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    • Police shoot unarmed gay Black man 10 times when he called 911 for help
      News (USA)

      Police shoot unarmed gay Black man 10 times when he called 911 for help

      “I’m just still trying to figure out where he felt the threat at, to feel the need to shoot,” Yolanda Brown said as her brother fights for his life in the hospital.

      Friday, April 23, 2021
    • What fresh hell is this? Gay icon Dorothy Parker may need a new resting place.
      Life

      What fresh hell is this? Gay icon Dorothy Parker may need a new resting place.

      And how did her remains end up at the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore?

      Tuesday, July 21, 2020
    • MTV to showcase the cutest couple going to prom in North Carolina
      News (USA)

      MTV to showcase the cutest couple going to prom in North Carolina

      Noah Ambrose and Brandon Caddell didn’t set out to get MTV’s attention; what they want is to change the world.

      Friday, May 19, 2017
    • NAACP President Ben Jealous announces plans to step down this year
      Life

      NAACP President Ben Jealous announces plans to step down this year

      WASHINGTON — Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Sunday that he plans to step down by the end of the year.

      Sunday, September 8, 2013
    • Delaware NAACP calls on state lawmakers to pass marriage equality
      News (USA)

      Delaware NAACP calls on state lawmakers to pass marriage equality

      WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is calling on Delaware state lawmakers to pass a marriage equality bill.

      Monday, March 25, 2013
    • The reality of coalition, collaboration between the LGBT community and communities of color
      Commentary

      The reality of coalition, collaboration between the LGBT community and communities of color

      In the past month, we have seen milestone after milestone in the march toward LGBT equality. But there is a key element of this progress that we should shine a light on. What for many seemed like a red light at the intersection of race, class, sexual orientation and gender identity has turned yellow — even green — as we see diverse groups strongly and publicly supporting each other across issues and working for civil rights — human rights — for all people.

      Wednesday, June 20, 2012
    • NAACP conference leader resigns over group’s support of marriage equality
      News (USA)

      NAACP conference leader resigns over group’s support of marriage equality

      DES MOINES, Iowa — The Rev. Keith Ratliff, president of the Iowa and Nebraska conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has resigned over the group’s national board resolution in support of same-sex marriage.

      Thursday, June 7, 2012
    • Poll: ‘Strong support’ for same-sex marriage now exceeds ‘strong opposition’
      News (USA)

      Poll: ‘Strong support’ for same-sex marriage now exceeds ‘strong opposition’

      Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin for the first time, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday.

      Thursday, May 24, 2012
    • Alveda King denounces NAACP resolution for ‘endorsing’ gay agenda
      Life

      Alveda King denounces NAACP resolution for ‘endorsing’ gay agenda

      Several prominent African American leaders have denounced the recent resolution by the NAACP supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples, and have called it “an endorsement of homosexual agenda,” and an issue no different than abortion.

      Tuesday, May 22, 2012
    • NC homophobes pulling religious, racial, and anatomy cards against marriage equality
      Commentary

      NC homophobes pulling religious, racial, and anatomy cards against marriage equality

      The battle for or against marriage equality (whichever you prefer) in North Carolina is heating up as the following video shows. Folks who are pushing the anti-marriage equality amendment are pulling out all of the stops, i.e. the religious argument, the racial argument, and even the anatomy argument…

      Thursday, September 8, 2011
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