The Grio’s List of LGBT Leaders

June 27 is the 41st anniversary of Stonewall, the event that marked the beginning of the modern gay rights struggle. Cities across America are holding their Pride celebrations in accordance with this historic date.
To commemorate the event, The Grio has published their list of rising LGBT leaders. The article is unique because [...]

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Human Rights Campaign gets a lot of criticism for everything from catering to rich gays to not having a more visible impact on national politics, but I think HRC does some good work.
For example, they recently issued this year’s Health Equality Index, a report on the LGBT policies of nearly 200 health care providers.
This can [...]

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Many hip-hop fans are familiar with the idea of “the gay rapper” thanks to books like Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry, documentaries like Pick Up The Mic, and years of speculation about various performers.
But I think it’s safe to say most people were unfamiliar with Foxxjazell, hailed [...]

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A few weeks after being featured on the TV One series Unsung, Sylvester continues to impact people’s lives.
A story in the Bay Area Reporter revealed that Sylvester’s estate is donating nearly $140,000 to Project Open Hand and the AIDS Emergency Fund in San Francisco.
When Sylvester died in 1988, he bequeathed his royalties to [...]

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Media visibility is an issue I feel strongly about, as the representation of people in popular culture reveals much about society’s feeling towards that group.
That is why I was pleased to read about Flipping The Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood, a panel sponsored by the Writers Guild of America to discuss homophobia and [...]

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Most articles about the demographics of the LGBT community are focused on youth, as the average age of coming out continues to drop.
But the Associated Press has published an article about the other side of the spectrum — people who are coming out in their 60s, 70s, and 80s.
It is a testament to [...]

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A piece of gay history was recently made available online.
CBS aired The Homosexuals on March 7, 1967. Hosted by Mike Wallace, it was the first major television special dedicated to homosexuality.
Considered a pioneering broadcast at the time (homosexuality was still classified as a mental illness in 1967), viewing it today is a bittersweet [...]

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For the past few months I have been writing about the horrendous proposal to criminalize LGBTs in Uganda.
President Obama and Hilary Clinton both spoke against the bill at the National Prayer Breakfast, but a gay Ugandan offered his opinion at a competing event, the American Prayer Hour. View the clip below.

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Since the 1990s, gay Republicans have remained loyal to their party in spite of a platform that opposes marriage equality, adoption rights, open military service, employment protections, and most other items of interest for the LGBT community.
When asked why they continued to support people who don’t support them, the rationale was that they were changing [...]

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Positive Black Gay Representation In The Media

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