Emeli Sandé Understands Why Gays Have Been Drawn to Her

“I understand how it feels to feel different, and to feel like you want to find others, you want to find a community and be a part of something,” says singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé. ”I definitely didn’t have that as a kid.” Sandé grew up the eldest of two daughters born to a mother from England and a father from Zambia. Says Sandé, “I want to make songs that I’m proud of, and music that will last a long time.”

More at Metro Weekly.

Gay Couple Featured in Ebony Magazine’s “Annual Celebration of Black Love”

Less than a month after a same-sex couple was featured in Jet Magazine, a second same-sex was featured inside the current issue of Ebony Magazine. Robert Brown and Nathaneal Gay had the opportunity to have their marriage highlighted in the publications “Annual Celebration of Black Love” issue. The lovely pair discussed their marriage and their plans for the future. This is a beautiful thing and we want to commend Ebony Magazine for including this amazing couple in their magazine.

Continue reading on The Fab Femme.

How I Landed In The Ring With Azealia Banks & Perez Hilton

Writer and trans activist Janet Mock discusses how her commentary turned the rapper’s feud with the blogger into a “shitshow”: Here’s the thing –- we must stop “picking and choosing.” If we’re going to call famous people out on their bad behavior, we need to call them all out, no matter what color or gender they are, on their disparaging and abusive language.

Read more over at xoJane.

Cory Booker Chronicled Battle with Homophobia in College Newspaper

Newark Mayor Cory Booker chronicled his battle with homophobia in a college newspaper column published more than a decade ago: “It didn’t take me long to realize that the root of my hatred did not lie with gays but with myself. It was my problem. A problem I dealt with by ceasing to tolerate gays and instead seeking to embrace them.”

Continue reading at Metro Weekly.

WATCH: Ugandan LGBT Group Gets Its Day in U.S. Court

A federal judge heard opening arguments Monday in a first-of-its-kind case brought by LGBT organization Sexual Minorities Uganda against antigay American minister Scott Lively, in an effort to hold Lively responsible for conspiring with religious and government leaders to persecute LGBT people in the East African nation.

Details on the Advocate.

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