Last month New York City radio station WWRL 1600AM announced its new line-up of hosts to comprise its Equality Pride Radio, programming aimed at the city’s LGBT community. See also: Sylvia’s Place, New York Shelter For Homeless LGBT Youth, Faces Licensing Problems The station’s sole African-American host, Clay Cane, speaks from rather unique perspective — […]
Transgender African Americans face rampant discrimination and poverty a survey issued by several prominent LGBT organizations reports. The report, called Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, collected data from more than 6,500 transgender Americans, finding that all double the discrimination in everything from housing and healthcare, to education and employment because […]
LOS ANGELES — The NAACP hosted a LGBT forum at its 102nd national convention to discuss lesbian and gay issues within the Black community. Civil Rights activist and former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, CNN anchor Don Lemon, and comedienne Wanda Sykes were three of the panelists who spoke before members. In the town hall styled […]
NEW YORK — Conservative groups filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court that challenges the legality of the state’s same-sex marriage law. Led by the New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom (NYCF), the lawsuit seeks an injunction on the Marriage Equality Act, claiming that open meeting laws were violated, campaign contributions were promised, and […]
Sport is the American religion — with many rituals and different temples of worship. The gods, heroes and giants wear varying colors and play on opposing teams. Everyone has a preference, and we often choose the sports we love at an early age. The culture surrounding professional athletics in America and abroad has traditionally been […]
WALLACE, N.C.–Vishon Murphy ventured to a local Pizza Hut to get some food, but was kicked out because he was wearing a dress. According to the Pizza Hut, Murphy was turned away for being “disruptive.” “I respect people and their boundaries because I understand that everyone does not like my lifestyle and I show them […]
For many on Facebook, relationship status is a key feature. So it was frustrating to many that their own status wasn’t even an option — gays and lesbians who live in states where same-sex marriage is not legal. Facebook is remedying that by adding “In a domestic partnership” and “In a civil union.” These two selections […]
A federal judge in San Francisco decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions.
