No.1 draft pick Brittney Griner recently discussed her sexuality in an interview with ESPN, confirming for the first time publicly that she is gay: “Don’t worry about what other people are going to say…if you’re just true to yourself, let that shine through.”
Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning the constitutionality of the California Prop 8 marriage ban. What do you think the SCOTUS will decide? Will the legalization of same-sex marriage come to fruition soon?
A new NYC ad campaign is facing criticism for using fear and shame to prevent teen pregnancy. Sad photos of infants with tag lines like “Honestly mom…chances are he won’t stay with you. What happens to me?” Is a fear-based campaign like this going too far?
Justice Department will file a brief today urging the Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriages to resume in California.
This is not a blog to “put down” Morehouse (we have enough of those on the Internet). However, few would deny that the discourse of Morehouse and the LGBTQ community is often a controversial one in the Black community. In fact, it is not a secret that many black institutions have a rather sad history […]
“Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man / Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well, hurt and pain / Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again / Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be / […]
In the LGBTQ community there is something called “throwing shade.” A colloquial term used to describe instances when one individual verbally and offensively altercates another. I am not interested in the shade itself, but moreso the reasoning as to why this experience is so common among interactions between youth of color in the LGBTQ community. […]
Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind Sesame Street’s Elmo character, has resigned. According to the NY Daily News, a second accuser has now come forward, alleging that he and Clash engaged in a sexual relationship while he was a teenager.
What do you want to see happen in Obama’s second term? A concerted effort to lower unemployment among blacks and youth? Same-sex marriage? Better foreign policy? Sound off below!!!!
“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To my jaded contemporaries who think they aren’t voting today. Let me apologize to you on behalf of this country. I’m sorry that this country has so disenfranchised you that you’ve […]
For weeks I’ve gone back and forth about whether or not to say what I’m about to. There are several reasons for this. First, I didn’t want to be repetitive, and what I’m going to say is in some ways an updated version of a couple of blogs I wrote on my old personal site […]
VP Joe Biden declared that transgender equality is the “civil rights issue of our time” at a campaign field office in Florida on Tuesday. Do you agree with Vice President Biden? Are we doing enough to promote equality for ALL members of our community?
