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Homophobia

Revelers celebrate during the Gay Pride parade on June 26, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Black youth need a voice in gay politics

Clay Cane
OPINION - In the double consciousness of blackness and gayness, we are senselessly losing our youth...
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Is the church to blame for homophobia?

Mashaun D. Simon
theGRIO REPORT - For years now, black churches have carried a reputation of being misogynistic and homophobic institutions...
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Jealous: NAACP gay marriage stance a 'game changer'

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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...
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The roots of homophobia in black America

David A. Love
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...
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A woman participates in a service at Zion Baptist Church on April 1, 2012. (Photo by Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

I love the black church but it doesn't love me

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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...
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Queen Latifah comes out publicly for gay pride

Kia Miakka Natisse
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...
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Is same-sex marriage a political or religious issue?

Mashaun D. Simon
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...
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Will black voters abandon Obama after marriage move?

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - Will black voters, particularly regular churchgoers, abandon President Obama based on his support for marriage equality?...
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Bullied gay student who fired stun gun is expelled

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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...
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School board member calls Trayvon a gay slur

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Skyy Fisher, a Compton Unified school board member, referred to Trayvon Martin as a 'fa**ot black dude' during a podcast interview with KTLA...
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