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Body Found on Detroit’s East Side ID’d as Missing Transgender Teen

A mother is in tremendous pain after learning her 19-year-old child, who she thought was missing, was in fact murdered in an horrific way.

More and More Black Pastors Support Marriage Equality

Since marriage equality became a hot-button issue, a growing number of African-American ministers, both straight and openly gay, have weighed in with support for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters and elevate the message that we are all children of the creator. Where there is love, there is God.

Opening Our Homes and Hearts to Our Homeless Youth

Most people have witnessed homelessness in New York City. We see homeless people on the corners or in parks or as we travel in the subways. However, we know less or nothing about our city’s homeless youth. On most days, we don’t recognize them because, like other young people, they like to “fit in.” Often, like adults, they mask their homelessness because they feel ashamed.

Fat Joe Says “If You’re Gay, Rep Your Set”

In response to a question about whether he think he’s ever done a song with a gay rapper, he responds “Yes,” and shrugs off the whole thing: “There’s millions of gay people in the world. Girls too… I’m a fan of ‘Yo, I’m gay. The fuck.’ Like, 2011 you gotta hide that you’re gay? Like, you know what I’m saying, like, be real, like, ‘Yo I’m gay, what the fuck.’ If you gay, you gay… Fuck it if the people don’t like it.”

Frank Mugisha, Uganda Gay Activist, Wins Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award

A gay rights activist in Uganda, where a bill that would punish gays with prison or death has stirred worldwide outrage, received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in Washington on Thursday.

Transgender, Victimized and Black

Because misinformation about transgender people in our country is rampant and egregiously offensive, its impact is deleterious. Transphobia in black communities has left these members of our community especially vulnerable. The statistics are stark.

We Must Stop Ignoring Black Gay and Bisexual Men!

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), new HIV infection rates have risen to nearly 50 percent among black gay and bisexual men in the United States. The new data indicates that young gay men, ages 13 to 29 years old, are the hardest hit.

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