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The RENWL ‘What White Gay Folks Don’t Like To Hear’ 2010 Award

This year we didn’t see too many challengers vying for the coveted RENWL What Gay White Folks Don’t Like To Hear Commentators award, at least not that many who were courageous to do it publicly. But we did get a decent handful of LGBT folks whose opinions strayed away from the group think mentality of [...]

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Thursday December 30th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »

The It Gets Better Video Of The Year Award Goes To…

AfricanoBoi! What can we say? His It’s Gets Better video is exactly what the doctor ordered. And it’s perfect for all those wailers of gloom and doom who’ve painted LGBT kids to be more fragile than antique Waterford crystal and who are just waiting to slit their wrists at the first hearing of “you fag.” [...]

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Friday December 24th, 2010 in , , , , | 5 Comments »

Mitrice Richardson’s Mother Wants Remains Tested Further For Cause Of Death

With the help of a forensic anthropologist, Latice Sutton, the mother of Mitrice Richardson, may find out the answer to her daughters mysterious disappearance and death.  According to the NBC LA Web site, Sutton held a press conference on Monday requesting officials to exhume her daughter’s body for further testing to determine cause of death. [...]

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Friday December 24th, 2010 in , , , | 7 Comments »

Anderson Cooper Takes On Eddie Long Mediation Question Mark

Cooper asks the same question we asked.  Initially Long said that he’s gonna fight this. Those were his exact words. Now he’s suddenly decided to go into mediation with the boys.  One could argue that doesn’t necessarily mean Long is guilty. But if he’s as innocent as he claimed when the first accusation was made [...]

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Thursday December 9th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks Out In Support Of Same Sex Marriage

Rev. Jesse Jackson now joins the ranks of Rev. Al Sharpton, hip hop titan Russell Simmons, former NAACP chairman Julian Bond and dozens of African American lawmakers and community leaders across the nation in supporting marriage equality rights for LGBTs. 

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Wednesday December 8th, 2010 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

AIDS: Black Americans Still Think It’s A Gay Disease

This is an article written by Rev. Irene Moore for World AIDS Day regarding attitudes about AIDS and black Americans. We liked it so much we’re re-running it here. From GBM News: To date, more than 230, 000 African Americans have died of AIDS. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 22 [...]

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Wednesday December 8th, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

The Root: Logo’s ‘The A-List’: A Symbol of Gay Apartheid?

The same-sex reality-TV show is set in New York but has no black lead characters. Not unusual in a gay world that is routinely segregated by race. From The Root: The same-sex reality-TV show is set in New York but has no black lead characters. Not unusual in a gay world that is routinely segregated [...]

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Monday December 6th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »