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The black gay literary world is mourning the murder of Don Belton, professor and editor of Speak My Name: Black Men on Masculinity and the American Dream.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Michael Griffin, 25, has admitted to killing the 53 year old Belton on December 28 during an altercation over two sexual encounters, including one [...]
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Aside from South Africa writing support for gay marriage into its constitution, you don’t often hear positive LGBT news about Africa.
So it’s great to discover people who are standing up for themselves in the face of circumstances much more challenging than those faced by people in the United States.
Despite homosexuality being illegal in Malawi, Tiwonge [...]
One of the many absurdities gay people have to contend with is dealing with people who believe same-sex desires can be modified with a little heterosexual lovin’.
A benign form of this is challenging gay people by asking if they’re sure and trying to find out if they have had heterosexual sex, as if [...]
A new article on gay writer and activist Larry Kramer
mentions his latest project, The American People.
This is not your average history book. A 4000 page behemoth that has yet to be published, the book has already earned attention for Kramer’s claim that it will prove that George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Abraham [...]
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Fans of bareback porn can breathe a sigh of relief — a Los Angeles judge has dismissed an attempt to require porn studios to use condoms in their films.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation had filed a petition in July to force the LA County Public Health Department to require the use of condoms in porn [...]
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With this being the holiday season, you would like to believe that people are being a bit more charitable to each other.
Unfortunately, there are always reminders that some individuals are not feeling the holiday spirit.
On December 19, a friendly snowball fight in Washington, DC was interrupted when an off-duty policeman pulled a gun on [...]
People looking for new music with some old school flavor need to check out the Sunburst Band. The group is led by Joey Negro, one of the world’s most knowledgeable disco collectors, and he infuses Sunburst with plenty of disco and 70s/80s soul sensibilities.
From their latest album, Moving With The Shakers, here [...]
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The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund has a great statement of resolve regarding LGBT rights that I encourage everyone to sign.
Acknowledging the need for positivity in spite of continued discrimination, the Action Into Anger Declaration states:
“I am angry. Angry that discrimination has been written into the California, Arizona, and Florida [...]
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Christmas came early for the black LGBT community thanks to Jeff Johnson.
On December 17, Johnson used his platform on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show to declare that black America needs to have a serious conversation about homophobia in the community.
Analyzing Annise Parker’s mayoral victory in Houston, in which the black community joined Republicans [...]
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In an event that shows how society does not view gay people as full human beings, the BBC posted a poll asking “Should homosexuals face execution” on its website yesterday.
The question was meant to be in response to antigay legislation in Uganda, but the wording provided an opportunity for respondents to make the [...]
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