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Summer 2020 was filled with national uprisings against racial injustice and police brutality. Conversations around power,…
Over the years, I have fondly, yet with a straight face, shared with my friends that I am writing a book called I have a Dream…and you’re not in it. No one really believes I will do it, but the impetus for me even saying it is something that I struggle with each day – when will we have a community with a coordinated dream where everyone is included?
To avoid any association with the clown act at the circus, follow the tips and suggestions below to find the prefect red lip for your type of skin.
As the struggles for racial and sexual equality continue today, we hope to honor past black LGBT leaders by telling their stories.
Like many LGBT young people today, many Two Spirited people had to express their true natures in secret, for fear of violent persecution toward themselves and their partners.
Jen LaBarbera, George Gramer and Carlos Martinez reply to this week’s question.
Aligning with a broader anti-racist movement, many people of color in the LGBT community point out the trickiness of their work: Racism can be subtle, even invisible, to all but those who it’s directed at – and sometimes even to them. Racism can be in the attitudes of partners, acquaintances and friends. It can be in people of your own race. The challenge of drawing awareness to racism where it exists within the LGBT community itself is steep.
There is truly no wrong way to have a body.
The statewide LGBT advocacy organization has now created three “Alliance Building Caucuses” to address the issues brought forward by the community feedback: the People of Color caucus for LGBT people of color, the White Allies for Racial Justice caucus for white LGBT people committed to ending racism, and recently, the Trans* caucus for those not identifying as cisgender or gender-conforming.
Wanda Sykes has become an icon for LGBT rights. Since coming out in 2008 when…
