The phone calls had begun weeks earlier, in the days leading up to the restaurant’s monthly drag brunch. On the other line were unidentifiable voices hurling homophobic slurs and threats to kill the staff and burn the business down.
If Mondaire Jones wins, southern New York's congressional delegation could be transformed into a progressive bloc represented by young people of color.
Three years after a Massachusetts jury acquitted William Palmer on murder charges in the death of 23-year-old Chanelle Pickett, who was killed Nov. 20, 1995, another black transgender woman was found dead in nearby Allston, a suburb of Boston. Rita Hester, 35, died Nov. 28, 1998, after being stabbed 20 times.…
The photo of Brandon Allen, 17, receiving his crown in a gold off-the-shoulder sequin gown has been shared thousands of times on social media.
Trans March on DC called ‘first major step’ in visibility campaign
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Gemmel Moore died in 2017 in the home of activist accused of forcibly injecting men with deadly doses of drugs Ed Buck, a Los Angeles man accused of forcibly injecting black gay men with fatal doses of drugs, targeted his victims for years without facing consequences, authorities have said. For the…
When it comes to prosecuting overdose deaths, what a difference money and skin color make. Meanwhile, it’s been two years since a 26-year-old Black gay male died in the West Hollywood home of a 63-year-old white man and 243 days since the second one died. That’s not a typo. Yes,…
Counsel to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Alphonso B. David speaks on stage at World AIDS Day at Kings Theatre in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Housing Works, Inc.) The new president of the HRC has been involved in politics his whole…
Regina Duggins (Founder), Ron Rico Judon (VP), Latisha Bradley (Secretary), Jermaine Beigen (Community Outreach) Queen Symone O’Bishop, Queen Crystal Guysir and Emperor Beau O’Bishop. Provided/Charleston Black Pride Shante Savage attended the 2017 Charleston Pride Parade. A new group called Charleston Black Pride has since branched off from the Charleston Pride…
