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CommentaryI was stopped-and-frisked 4 times during the Bloomberg administration
Mike Bloomberg’s racist and anti-LGBTQ policies as New York’s mayor disqualify him as a Democratic contender.
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LifeTré Melvin is still the King of Black YouTube
Tré Melvin seems to be working into the next generation of quality Black art and entertainment.
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LifeBET is celebrating Black LGBTQ people with #29DaysofQueerExcellence
In addition to sharing different Black LGBTQ people each day in February, BET will also feature cast members of ‘Pose’ in a docuseries and honor Jaboukie Young-White.
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CommentaryBlack history is now. I’m part of it & so are you.
Remember this Black History Month that being Black and LGBTQ is still groundbreaking in several places – even in our nation’s Capitol.
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News (USA)Gay Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin just got his sodomy conviction pardoned
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.
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News (USA)Marsha P. Johnson is getting a state park in Brooklyn named after her
To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will rename a state park in honor of the activist and icon.
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LGBTQ HistoryThis gender non-conforming blues singer was a Harlem Renaissance super star
She was famous for her bawdy performances and a chorus line of eight effeminate male dancers.
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LGBTQ HistoryRichard Bruce Nugent, the queer rebel of the Harlem Renaissance
The “bizarre and eccentric vagabond poet” was open about his sexuality, and then married a woman.
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LGBTQ HistoryMeet the Harlem Renaissance dancer who made sure lesbian history wasn’t forgotten
Harlem Renaissance dancer, domestic worker, archivist, philanthropist, early lesbian activist; in her lifetime, Mabel Hampton was many, many things.
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LGBTQ HistoryWelcome to the church of Sylvester. His gospel-tinged disco made us feel mighty real.
“I’m not a drag queen. I’m Sylvester.”
