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Education Boston Featured Pride LGBTQ+

Local diocese orders school to remove BLM, gay pride flags

A Catholic diocese outside of Boston has ordered a Jesuit middle school to remove flags representing gay pride and Black

TheGrio Staff / April 6, 2022

Entertainment Featured Celebs

Jerrod Carmichael comes out as gay in new stand-up special

Actor/comedian Jerrod Carmichael came out of the closet during a stand-up show in February that was taped as part of

TheGrio Staff / April 1, 2022

Featured Celebs Entertainment

Gabrielle Union says corporations ‘should not fund hate and oppression’ with ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

The fallout from Disney’s response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill continues and at the recent premiere of Cheaper By

TheGrio Staff / March 17, 2022

Health Featured News Politics LGBTQ+

Black, Latinx students worry about Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

The Florida legislation dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill will soon become law with the signature of Gov. Ron DeSantis,

TheGrio Staff / March 16, 2022

Featured LGBTQ+ Books Crime

Man who worked to ban Black LGBTQ book from schools charged with child molestation 

A 29-year-old father from Gladstone, Missouri, who aggressively fought to ban LGBTQ-themed books from school libraries in the Show-Me State,

Biba Adams / February 3, 2022

Featured LGBTQ+ Celebs

Kwame Brown slams Dwyane Wade over Zaya’s Kobe Bryant dress: ‘Disrespectful’

Ex-NBA player Kwame Brown is giving the side-eye to a Kobe Bryant tribute-post of Dwyane Wade’s transgender daughter wearing a

Ny Magee / January 28, 2022

LGBTQ+ Featured

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers appointed first Black, non-binary executive director of LGBTQ group GLSEN

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers has made history as the first Black and nonbinary person tapped to lead the national LGBTQ advocacy group

Ny Magee / January 27, 2022