Posts Tagged ‘African-American’
Know Your History: E. Lynn Harris (June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009)
Everette “E.” Lynn Harris (June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009) was an American author.[1] Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books to make the The New York Times Best Seller list making him...
February 2nd, 2010 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More
TSA Launches Internal Investigation Into Employee Misconduct
(CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation into an air marshal field office in Florida where supervisors are alleged to have used a crew assignment board to ridicule and keep score on women, gays and minorities, sources told CNN.
The board, resembling...
February 1st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
African-American Gay Men Top New HIV Stats
Health professionals and community members continue to work avidly toward developing a vaccine for the AIDS virus
Gay and bisexual men account for more new HIV infections in the U.S. – 53 percent – than any other population group. Moreover, this is the only risk group in the nation in which...
December 2nd, 2009 | Health, LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
DoubleSpeak: Let's Talk Black, Let's Talk Gay
CNN anchor Don Lemon hosted a program Saturday on black men in the age of Barack Obama. He introduced the subject of gay rights, saying, “This is one issue where the president may not enjoy unified support from African-Americans.”
Lemon chatted with a panel of African-American men, who devote much...
November 2nd, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More
Distraction
A suprising number of black voters support gay rights and marriage equality A very interesting study coming out of the University of Florida states that, in the fight against a constitutional ban of gay marriage, education levels were a deciding factor, not the surge in numbers of black voters who came...
September 3rd, 2009 | Sass Back | Read More

