Black youth need a voice in gay politics
OPINION - In the double consciousness of blackness and gayness, we are senselessly losing our youth...
Is the church to blame for homophobia?
theGRIO REPORT - For years now, black churches have carried a reputation of being misogynistic and homophobic institutions...
Jealous: NAACP gay marriage stance a 'game changer'
BALTIMORE (AP) - NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to support marriage equality...
The roots of homophobia in black America
OPINION - While the African-Americans and LGBT communities have each experienced a legacy of oppression and a struggle for equality that shares some similarities, resentment has existed between the two groups...
I love the black church but it doesn't love me
OPINION - A theGrio reader speaks directly to those leaders of the black church who focus on what they call the 'sin' of homosexuality, sometimes to the exclusion of other issues of importance to black communities...
Queen Latifah comes out publicly for gay pride
OPINION - The symbolic gesture alone of Queen Latifah performing at the Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival helps broach the support for gay rights equality in America...
Is same-sex marriage a political or religious issue?
theGRIO REPORT - It is a question that many are contemplating as North Carolinians digest a new reality where same-sex marriages are now forbidden constitutionally...
Will black voters abandon Obama after marriage move?
OPINION - Will black voters, particularly regular churchgoers, abandon President Obama based on his support for marriage equality?...
Bullied gay student who fired stun gun is expelled
VIDEO - A gay student who said he fired a stun gun in the air at school when bullies threatened him has been expelled, according to the school district...
School board member calls Trayvon a gay slur
Skyy Fisher, a Compton Unified school board member, referred to Trayvon Martin as a 'fa**ot black dude' during a podcast interview with KTLA...
