Week in Review
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September 16, 2011 | ELIXHERCheck out what you missed this week!Read More
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September 9, 2011 | ELIXHER
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September 2, 2011 | ELIXHER
This year has been a breakout year for filmmaker Dee Rees, and it’s been a longtime coming. Her debut film Pariah, the semi-autobiographical story of an emotionally conflicted 17-year-old Bronx girl who lives a dual life between her conservative family and her gay friends, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Read More
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August 26, 2011 | ELIXHER
Police have confirmed the death of a 19-year-old college student who was brutally beaten in the early morning hours on Friday, and whose attackers shouted anti-gay slurs and kicked him in the face.Read More
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August 19, 2011 | ELIXHER
One of the problems with this “either/or” approach—that this issue is either “black” or “white”—is that it creates a false dichotomy between LGBT issues and other issues of social justice. Another is that it fosters a hierarchy of oppression in which certain matters are placed at the top of the political agenda while others are tabled.Read More
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August 12, 2011 | ELIXHER
Trans Woman Escapes D.C. Shooting Attack
An unidentified suspect fired a semi-automatic handgun at a transgender woman at 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, July 31, just one block from the site where a transgender woman was shot to death less than … Read More
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August 5, 2011 | ELIXHER
CDC: HIV Infections Up Among Black MSM
New HIV-infection rates among young black men who have sex with men rose dramatically during a four-year study, while overall infections in the United States remained relatively stable, according to the Centers for … Read More
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July 29, 2011 | ELIXHER
NAACP Host LGBT Town Hall Meeting
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hosted its 102nd convention in Los Angeles on July 23 – 28. The convention included the organization’s first ever LGBT town hall to address issues … Read More
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July 22, 2011 | ELIXHER
Pentagon to Certify Military Readiness for DADT Repeal
The Pentagon is set to certify that the U.S. military is prepared to accept openly gay and lesbian service members, and doing so will not harm military readiness, a U.S. official … Read More
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July 15, 2011 | ELIXHER
Gay Rights is a Civil Rights Issue
Black and gay activists have always played a formidable role in the civil rights movement, but weren’t necessarily widely accepted…That wasn’t always the case. Consider Bayard Rustin, a civil rights activist who was the key … Read More
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