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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 [...]
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A short show as the first Mandrake Society Radio podcast of 2010, and I’m thinking about Bayard Rustin and his work towards international human rights, which include economic rights, social rights, cultural rights, developmental rights, environmental rights, and sexual rights. Some links for today’s show: J*Davey‘s track can be found at Bandcamp as a free [...]
In light of heightened awareness in the LGBT community over recently introduced legislation affecting sexual minorities in Uganda and possibly soon (if you haven’t heard, Rwanda), I’m looking for and sharing as many African queer voices here on the blog as I can find. I need their written voice, as do you. Living in America, [...]
About 30 individuals from various Dallas groups, including Valiente-a prominent organization for LGBT Latino/as in Dallas, and the Human Rights Campaign local steering committee met Monday night at On The Border in uptown Dallas to discuss the barriers for diversity within mainstream equality groups like the HRC. The meeting was a initiative of HRC’s Equality [...]
The National Black Justice Coalition has released a statement yesterday via their website that they’ve joined forces with Black Leadership Forum, an alliance which includes members from NAACP and the Congressional Black Congress, to demand a full investigation into the murder of the Houston-native, Navy Seaman August Provost III. We are deeply troubled by the [...]
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This case involves a mental health nurse who was daily ridiculed and finally injured by subordinates in the year that she worked for Beacon of Hope House because they did not want to be supervised by a B/black woman. Beacon of Hope House, an operation of the Archdiocese of New York, has residences for approximately [...]
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During my recent trip to Wimberly, TX, for ALLGO‘s 2nd Statewide Summit for Queer People of Color, I had a chance to speak with one of the founders of the organization, Saul Gonzalez takes me back to 1982 and how his efforts in local political activism came to form ALLGO in concert with other activists. [...]
