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March 23, 2023
The United Nations rights chief on Wednesday urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for…
The March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
August 12, 2022
Why can't the people fighting for reproductive and gay rights, or gun reform see their goals coincide with the movement…
June 23, 2020
Former President Barack Obama will be making an appearance at Pride Live's third annual Stonewall Day and give a special…
Wade family theGrio.com
October 17, 2019
Gabrielle Union took the high road and issued a classy clapback when an internet troll questioned Dwyane Wade calling Zion,…
LGBT thegrio.com
August 15, 2019
Legislators in llinois have just passed a law that will require public schools to now include LGBTQ history in their…
January 25, 2017
During his run for President, Donald Trump promised black America a “new deal” with a vision of “safe communities, great
June 24, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama created the first national monument to gay rights on Friday, designating the site of…
September 27, 2015
Android users who don't respect Kim Davis' refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, now have a new way…
July 30, 2015
OPINION - President Obama just completed an historic trip to Kenya, his ancestral home and the land of his father’s…
June 16, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Omar Currie and Meg Goodhand, respectively a teacher and vice principal of Efland-Cheeks Elementary School, have resigned…
June 7, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Evan Young, the valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy, was not able to give his speech at…
April 11, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Wale, the D.C. rapper currently topping the charts, recently told Larry King that the rap community is…
April 8, 2015
theGrio REPORT - A Louisiana principal reversed course on his decision to prevent a lesbian honors student from attending prom…
April 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - At the March Madness Music Fest in Indianapolis this weekend, singer Rihanna didn't hold back on her…
April 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — To some people in Virginia, the fight over legalization of same-sex marriage echoes a decades-old battle over…
April 2, 2014
MSNBC - A gubernatorial candidate for Massachusetts has accused the president of pushing “a destructive homosexual agenda,” and even questioned…
March 20, 2014
CHICAGO (AP) — Vernita Gray, a gay rights activist who wed her partner in Illinois' first same-sex marriage, has died…
March 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Liberal activists in Virginia are sharply opposing the candidacy of Richmond mayor Dwight Jones to be chairman…
February 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general are not obligated to defend laws in their states banning same-sex marriage if the…
February 25, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's '200 top' homosexuals...