All posts tagged "black"
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BET claims “miscommunications” over B. Scott’s feminine attire. Kevin Clash abuse cases dismissed
GLAAD reports that BET released the following statement about an “unfortunate” incident regarding the feminine attire of celebrity blogger B. Scott that took place during...
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BET required gay blogger, B. Scott, to change outfits during the pre-Awards show?
B. Scott, a well-known YouTuber and blogger of celebrity culture, expressed a range of emotions after his difficult experience with the BET television network. Apparently,...
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Entertainment Incorporated
What did former child actor Rahsaan Patterson want to do when he grew up? ''I didn't know,'' says the gay Patterson, now decades into adulthood...
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Welcome to DC Black Pride Weekend
Marking its 23rd year, it's time for the annual DC Black Pride weekend. Running Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 25, the weekend is full...
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Twin Temptation
''They were very impressed with the first party,'' says Kurt Graves. ''They were satisfied with the attendance, the sales. They're all aboard.'' Since it opened...
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Ready, Set, Activism
Amir Dixon wasn't sure how willing some young black gay men would be to go on record about the struggles they face. But once Dixon...
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ACTing Out
With all the events that make up the DC Black Pride weekend, quite a few people – from workshop coordinators to town hall facilitators to...
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Schedule of official events
Friday, May
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AJ King
It hit Alexander AJ King when he was only in high school. ''I was getting calls back to back to back from my friends saying,...
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Je-Shawna Wholley
Thanks, in part, to high school years in the Junior ROTC in Forrestville, Md. – where she rose to the leadership rank of regiment commander...
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Blowing Up the Coalition
Clarence Mitchell, the civil-rights activist and longtime chief lobbyist for the NAACP, used to tell of something then-Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson often said to...
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Steve Harvey on the Red Carpet at the Mark Twain Prize
Comedian Steve Harvey was part of the celebration for Ellen DeGeneres at the 2012 Mark Twain Prize, on Monday, Oct. 22. Metro Weekly's Randy Shulman...
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Baltimore Anti-Marriage Fliers Target Race
Chris Wulin walked out his door in late September to find his neighborhood covered in fliers. One was in his door, another in his windshield,...
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Cory Booker at the 2012 HRC Dinner [video]
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., and a rising star in Democratic politics, spoke at the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner Oct. 6. Booker's...
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The Fearless Sergeant
It's a day he says he'll never forget. On July 11, 2007, John Cephas stood in line with hundreds of other recruits at the United...
