Giselle Byrd is taking center stage — and helping others do the same
The activist and educator is creating space for other queer and trans people of color in the theater world.
APRIL 10, 2024
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Black Episcopalians: Minority concerns lost in furor over gay issues
The national Episcopal leadership is focusing on the issue of gay ordination at the cost of addressing minority concerns and is enlisting African bishops to fight a battle that's not theirs, speakers told a gathering of black Episcopalians on Tuesday in Richmond, Va.
AUGUST 2, 2006
Taking back the black gay movement
Why is it all the white-led LGBT groups think they know how to reach out to African-Americans about gay rights? And do they willingly push black queer groups out of the way in the process?
JULY 11, 2006
Homophobes Attack Congressional Black Caucus Over Equality Act
A right-wing group's open letter compared civil rights voices favoring the pro-LGBTQ legislation to Judas.
MAY 15, 2019
Standing up for immigration reform
In struggling for a way to move forward on the issue of immigrant rights, the African-American community should reflect on the compassionate words of civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, who was both black and gay
APRIL 24, 2006
Kevin McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House on 15th Vote
Although McCarthy's a solidly conservative Republican, he'd been opposed by the far-right wing of his party.
JANUARY 7, 2023
What Claudine Gay’s resignation teaches us about Black leadership
Dr. Claudine Gay's resignation as Harvard's first Black president amid political and ideological pressures highlights the fragility of Black leadership in academia and the ongoing challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Reclaiming the Mosaic: Dr. Tyler TerMeer on the weight of intersectional leadership
As we head toward life under another Trump administration, one queer Black leader offers words of wisdom, reflection, and hope.
JANUARY 15, 2025
To Fudge Critics: Protecting the Civil Rights Act Is Not Bigoted
A former staffer for Rep. Marcia Fudge defends the congresswoman's LGBTQ record.
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Longtime Lesbian Activist Achebe Betty Powell Dies at 82
She was involved with several organizations and was part of the first gay and lesbian contingent to have a meeting at the White House.
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Black Trans Women Like Me Are Dying in Texas Due to Political Games
Misinformation about transgender people threatens our lives, but Lone Star State politicians keep lying.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Op-ed: Why We Shut Down the Castro
As the #BlackLivesMatter movement forges ahead, white LGBT people don't have to sit on the sidelines.
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Mondaire Jones, One of 1st Black Gay Congressmen, Is Freshman Leader
Jones, one of two Black gay men elected to Congress this month, will be the freshman class's representative to House leadership.
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Black gay official could lose leadership role after criticizing Louisiana governor's anti-LGBTQ+ post
Davante Lewis talks to The Advocate ahead of a vote to remove him from his vice chairman role on Louisiana's Public Service Commission — all for defending former HHS official Dr. Rachel Levine.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
AIDS Leaders Address the State of the Epidemic in the Black Community
C. Virginia Fields, president of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, pleads for change in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic nationally.
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
Global Black Pride to Hold Its First In-Person Event in 2022
The organization has held two virtual Pride events so far, each bringing in millions of viewers.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Why a White-Led LGBTQ+ Org and a POC-Led Queer Group Are Teaming Up
SAGE and GRIOT Circle are pooling resources to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ seniors -- the heads of both groups explain why more queer organizations should follow suit.
APRIL 1, 2022
The Perfect Storm Facing Black Men on HIV
Government neglect, unemployment, health and socioeconomic disparities, racism, homophobia, and stigma are all contributing to an escalating catastrophe.
MAY 2, 2016
All Hands, Black and White, On Deck
The high number of African-Americans who voted to pass Proposition 8 may have surprised some people, but not the folks at the National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering black LGBT Americans. NBJC's CEO offers some insights about the black-white divide and how to mend it going forward.
NOVEMBER 19, 2008