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Marriage Is Great, But Many LGBT People of Color Need Job Safety
by Imara Jones on April 11 2013, 8:19AM
Despite aspirational images in popular media, the community’s real economic profile reveals the cost of perfectly legal job discrimination.
Topics: Economy, Gender & Sexuality
Kobe Bryant Corrects Fan for Using Anti-Gay Slur on Twitter
by Jorge Rivas on February 11 2013, 3:02PM
Remember when Kobe Bryant called an NBA referee an anti-gay slur in 2011? It appears that experience was a life lesson for the Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard because he is now schooling others for using anti-gay slurs. Early Monday…
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Super Bowl Champ Brendon Ayanbadejo Talks LGBT Equality With Don Lemon
by Jorge Rivas on February 5 2013, 3:28PM
Ayanbadejo also said he identified as a man with “beautiful almond coconut” skin.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
Former 49ers Player Outed After Domestic Abuse Court Charge
by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2013, 10:43AM
Former NFL player Kwame Harris has been charged with allegedly attacking his ex-boyfriend outside a California restaurant. Harris was the San Francisco 49ers’ first-round pick in 2003 and played offensive tackle for five seasons. He also played for the Oakland…
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
ACLU Wins Full Severance Pay for Troops Discharged Under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
by Jorge Rivas on January 9 2013, 1:28PM
Before the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 2011, gay and lesbian service members who were forced to leave the military because of their sexual orientation were often honorably discharged. Yet they were given only half of their discharge pay.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
Gay Cuban-American Poet Richard Blanco to Read at Obama’s Inauguration
by Jorge Rivas on January 9 2013, 8:10AM
Blanco will become the fifth poet in history to read an official inauguration poem and the first Latino and openly-gay poet to have the honor.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Meet One of The First Same Sex Couples to Get Married in Baltimore
by Jorge Rivas on January 2 2013, 2:57PM
Just minutes in to the new year seven couples got married at City Hall in Baltimore—which is in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to legalize same-sex marriage.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
‘Jet’ Magazine’s First Gay Male Couple Appear on MSNBC
by Jorge Rivas on December 18 2012, 11:47AM
For the first time in its 61-year history, JET magazine has featured a male LGBT couple in its popular wedding announcements section.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Janet Mock on the Freedom of Telling Her Own Story
by Julianne Hing on October 23 2012, 9:19AM
The People.com editor talks to Colorlines about coming out as a transgender woman of color and her newly visible role in LGBT politics. She’ll be speaking at Facing Race 2012 in November.
Topics: Facing Race 2012, Gender & Sexuality, Media
Individual Choices and Shared Costs: The Case of Protesting Chick-fil-A
by Imara Jones on August 9 2012, 1:07PM
Two cheeky websites have borrowed from economists’ latest idea on making people feel the true cost of their choices.
Topics: LGBT Pride 2012, /NOW Blog
Why Chick-fil-A Hasn’t Reconciled Itself With the Future of America
by Imara Jones on August 3 2012, 12:00PM
The company president’s LGBT politics are in line with the region where it makes all its money now, but not with where it wants to grow. He should stick to selling chicken.
Topics: Economy, LGBT Pride 2012, /NOW Blog
Rapper Murs Kisses Another Man to Call Out Homophobia in Hip Hop
by Jorge Rivas on July 16 2012, 11:14AM
California rapper Murs wearing a “Legalize Gay” shirt and kisses another man in new video.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
Spam the Homophobic Frank Ocean Haters With Love
by Jorge Rivas on July 13 2012, 11:13AM
Visitors to Hatetweetstofrankocean.com scroll through a gallery of hateful tweets and when compelled fight hate with love.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
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How Will Frank Ocean Change Our Conversation About Coming Out? [Reader Forum]
by Channing Kennedy on July 9 2012, 9:01AM
Last week, R&B star Frank Ocean went public about his sexuality, marking a watershed moment in popular culture. The Colorlines community brings its support and discusses the risk of political exploitation.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Frank Ocean’s Mom Calls Son ‘Incredible Human Being’ After Coming Out
by Jorge Rivas on July 5 2012, 11:35AM
Frank Ocean’s Def Jam debut, “Channel Orange,” won’t be released for another two weeks but the album is already making headlines everywhere.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
National Council of La Raza Board Approves Marriage Equality Resolution
by Jorge Rivas on June 27 2012, 10:41AM
Earlier this month the board of the National Council of La Raza unanimously approved a resolution supporting the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
Ten Leaders Building a New LGBT Politics in the South and Midwest
by Jamilah King on June 19 2012, 10:16AM
Building LGBT communities and protecting their rights outside of the old political capitols has meant trying new things. Here are 10 leaders with missions that aren’t limited to fighting for equal rights.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, LGBT Pride 2012
A New LGBT Politics Seeks To Marry Issues, Not Just People
by Jamilah King on June 19 2012, 10:14AM
Decades into the debate over sexuality, equal rights have become the dominant theme. But in cities across the South and Midwest, necessity has forced leaders to think more broadly about their communities, their politics and their tactics.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, LGBT Pride 2012
Former NFL player Wade Davis Talks About Coming Out of the Closet
by Jorge Rivas on June 6 2012, 6:12PM
Wade Davis never came out while he was playing football for the Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, or the Washington Redskins.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
Writer Admits to Beefing Up Manny Pacquiao’s Anti-Gay Comments
by Jorge Rivas on May 16 2012, 12:53PM
The same week that President Obama and rapper Jay-Z came out for gay marriage, boxer Manny Pacquiao quoted scriptures that say a man who lies down with another man “must be put to death.”
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
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