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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 that [...]
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 [...]
Last week, the DC Agenda reported that Lambda Rising, one of the nation’s oldest gay bookstores, will be closing at the end of the year after 35 years of operation. With the number of bookstores catering to the LGBT community already hovering at around 60, down from a peak of 300 in the early 1990s, [...]
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When will people learn that privacy does not exist on the internet? Baseball player Grady Sizemore is upset because sexy and semi-nude photos he sent to his girlfriend have been posted online. While they have been a hot topic on various sites, he claims they were stolen from her email and has enlisted Major League [...]
For those unfamiliar with Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland, he is a legendary basketball player from the 1960s. He was blessed with such skill (he is credited with inventing the crossover dribble) and quickness that he is still considered the most talented point guard in the history of New York City. Rather than bask in the [...]
Keeping in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I suspect many hoops purists are grateful that Allen Iverson has decided to retire from the NBA. With a career scoring average of 27.1 points per game (fifth all time), rising to 29.7 in the playoffs (second only to Michael Jordan), four scoring titles, and a MVP, there is [...]
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