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Hillary Clinton’s Geneva Speech Champions Gay Rights

Hillary Clinton champions gay rights for Human Rights Day speech

Hillary Clinton’s Human Rights Day Speech in Geneva focused entirely on Gay and LGBT rights, in the wake of Nigeria’s recent anti-gay bill. I found this speech very inspirational and it is great to see the Obama administration lending its support to the gay rights movement. Hillary made some great…

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Fighting Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Bill

Nigeria Anti-Gay Bill - Black Gay Men Fight Homophobia

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard that Nigeria’s senate recently passed a bill, the Nigerian Same Sex Marriage Bill 2011,  making gay marriage a criminal offence, punishable by 14 years in prison. The Anti-Gay Bill, as it has been dubbed also seeks to punish…

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World AIDS Day Health Show – Tonight at 8pm

black gay mens' blog presents the HIV and AIDS health show on Papi Chulo Radio

Black Gay Men’s Blog and BMK (Brooklyn Men Konnect) are sponsoring the World AIDS Day Health Show, tonight at 8pm Eastern on Papi Chulo Radio. A panel of HIV activists and health care professionals get together to discuss HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.  Panelists include, Kevin (Kaoz) Moore (Out Hip Hop…

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Meet Brotherhood TV: Hot Topics & Community Issues

brotherhood tv - hot topics and issues that matter to the black gay community

I recently interviewed, Amir, from Brotherhood TV – check out the interview here. So, I decided to put some of their videos in the videos section of the blog. Brotherhood TV is a new weekly web series, discussing everything from hot topics to matters of interest to black gay and…

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Black Gay Men In The Media : Where Do We Fit In?

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Black Gay Men’s Blog contributor, Angel Cruz, explores the images and representation of black gay men in the media and particularly, on Reality TV. In this age, where airing one’s dirty laundry in public can lead to a fat pay check, national notoriety and business opportunities, for those savvy enough…

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Black Gay Men and Gay Marriage

black gay men and gay marriage

Black Gay Men’s Blog takes a look at gay marriage, what it means to black gay men and some of the views from the black community. Wherever you go these days, there is one topic, which seems to keep rearing its head – gay marriage. With same-sex marriage now legal…

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Tracy Morgan Homophobia and Misguided Black Solidarity

homophobe Tracy Morgan and anti-gay rant

In the wake of Tracy Morgan’s anti-gay rant Black Gay Men’s Blog examines the misguided show of black solidarity by some celebrities like Russell Simmons Star Jones and Chris Rock

Black Gay Rapper Shorty Roc: New LP, Life, Coming Out

black gay rapper Shorty Roc - Live, Love Swagg, Coming Out, HIV, Childhood, Out HipHop and more

Black Gay Men’s Blog recently caught up with Black Gay Rapper, Shorty Roc, to talk about his life, upcoming LP (Live, Love, Swagg), the evolution of Out HipHop, coming out, HIV, his work with the youth and much more. Back when Shorty Roc first hit the gay hip-hop scene it…

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AIDS Walk NY 2011 Why They Walked To Fight HIV

black gay men's blog at AIDS Walk NY 2011

Black Gay Men’s Blog was at AIDS Walk New York, last Sunday May 15 2011. 45,000 people braved the rain in NYC and stepped out to Central Park to begin the 6 mile walk to raise awareness and money for HIV and AIDS. The annual GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis)…

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Kudos To CNN Anchor Don Lemon For Coming Out

black gay men - CNN Anchor Don Lemon comes out

CNN News Anchor, Don Lemon came out over the weekend, adding much needed visibility to the face of black gay men. So far, the reaction to his coming out has been quite positive, which must be reassuring to those in the public eye thinking about coming out. A lot of…

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National Black Gay Men’s Coalition- Understanding PrEP

NBGMAC Conference Call for black gay men on PrEP as HIV Prevention

NBGMAC, The National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition, will host a membership conference call on on Friday, May 6th at 3PM (EST) to discuss the iPrEX results and the concept of PrEP to understand member perspectives as policy-makers move forward in determining the next phases for research and program implementation….

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Maryland Ravens Brendon Ayanbadejo On Gay Marriage

brendon ayanbadejo marylan raves linebacker supports gay marriage

With the battle for marriage equality raging on in Maryland, Maryland Ravens Linebacker, Brendon Ayanbadejo, steps out once again to lend his support to the gay community. We first became aware of Brendon’s Ayanbadejo’s views on gay marriage in 2009, when he wrote a pro-equality letter to the Huffington Post….

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