This weekend in Dallas, February 19 -21, Black Cinematheque Dallas, along with Fahari Arts Institute, DFW Senators, and Mandrake Arts & Media will be hosting a Marlon Riggs Film Festival. The films and shorts begin at 7pm each night at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas and nightly entry fee [...]
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Silence Equals Consent tour to challenge homophobia in African-American churches
A frequent guest and commentator here at Mandrake Society Radio podcast, Tuan N’Gai, is producing a tour of speaking engagements to challenge African-American gay people to collectively speak out against homophobia especially within black religious institutions. The tour entitled, Silence Equals Consent, is the mantra of the organization and website, Operation REBIRTH, which N’Gai [...]
Podcast: Conversation with Buster Spiller
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I’ve written on this blog and other places that one of my favorite experiences after accepting myself as a gay man was taking part in a inter-generational discussion of black gay men every other Saturday in Houston called The Men’s Gathering. Today, I’m speaking with one of the architects of the The Men’s Gathering in [...]
Equality March Texas presents “The First Annual Holocaust Candelight March” in Dallas
Here’s a note from my friends in Equality March Texas:
The First Annual Holocaust Candelight March will be this January 27th, 2010 at 7:00pm. We will walk on the sidewalks from the Fountain at Oak Lawn/Armstrong to the Oak Lawn/Cedar Spring’s Memorial.
The event will then move inside the Melrose Hotel where free Hot [...]
A statement from the English Department of Indiana University honoring Don Belton
Thanks to the site, Justice for Don Belton, I learned of a moving statement recently released by Jonathan Elmers, Chair of the English Department at Indiana University. The open letter honors Don’s life and speaks of the acute pain friends and faculty are going through because of his violent death. Please read it [...]
Ugandan sexual minorities fighting for better health care
Even in the face of the Anti-Homosexuality bill currently before the Ugandan parliament, the groups, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), is still working to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS being a gay disease and urging the government for more inclusive health care as a human right, according to a new article at Behind The Mask. Frank [...]
Podcast: Interview with Jesse Garcia
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Today, I’m speaking with Jesse Garcia about the beginning of LULAC 4871 (also called “The Dallas Rainbow Chapter”), building bridges between the Dallas Hispanic and LGBT communities, and how immigration reform affect many more LGBT people than we may realize (and not just Hispanic people). Find out more at http://lulac4871.org
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Podcast: Heterosexism and Homo-hop panel from Fire & Ink 2009 in Austin, TX
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A lively discussion recorded in Austin, TX, at The Fire & ink III: The Cotillion on Saturday, October 10th on contemporary hip-hop, the double edged sword of image of hyper-masculinity in hip-hop by gay artists, and the musical double standard by gay clubs and Pride event planners in our communities. The panel includes hip-hop/soul [...]
