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The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund has a great statement of resolve regarding LGBT rights that I encourage everyone to sign. Acknowledging the need for positivity in spite of continued discrimination, the Action Into Anger Declaration states: “I am angry. Angry that discrimination has been written into the California, Arizona, and Florida [...]
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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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Despite New York’s rejection of marriage equality, there was some good news for LGBT politics this week. During the debate in the New York Senate, eloquent and passionated speeches were made by Senators Ruth Hassell-Thompson and Eric Adams. Their statements brought a ray of sunshine to a disappointing day, and can be viewed below. Considering [...]
On this World AIDS Day, an ugly development in Uganda shows how gay people, HIV, and homophobia are intertwined. Last year, Uganda received $287 million American tax dollars for HIV prevention. The funds were part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The latest round of money is now under scrutiny due to [...]
Less than a month after President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the FBI has released its latest statistics on hate crimes. The report contains valuable information on the types of hate crimes (33 percent are property damage, 30 percent are physical attacks, and 30 percent involve intimidation), [...]
Yesterday was the funeral of Jason Mattison, Jr. Jason was a 15 year old Baltimore student who was murdered last week in his aunt’s home. He had been raped, stabbed in the throat and head, gagged with a pillowcase and stuffed into a closet. The perpetrator, 35 year old Dante Parrish, has confessed to the [...]
One week after gay marriage was defeated in Maine, the LGBT community continues to look for answers. The loss was particularly bittersweet because all the advantages seemed to be on the side of gay marriage supporters. They had more money, local media and politicians were on their side, and polls indicated that it would pass. [...]
You may not be aware of this, but October is GLBT History Month. Each year, the Equality Forum selects 31 different historical figures to represent the diversity of the GLBT experience. Enjoy videos of the 2009 Icons below.
Just one day after I mentioned how surveillance culture and technological advances have given everyone access to your private behavior, here comes another example of what can happen in the age of the internet. When Michael Cole Smith and Jamil Smith got married several weeks ago, they posted photos of the event on Facebook for [...]
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