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Posts tagged with "LGBTQ"
Tom Joyner’s homophobic message to Black community is sad but no surprise
May. 22 | On May 1, Jason Collins, the 7’-0” center for the Washington Wizards and a former Boston Celtic, came out. His statement — “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m Black. And I’m gay” — made the cover story for the May 6...
Another tackle in the world of homophobic sports
May. 1 | Another former professional athlete came out last month — 6’-7” Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle Kwame Harris. With news of LGBT equality in the news daily, one may wonder why this is news at all. But it is. The world of sports...
Haiti’s LGBTQ-accepting Vodou societies
Feb. 14 | As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not homophobic — even if some of the practitioners are. To the disbelief of many — it’s Vodun. Haitian Vodou is an...
Obama linking Selma to Stonewall divides Black community
Jan. 30 | President Barack Obama’s inaugural address was the most inclusive speech a president has ever given. It was delivered on the 27th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and the president honored King’s legacy when he eloquently spoke...
Malawi LGBTQs’ short-lived freedom
Nov. 21 | I’d like to believe that Malawi’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) citizens and tourists had a few days to breathe easier. On November 5, the government issued a moratorium suspending all laws decriminalizing homosexuality....
Latino activists join with marriage activists: Will it work?
Oct. 31 | The kerfuffle concerning undocumented immigrants and legalizing same-sex marriage are usually competing and unresolved hot-button issues for voters heading toward the ballot box. Immigration advocates and LGBTQ rights groups have long tried to get...
Dis-membering Stonewall
Jun. 28 | LGBTQ mainstream White-washes people of color out of historical 1969 rebellion “By institutionalizing memory, resisting the onset of oblivion, recalling the memory of tragedy that for long years remained hidden or unrecognized and...
In South Africa, lesbians are terrorized with ‘corrective’ rape
Jun. 27 | To hear of human rights abuses of Uganda’s LGBTQ population is not new, sadly. Gay activist David Kato was the father of the Uganda’s LGBTQ rights movement. To many of his fellow countrymen, Kato was...
