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Karamo Brown and his sons. (Photo courtesy Karamo Brown.)

Ex-'Real World' star on being a single gay dad

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Karamo is best known for his role on MTV's 'The Real World.' but now the former reality star is tackling parenthood as a single gay father...
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Rev. Fred Luter Jr. points upward after being re-elected as the Southern Baptist Convention's president during the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Houston. Luter was the SBC's first black president. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)

Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule

Juan A. Lozano and Travis Loller, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to and disappointment in the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay Scouts...
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Documentary: Is 'gay the new black'?

Michael Arceneaux
OPINION - I would rather kiss the feet of a Klansman than help perpetuate the myth that black people are inherently more homophobic than every other race on the planet...
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Singer Ciara attends the Tate Americas Foundation Artists Dinner at Skylight at Moynihan Station on May 8, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

Ciara gets served legal papers in middle of concert

Ashley Majeski, TODAY
VIDEO - The singer, who was headlining the 2013 Los Angeles Gay Pride Festival, was in the middle of performing her hit song 'Body Party' when an audience member made it to the front of the stage and placed legal papers into her hand...
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An African-American gay couple

Study: Gay, lesbian couples most impoverished

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - A June 2013 study from The Williams Institute shows that partnered gays and lesbians make up the most impoverished couples in America...
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Does the black church play a role in LGBT depression?

Mashaun D. Simon
theGRIO REPORT - In recent years, the impact of mental health, depression and even suicide among black men and women has become the topic of much discussion within and outside the black community...
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First lady Michelle Obama

The first lady and her heckler: Who's right? Who's wrong?

Kimberley McLeod
OPINION - The aftermath of the exchange sparks more insight than the exchange itself. Some have questioned whether it was cool for the first lady to lose her cool...
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks to School children before they harvest the summer crop from the White House Kitchen Garden at the White House May 28, 2013 in Washington, DC. The first lady was joined by students from Somerville, Massachusettes, Knox County, Tennessee, Milton, Vermont, Washington, DC; and Union Beach and Ship Bottom, New Jersey. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Michelle Obama confronts gay-rights heckler at fundraiser

John Newland, Staff Writer, NBC News
NBC NEWS - Michelle Obama confronted a gay-rights protester who heckled her at a Democratic fundraiser in Washington on Tuesday...
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Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., speaks at a news conference on the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act to discuss the benefits the law has had for American women. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Black congresswoman celebrates LGBT pride month

Adrienne Green
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) released a statement Monday in celebration and recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride month, which occurs annually in June...
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Lauren Hill departs the court on May 6, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. Hill plead guilty to tax evasion charges in June 2012 for failure to pay federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005-2007. She faces a maximum one-year jail sentence for each of the three accounts. The sentencing date was postponed from April 22nd. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

Is Lauryn Hill's new song homophobic?

Veronica Miller
OPINION - To a more serious point, Hill’s apparent intolerance becomes even more alarming viewed against the backdrop of recent violence against gay men...
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