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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 [...]
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.
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 the [...]
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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 [...]
In August 2009, I wrote about the LGBTI Health Summit in Chicago. The summit happened as the health care debate was kicking into high gear, and there were hopes that the LGBT community would be adequately represented in any federal legislation.
Now that Congress appears ready to pass health care reform, it is [...]
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