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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Strange article of the day:
The New York Times has a feature on cousins who not only acknowledge an attraction, but get married and have kids.
Thanks to the article I’m now familiar with things like “cusbands” and Cousin Couples, a site that works to overturn laws prohibiting cousin love.
Is it just me or does [...]
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Sometimes people make such an ass of themselves that they just have to be called out. To point out egregious moments of stupidity, The Next Write Thing is starting a new feature called Fool Of The Week.
Our inaugural winner is Warren G, the one hit wonder from the 90s who was more recently seen on [...]
I came across an interesting editorial from Andreas Hale, the former Executive Editor of Music at BET.com.
Hale had established his reputation via HipHopDX, a site that caters to a definition of hip-hop that is more independent and non-commercial than what is generally promoted in the mass media. It was a surprise to many when [...]
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What do Birthers, Kanye West, Joe Wilson, Serena Williams, town hall protestors, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Jordan, and LeGarrette Blount have in common? They are all, to use President Obama’s terminology, jackasses.
Indeed, you could say 2009 has been the year of the jackass. All year long, people have been intent on [...]
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In April of this year, there was a bit of controversy over a memo from the Department of Homeland Security warning of the increased risk posed by right-wing extremist groups . Driven by the declining condition of the economy and the sense of social change exemplified by the presidency of Barack Obama, the analysts felt [...]
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