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One article that did not generate as much attention as it deserved is a commentary from Douglas Foster, a professor at Northwestern University. Earlier this month, Foster penned an essay that provides insight into the challenges many black gays have integrating their sexuality with their racial identification. Titled “Black, Gay and Indisputably African,” the essay [...]
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Carl Bean is a treasure and inspiration. As the founder of Unity Fellowship Church, he has created a platform for black LGBTs to fulfill their spiritual needs in an affirming environment. Originally centered in Bean’s home in 1982, Unity Fellowship churches now exist in fifteen cities. Prior to his ministry, Bean recorded one of the [...]
Gays have a media image as happy-go-lucky and carefree, but the reality is that it can be hard to be openly gay. Reconciling your desires with religious upbringings, negative reaction from friends and family, and socially sanctioned devaluation of our lives can produce an amount of internalized homophobia that requires a huge amount of energy [...]
Back in 1991, Michael Franti wrote a song called “Television, Drug Of The Nation.” And thanks to new research, television, like most drugs, can now be conclusively linked with health problems. An article in a journal published by the American Heart Association reports that each hour spent watching television shortens your life. More specifically, television [...]
The subject of the newest American Masters series is Sam Cooke, a singer whose legacy should be studied by anyone with an interest in African-American history and culture. His career paralleled the development of black music as a critical and commercial force. Starting out with the Soul Stirrers, Cooke was a gospel superstar when he [...]
With David Boies and Ted Olson’s federal challenge to Proposition 8 approaching trial date, one of the state’s star defendants is having second thoughts. Hak-Shing William Tam, who by his own admission spent the majority of his time between January and November 2008 working to pass the gay marriage ban, now says he wants to [...]
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History was made on January 8 when Mia Love was sworn in as mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah before a crowd of 120 people. She is the first black woman to be elected mayor in the state’s history. Love previously served on the Saratoga Springs city council, but her victory was still something of a [...]
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I’m not a major fan of Facebook or Chase, but I applaud their partnership in creating Chase Community Giving, a program that will give $5 million to charities as determined by Facebook users. The top vote-getter will receive $1 million, and five runners-up will get $100,000 each. Among the charities eligible for this contest are [...]
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Some people will do anything for money. Think of drug addicts, politicians, business executives, and people who go on Fear Factor. We can add Beyonce Knowles to the ranks of people whose lust for cash knows no limits. It’s barely a week into 2010, and she’s caused our first celebrity mini-scandal thanks to her private [...]
Gilbert Arenas just can’t help himself. The basketball star, already under investigation for bringing guns to the locker room, made a bad situation worse by imitating gunfire before last night’s game. This proved to be too much for league commisoner David Stern to handle, and he has suspended Arenas indefinitely without pay. If the suspension [...]
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