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Last week I wrote about Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who held the first public gay commitment ceremony in Malawi’s history.
(Monjeza is on the left, Chimbalanga on the right)
At the time, I mentioned how their bravery in stating their love for each other, considering that homosexuality is illegal in Malawi.
The BBC reports that they [...]
There’s a new calendar out there that serves a purpose greater than marking time.
Asian Men Redefined shows the diversity of the Asian gay male community. Long stereotyped as submissive and feminine, or nerdy and unattractive, Redefined presents thirteen Asian men looking confident and giving body body body! It is a bold, new take [...]
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 [...]
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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I was so disappointed to read that sessions of the climate change in Copenhagen were shut down because poorer countries are upset with the lack of progress.
While I do a lot of writing on sexual and racial issues, I consider climate change to be the greatest issue facing us as a species. But while [...]
The New York Times has an article detailing the failures of juvenile prisons.
A task force condemned the system for a host of problems including high levels of abuse, poor facilities, lack of mental health services, and nonexistent education programs.
As someone who occasionally does service work in a prison, these findings come as no [...]
Yesterday’s article about the resurgence of vinyl records was a nice story but I’m not sure if it was as significant as the New York Times portrayed.
While seeing mainstream outlets like Best Buy carry a small amount of vinyl would normally announce the start of a trend, there have been too many signs [...]
Far too often, homophobia in the black community has been met with relative silence by black LGBTs.
That is why I was so happy to see last week’s ad from black gay activists rebutting the latest crazed statements by Donnie McClurkin. For those unfamiliar with the “ex-gay” preacher’s outburst, he recently gave a speech condemning gays [...]
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