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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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The black gay literary world is mourning the murder of Don Belton, professor and editor of Speak My Name: Black Men on Masculinity and the American Dream.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Michael Griffin, 25, has admitted to killing the 53 year old Belton on December 28 during an altercation over two sexual encounters, including one [...]
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Aside from South Africa writing support for gay marriage into its constitution, you don’t often hear positive LGBT news about Africa.
So it’s great to discover people who are standing up for themselves in the face of circumstances much more challenging than those faced by people in the United States.
Despite homosexuality being illegal in Malawi, Tiwonge [...]
One of the many absurdities gay people have to contend with is dealing with people who believe same-sex desires can be modified with a little heterosexual lovin’.
A benign form of this is challenging gay people by asking if they’re sure and trying to find out if they have had heterosexual sex, as if [...]
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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