Haiti’s LGBTQ-Accepting Vodou Societies
As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not […]
Obama Linking Selma to Stonewall Divides the Black Community
President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address was the most inclusive inaugural address a president has ever given. It was delivered […]
Did Martin Luther King Have an LGBTQ Dream, Too?
If King were alive today, he would be 84, and he would have seen that a lot has changed in […]
The pain of Django reminds us of America’s dark chapter
2013 is making it difficult to avoid one of America’s greatest sins—slavery. We’ve just marked the 150th anniversary of the […]
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
This January 1 marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The original purpose for the document core to President Abraham […]
My Ancestors’ Talking-book
This letter is part of our “Letters to Our Ancestors” project. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation […]
What’s the Matter with Jesusland?
The day after the U.S. elections, my neighbor, who is a Christian conservative, said to me, “This was foretold in […]
V.P. Candidates Fail AIDS & Black Women Question
The invisibility of the plight of African-American women and their struggle against the AIDS epidemic was never so glaringly obvious […]
Questioning Sexuality Through the Q’s
Underneath the controversy over marriage for same-sex couples is a query that has not been straightforwardly asked: Is U.S. culture […]
DNC Swept Us Under the Convention-Floor Rug
With the unfathomable thought of four more years of the Bush Administration, those of us who want to see a […]