrism is incompatible with homosexual inclusion, revealing numerous accounts of traditional African myths and social practices that recognized and affirmed the presence of homosexuals within the respective tribes. At the same time, men and women alike voice their concern that black nationalist movements have promoted heterosexual male dominance at the expense of women and the queer community. "The reason that they talk about the [gay] men," says Kaci Fannen, another interviewee, "Is because they can't even stomach talking about the women."