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The statistics are staggering: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black men who have sex with men are more affected by HIV than any other group in the United States. ViiV Healthcare and Native Son founder Emil Wilbekin have teamed up to amplify ACCELERATE!, an initiative that supports…
Well everyone has seen his dick now so we gotta talk about his dick. Right! Well wrong… Everyone that is except for Nicki Minjai. The whole world of social medial has finally seen pretty boy himself, Jamaican King, Safaree Samuels‘ ding -a -ling -a -ling. Nicki is angry as hell…
The month of February celebrates Black History in America and along with it the rich contributions African-American people have made. Though it too often goes unremarked, black filmmakers from have played a leading role in shaping queer culture and changing the way Americans think of the black community. Check out…
Justin Timberlake’s halftime show performance drew attention and controversy before he even hit the field on Sunday night, mostly because of two things: Janet Jackson, and his increasingly tenuous relationship with black people. Last year, Timberlake caught heat when he decided to weigh in on black issues on Twitter, making…
PARK CITY, Utah—Yance Ford has just made history. He has become the first transgender director to be nominated for an Academy Award. His documentary, “Strong Island” (hip-hop slang for Long Island, New York), tells the tragic tale of the death of his older brother, William Ford Jr. On April 7,…
Laverne Cox is the first trans woman to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan. The actress, best known for her role in the series Orange Is the New Black, is featured on the February 2018 “Say Yes to Love” edition of Cosmopolitan South Africa. “Trans women deserve to be loved…
The Working Actor Ever since I was seven years old, I knew two things: that I wanted to pursue the arts and that I identified as female. The question from that moment was, How am I going to make both of those parts coexist? Ultimately, the combination of hard work,…
Dana Chanel, who has dubbed herself the Christian Entrepreneur with the launch of her app Sprinkle of Jesus, found herself leading an interesting conversation online recently. It all started with this Instagram post. Well…. I’ll get crucified, but as an Afro Latina I truly believe it’s a poor and degrading…
Over the years, the NAACP Image Awards has celebrated an increasing number of LGBT movies, television shows, actors and characters. Although there have been far more nominations than wins, there are noticeable strides. For instance, Viola Davis won the actress in a drama series Image Award for her turn…
Actors Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome from Moonlight were the winners of this year’s MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss! MTV While accepting award, Sanders dedicated it to “the misfits”. MTV “I think it’s safe to say that it is okay for young performers, especially us minority…
