December 2009
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live...
– James Baldwin (via ihatethismess)
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It's Not You, It's Your Color →
Author Terrance Dean examines the intricacies of being a black gay man in a white gay dating world.
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Mexico City Legalises same-sex marriage
wahoooooooooooooo! Here’s a summary of gay rights in Latin America:
Argentina Buenos Aires legalised same-sex civil unions in 2002 and was on the verge of permitting the continent’s first gay marriage last month when a court forced it to be suspended. The couple about to tie the knot have vowed to fight on for the right to be “husband and husband”.
Brazil Famed as the...
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Marriage equality advocates in NY get gangsta &... →
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we want to lift up this notion that there’s a problem, and there’s a...
– Jeff Johnson on homophobia in the Black community
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Staring at Boobs increases your life span!?! →
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If there is one thing that can be said about rebellious women, it’s that...
– via amightyfawk
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AfterElton's Top Coming Out Stories of 09; Tonex'... →
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Maddow Shuts Down Gay-Cure Advocate →
Richard Cohen, an unlicensed psychotherapist who advocates a way for gay men and women to “come out as straight” and leave their lifestyle behind. Maddow has been going after him of late for his links to a group in Uganda that is trying to pass a bill against gay citizens that would include a death penalty for “serial offenders.” The group uses Cohen’s book Coming Out...
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For those of us in faith who have always loved the black church, the defining...
– Pastor Joseph Tolton of Rehoboth Temple in response to Donnie McClurkin’s homophobic, hurtful comments (via Rod 2.0)
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McDonald's tells 17 yr old trans job seeker... →
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Gay Athlete at a Christian School discusses being... →
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New York State Senate Rejects Gay Marriage
“The defeat revealed stark divides: All 30 of the Republican senators opposed the bill, as did most of the members from upstate New York and Long Island. Support was heaviest among members from New York City and Westchester County and among the Senate’s 10 black members (!!). Seven of the Senate’s 10 women voted for it.”
What can be said when one of the country’s most “progressive”...
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