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February 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The dynamic duo, married in 2010, continue to take the world by storm, changing the face of…
February 24, 2014
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president on Monday signed a controversial anti-gay bill that has harsh penalties for homosexual sex...
February 23, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday made an impassioned plea to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni…
February 17, 2014
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama is praising University of Missouri football player Michael Sam for announcing he…
February 16, 2014
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama says pending steps by Uganda to further criminalize homosexuality will complicate what…
February 16, 2014
MSNBC - When college football player Michael Sam made his first public appearance since he came out publicly as gay…
February 15, 2014
OPINION - The Republican Party has a sizable, influential bloc of both older voters and religious conservatives, two groups who…
February 14, 2014
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Virginia has become the first state in the South to have its same-sex marriage ban overturned,…
February 12, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Yoruba Richen is the creator and director of a new documentary titled The New Black, a film…
February 6, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Jason Collins made headlines this year when he became the first openly gay active American athlete in…
January 23, 2014
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In a move that could give gay marriage its first foothold in the South, Virginia's attorney…
January 10, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Obama administration extended federal recognition to the marriages of more than 1,000 same-sex couples…
January 3, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Victor Willis, original lead singer for the Village People, said he doesn't mind that their hit 'YMCA'…
December 23, 2013
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — 'Faith. Family. Ducks.' It's the unofficial motto for the family featured in the TV reality…
December 20, 2013
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - When the bill was first introduced in 2009, it was widely condemned for including the death…
December 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Over a decade later, Harris and Duff -- an interracial couple -- are leading a charge to…
November 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, demonstrating the nation's quickly…
November 6, 2013
(AP) - Voters across the country faced ballot measures Tuesday ranging from whether to approve seven casinos in New York…
November 6, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With Illinois set to become the 15th state nationwide to legalize same-sex marriage, Chicago couple Theresa…
November 4, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a message written for Huffingtonpost.com, is calling on the Senate to pass legislation…