Legendary poet Nikki Giovanni Was My Hero. Then I Accidentally Outed Her.
Giovanni while searching for something on the Internet. What a tremendous loss. I thought I was going to cry.
Why Shut Down Boston Pride? Racism Is Not the Only Reason For the Closure
On July 9, the news of the Boston Pride Board dissolving with no transfer of power sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community.
A Century Later, Reparations Would Begin a Healing from Oklahoma’s Horrific Tulsa Race Massacre
When HBO’s 2019 “Watchmen” television series opened with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and its “Lovecraft Country” series ended last year with scenes from the riots, most Americans – black and white – had never heard of the event. Even Tulsans.
Pastor Donnie McClurkin’s Struggle With Sexuality Mirrors the Black Church’s/LGBTQ Nation
In a recent episode of TV One’s Uncensored, Pastor Donnie McClurkin – a three-time Grammy winner and the former poster boy for African American ex-gay ministries – talked about his sexual past.
The Atlanta Shootings Were A Hate Crime. We Must Say So.
On March 16, Robert Aaron Long killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent.
Pope Francis Flip-Flops On LGBTQ Church Inclusion — Again
Once again, Pope Francis has shocked the global Catholic LGBTQ+ community.
In the Key of Queer: Gospel Music Is a Calling, a Gift From Black LGBTQ Musicians’ Hearts and Souls
In James Baldwin’s “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” the protagonist, thinly veiled as himself, wrestles with two critical questions: What does it mean to be a Black American, and what does it mean to be gay?
Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem Has Black Women Talking
Amanda Gorman mesmerized the nation with her inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb.”
Where Do We Go From Here, Redux
The year 2020 has been a stressful one. With George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis, Minn., police officer as an inflection point about race and racism in America, an unprecedented presidential election and social unrest during an ongoing pandemic with a rising death toll, something is deeply broken in America’s body politic.
History Has Me Hesitant About The Coronavirus Vaccine
Massachusetts hospitals are filling up again, like those across the country.
Kamala Harris Stands On Shoulders Of Giants
The struggle to get President-elect Joe Biden over the finish line with at least 270 electoral college votes was an unquestionably epic battle.
Is Pope Francis’s Support Of Civil Unions Just Lip Service?
Pope Francis has expressed support for civil unions in the Catholic Church in a new documentary, which premiered last week.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bent The Moral Arc Toward Justice
Like so many Americans across the country, I, too, am mourning the news that U.S. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Rev. Irene Monroe On Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Sexuality
When civil rights icon US Rep. John Lewis’s hearse made a lengthy stop at a rainbow crosswalk in downtown Atlanta, it was his last symbolic gesture to LGBTQ+ Americans to keep fighting, albeit posthumously.
Lewis’ “Good Trouble” Extends to LGBTQ Voters, Too
Civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who died on July 17th of pancreatic cancer, spent his life advocating equal access to the ballot for all Americans.
The White Women Of Portland, Oregon Aren’t Listening
Several white Americans have asked me: Is this a movement, this civil unrest Americans are seeing across the country — protests against anti-Black violence and police brutality, demands for systemic change? Or, is it a moment that is likely to die out in a couple of months?
To Honor John Lewis, We Must Continue His Fight For Voting Rights For All
Civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who died on Friday of pancreatic cancer, spent his life advocating for equal access to the ballot for all Americans.
This Fourth Of July, What Does ‘Patriotism’ Mean To Black Americans?
This Fourth of July, Americans are being forced to see the nation’s celebration for independence differently.
Black Trans March, Not Boston Pride Parade: LGBTQ+ Remains Lacking In Intersectionality
Boston Pride’s turned 50. Covid-19 and social distancing guidelines have forced Pride to go virtual. Instead of a Pride parade, the Trans Resistance Vigil and March stood in its place.
With the eruption of protests across America because, once again, an unarmed black man was killed at the hands of police brutality.