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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
May 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – On the first Sunday after President Barack Obama made history as the first U.S. president to openly support gay marriage, black voters were at odds…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – He’s lost over 100 pounds and is determined to keep it off. Even President Barack Obama recently urged him to ‘go ahead and let loose a bit on Thanksgiving’…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – Leeronnie Ogletree was one of those boys. When he was 10 years old he was like all the other kids in his Winter Haven, Florida neighborhood, until the day he says he met Donald Fitzpatrick…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
theGRIO REPORT – Musiq is a new ambassador for Susan G Komen Circle of Promise. Part of his duties include encouraging women to know their bodies and screen for breast cancer…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
theGRIO REPORT – U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that’s nothing to be proud of, but puts into perspective how many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – Mayor Reed now says the city had no choice but to close the park down because a protester was seen with an AK-47…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm of awareness that ensued before Davis execution…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – For one day, The YMCA of Greater Atlanta housed some of the smartest, most beautiful woman you’ll ever meet…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
theGRIO REPORT – Lowery was encased within the civil right movement’s inner circle, fighting alongside so many others who were cut down in their prime, but at the ripe age of 90 he’s among the few left to see the fruit of the labor…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – ‘Many have spoken of Troy Davis as a symbol. He wasn’t a symbol. He was the soul of something more profound,’ said Attorney Jason Ewart…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 19, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT – The NAACP and Amnesty International are part of a growing number of supporters in Atlanta who insist on Davis’ innocence, because they say there is just too much doubt in the case…