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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 [...]
Positive Black Gay Representation In The Media
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Back in 1991, Michael Franti wrote a song called “Television, Drug Of The Nation.”
And thanks to new research, television, like most drugs, can now be conclusively linked with health problems.
An article in a journal published by the American Heart Association reports that each hour spent watching television shortens your life. [...]
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 [...]
Just when you thought the Tiger Woods scandal was fading away….
The new Vanity Fair boasts a series of previously unpublished photos of Tiger, including this cover shot of him as he’s never appeared before. The pics were taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.
I don’t know what Woods was thinking, but the thugged-out [...]
Continue reading about WTF? Tiger Woods Looking Like Street Trade »
Fans of bareback porn can breathe a sigh of relief — a Los Angeles judge has dismissed an attempt to require porn studios to use condoms in their films.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation had filed a petition in July to force the LA County Public Health Department to require the use of condoms in porn [...]
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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 joined Republicans [...]
Continue reading about Jeff Johnson Challenges Homophobia In The Black Community »
In an event that shows how society does not view gay people as full human beings, the BBC posted a poll asking “Should homosexuals face execution” on its website yesterday.
The question was meant to be in response to antigay legislation in Uganda, but the wording provided an opportunity for respondents to make the [...]
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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 gays [...]
Are you willing to pay for information you get from the web?
That is a question that is being raised in light of Google’s decision to limit the amount of free information people can obtain via Google News . The aggregator site currently allows users to access full stories from newspapers and magazines.
Publishers, most notably [...]
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