Que(e)rying Michael Sam’s Coming-Out Timing

February 16th, 2014|

When NBA center Jason Collins came out last year, it was the moment that the professional sports world had been […]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman kept a LGBTQ presence in films

February 6th, 2014|

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is inarguably one of the finest stage and screen actors of his generation. His dramatic and untimely […]

MLK Day Reflection on Black LGBTQ Justice

January 16th, 2014|

This January 20th is MLK Day.

I am proud to count myself among the many people working for social justice today […]

Robin Roberts Loosens the Grip of Black Homophobia

January 9th, 2014|

While I will continue to argue that the African American community doesn’t have a patent on homophobia, it does, however, […]

2013: The Right’s war on Christmas continues…

December 19th, 2013|

For the past decade now, when this holiday season rolls around we can always count on a yearly kerfuffle from […]

Mandela’s LGBTQ Advocacy Has Fallen on Deaf Ears in Africa and African Diasporic Communities

December 11th, 2013|

As the world mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela — who was oftentimes affectionately referred to by his Xhosa clan […]

How media and research institutions contribute of HIV/AIDs in black communities

December 5th, 2013|

Dec. 1 was World AIDS Day!

However, here in the U.S. you would have scarcely known. Much of the focus was, […]

Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving

November 26th, 2013|

As I prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, I am reminded of the autumnal harvest time’s spiritual significance. As a time […]

Alec Baldwin & Homophobia: A Race-Based Double Standard?

November 21st, 2013|

Alec Baldwin has done it again: He’s been caught on camera hurling anti-gay epithets in a cussing tirade against the […]

United Methodist Church Still Wrong-Headed on Same-Sex Marriages

November 14th, 2013|

In 2013, the reality that Rev. Frank Schaefer, pastor at Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Pennsylvania, will be […]