Richard Blanco Delivers the Inaugural Poem–He Is Who He Is In Spite of His Cubana Grandmother
• January 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Arts, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Immigration, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Barack Obama, Blanco, Child Abuse, Colorado, Cuba, Cuban, Cubana, Florida International University, Gay, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Growing Up, Inaugural Poem, Inauguration of Barack Obama, Latina, Latino, Latinos, LGBT, Love, Poet, Poetry, President Obama, Racism, Richard Blanco, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States
Whitney’s Funeral to be Livestreamed Saturday from New Hope Baptist Church…and More
• February 16, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Funeral, Gay, Houston, John Russell Houston Jr., Katherine Jackson, Lesbian, LGBT, LiveStream, Love, Marriage, New Hope Baptist Church, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Newark NJ, Peter Tatchell, Robyn Crawford, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Tell All Book, The Eighties, The Nineties, United States, Whitney Houston
The Robert Champion FAMU Case: It’s a Hate Crime Now
• January 10, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: CBS News, Drum Major, Florida, Florida A&M University, Gay, Hate Crime, Hazing, LGBT, Marching Band, Orlando Florida, Pam Champion, Robert Champion, Sexuality
That Cartoon From Facebook: “Hershey Bar”
• January 4, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, People of Color, Women
Tags: "Hershey Bar", Asian American, Asian Americans, Facebook, Gay, George Takei, GLBT, Hikaru Sulu, Japanese American, Japanese Americans, Lesson, Sansei, Sexism, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Takei
Centino Kemp, Bishop Long Accuser, Claims Suicide Attempt, But The Other Accusers and Some Friends Aren’t Buying His Story
• November 12, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Books, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Notorious", "Signs of a Predator", "Wild Child Kemp", African Americans, Alexander, Atlanta, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Book, Caribbean, Centino, Centino Kemp, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Famous, Gay, Jamal Parris, Kemp, Mental Health, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Safety, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Spencer LeGrande, The Black Church, The Caribbean, The First Lady, Transvestite, United States, Willie Alexander
Mo’ Kelly’s Take On The Latest Eddie Long Revelation About Centino Kemp
• August 3, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Baptist, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Boys, Black Children, Black Women, Blacks, Centinio Kemp, Centino Kemp, Christianity, Civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King, Downlow, Eddie Long, Electronic Urban Report, EUR.com, Exculpatory Evidence, Fifth Accuser, Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Growing Up, Gullibility, Homosexuality, Julian Bond, Jury Trial, Lesbians, LGBT, Lithonia Georgia, Minor, Minor Children, Morris O'Kelly, NAACP, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Old School, Rape, Religion and Spirituality, Rod 2.0, Settlement (litigation), Sexual Acts, Sexual Misbehavior, Sexual Misconduct, The Down Low, United States
Don’t Say Gay, Say Takei
• May 23, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality
Tags: Asian Americans, Associated Press, Gay, Gay Dads, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Human Reproduction, Japanese Americans, Lesbian Moms, LGBT, Mr. Sulu, Republicans, Senate Bill 49, Southern Republicans, Southerners, Stacey Campfield, Star Trek, State of Tennessee, Sulu, Tennessee, Tennessee Senate, The "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Twitter
Can Cuba Gooding Jr. Still Bust a Move?
• May 22, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Late Night TV, Sexuality, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "Boyz in the Hood", "The Graham Norton Show", Academy Award, African Americans, BBC America, Best Supporting Actor, Caribbean, Cuba Gooding, Elle MacPherson, Gay, Graham Norton, Irish, Jerry Maguire, John Singleton, Late Night TV, Northern Ireland, Rod Tidwell, Snoop Dogg, Talk Show, Talk Show Host, Tré Styles
Elizabeth Taylor, 79, Has Died
• March 23, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Awards, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Sexuality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Cleopatra", Academy Award, Academy Award Winner, AIDS, Canada, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Congestive Heart Failure, Dame Elizabeth Rosamund Taylor, Dame Elizabeth Rosemund Taylor, David Gest, Doonesbury, Drama, Dual Citizenship, Elizabeth Taylor, Gay, Health, Hollywood, Larry Fortensky, LGBT, Liz Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Los Angeles, Montgomery Clift, Old Hollywood, Oscar, Puerto Vallarta, Richard Burton, Rock Hudson, Sex, The Sixties, United States, Violet Eyes
The Ancestors Welcome The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, 68, Minister of Harvard’s Memorial Church
• March 1, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Love, People of Color, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Republicans in Name Only, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stroke, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Sixty Minutes", "The Colbert Report", "The Harvard Crimson", 911, Anglophile, Baptists, Black Republican, Celibacy, Celibate, Democrat, Gay, George H. W. Bush, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Harvard University Choir, Human Equality, Human Rights, James Earl Jones, John Houseman, LGBT, New England Conservatory, Peter J. Gomes, Reverend Gomes, Reverend Peter J. Gomes, The Clergy, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Centers, United States
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Granted Bail; Accused Leaker Bradley Manning Found in Extremely Solitary Confinement for Past Three Months; “Wiki Rebels” Documentary Released
• December 16, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Australia, Canada, Class, Documentaries, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "V for Vendetta", Alan Moore, American Foreign Policy, Anonymous, Arrest of Bradley Manning, Britain, Daniel Ellsberg, David Lloyd, Evey Hammond, Gay, Glenn Greenwald, Guy Fawkes Mask, Hackers, Hacktivists, Julian Assange, LGBT, Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Broderick, OpenLeaks.org, Pentagon Papers, Quantico Virginia, Rape, Rape Accusation, Rape Frame-Up, Ronald Reagan, Salon.com, Sexual Abuse, Sweden, The Pentagon Papers, Vee, Wandsworth Prison, WarGames, Whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
Latest on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal: He Wants to Settle and Avoid Exposure of All His Business
• December 14, 2010 • 13 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, Bisexuality, Bishop Eddie L. Long, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, CNN, Denial, Depositions, Discovery, Eddie Long, Fred Lee, Gary Hawkins, Gay, Gays, Growing Up, Homosexual Acts, Homosexuality, LGBT, Lithonia, Lithonia GA, Lithonia Georgia, Matrix Capital, Mediation, Molestation, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Religion and Spirituality, Republicans, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct, Sexuality, STDs, The Down Low
Nothing Much on Eddie Long: The Billboard, The Lawyers, The Finances, The Mess
• October 11, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Son of a Bishop My Testimony", Advertisement, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Atlanteans, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, BET News, Billboard, Bisexual, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Bobby Brewer, Cathedral at Chapel Hill, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Church Board, Craig Gillen, Cult, Default, DeKalb County, Dirt, Dirty Laundry, Federal Prosecutor, Flock, Frederick Folson, Gay, Gay community, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Grandiosity, Homosexual Christians, Homosexuality, Iowa, J.C., Jason Wright, Jesus, LGBT, Lithonia GA, Loan, Marrion Heflin, Mike Stewart, Mona Brewer, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Over-Extended, Pastors, Private Investigator, Religion and Spirituality, Rod 2.0, Samuel Brown, Senator Chuck Grassley, Settlement, Sex, Sexual Abuse, The Messiah, Traditional Christian Fundamentalist, Transgressions
UPDATE: Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande, Two of the Four Plaintiffs Against Bishop Eddie Long, Speak Out
• September 29, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Dime Wars", African Americans, Anti-Gay, Anti-Gay Remarks, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, Baptists, Bisexual, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Evangelicals, Charlotte NC, Child Sexual Abuse, Civil Suit, Closet, Coercion, Cologne, Colorado, Cult, Daddy, Dale Russell, District Attorney, Eddie Long, Ephebophilia, Faux News, Faux Noise, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Gay, Grooming, Homosexual, Interview, Jamal Parris, LGBT, Maurice Robinson, Media Critics, Out of the Closet, Pastors, Pedophilia, Plaintiff, Preachers, Prosperity Gospel, Protestants, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misbehavior, Spencer LeGrande, United States, WAGA-TV
Don Lemon Versus Bishop Eddie Long; My Feelings Lie with The Survivors
• September 27, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "Spiritual Sons", "Young Acting", Abusers, Anger, Anthony Flagg, Apostle Bill Anderson, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Masculinity, Black Mothers, Black Women, Cable TV, Charlotte NC, Chronological Age, CNN, Daddy, Deals with the Devil, Degradation, Don Lemon, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Exposure, Father, Favorites, Female Headed Families, Gay, Gay Marriage, Heterosexual, Homosexual, Hyper-Masculinity, Jamal Parris, Jury, Jury Trial, Legend in His Own Mind, Lithonia GA, Male Bordello, Marriage, Marriage Vows, Masculinity, Maurice Robinson, Mental Health, Mercenary, Myths, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Obsession, Omission, Parishioners, Pedophiles, Rage, Rape, Raped, Reputation, Reverend Bernice King, Settlement, Sex Predators, Sexual Abuse, Sissies, Spencer LeGrande, Spiritual Health, Stephen Brown, Subjugation, Survivors, Tammy Wynette, Television, The Black Community, The Great Recession, The Media, Tricks, Validity, Vanessa Long
UPDATE: Bishop Eddie Long Rumored To Be Stepping Down After Those Muscle Shots and A Fourth Litigant Surface
• September 24, 2010 • 10 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Kingdom Relationships", "Spiritual Sons", "Traditional Family Values", Abs, Age of Consent, ATL, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, B.J. Bernstein, Bisexual, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Gays, Bossip, Built, Charlotte NC, Child Molestation, Civil Suits, Conservative, Cut, Dating, Evangelical Christians, Gay, Gay Romeo, Gays, George Alan Rekers, Georgia, Heterosexual, Homophobe, Homophobia, Homophobia in the Black Church, Homophobia in the Black Community, Homosexuality, Jail, Jasmyne Cannick, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Karma, Keith Boykin, Kenya, Lavalife, Lesbians, LGBT, Long Fellows Youth Academy, Married Clergy, Match.com, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, North Carolina, Parishioners, Professionalism, Republican, Rigid, San Francisco, Scripture, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Invitation, Sexual Relationship, Six Pack, Spencer LeGrande, Ted Haggard, The Bible, The Down Low, The Downlow, The Nineties, Tight, Traditional, Trinity Foundation, Yahoo Dating, Youth Ministers
Kevin Eubanks Leaves “The Tonight Show”
• May 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Late Night TV, Music, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art Blakey, Bandleader, Blacks, California, Conan O'Brien, Gay, Instrumentals, Jay Leno, Jazz, Kevin Eubanks, Lesbian, LGBT, Music, Musical Conductor, Musician, NBC, Percussionist, Sidekick, The Chin, The Tonight Show, Vicki Randle
Chaz Bono Completes His Gender Reassignment Therapy and Ricky Martin Can Finally Live His “Vida” Openly Gay
• March 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Gossip, Health, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Science, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Livin' La Vida Loca", California, Chastity Bono, Chastity Sun Bono, Chaz Bono, Chaz Salvatore Bono, Children, Coming Out, Fatherhood, Female to Male, Gay, Gays, Gender Reassignment, Gender Redefinition, Homosexuality, LGBT, Living One's Truth, Love, Memoirs, Name Change, Out of the Closet, Pride, Ricky Martin, Self Image, Self-Acceptance, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex Change, Sexuality, Surrogate, Twin Sons
Friday Night Music, March 12, 2010: Johnny Mathis and Deniece (Niecy) Williams, “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late,” 1978
• March 12, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Deniece Williams, Health, Johnny Mathis, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Chances Are", "Niecy", "One Kiss", "Too Much Too Little Too Late", Billboard Top 100, Blacks, California, Deniece Williams, Four Octave Soprano, Gary Indiana, Gay, Gays, Generational Reticence, Gospel Music, Growing Up, Johnny Mathis, LGBT, Number One, Podcast, Rehab, Sexuality, The Seventies
Marie Osmond’s Adoptive Son Commits Suicide, and There Are Questions…
• March 1, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, Fashion, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Project Runway", "The Early Show", Academic, Addictions, Alcohol, CBS, Clean, Donny & Marie, Drugs, Expectations, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Fear, Gay, Isolation, L.A.P.D., Los Angeles County Coroner, Luther Vandross, Marie Osmond, Mary Hart, Michael Blosil, Mormons, NYU, Overeating, Rehab, Sex, Sober, Suicides, Teenagers, TMZ.com, U.C. Irvine, Young People
A (Gay, Hate) Murder in Puerto Rico
• November 17, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, Chicanos/Latinos, Cooking, Crime, Hate Crimes, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, People of Color, Puerto Rico, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Angel Rodriguez, Caguas PR, Christopher Pagan, Cidra, Cross-Dressing, Gay, Guavate, Homosexual Fear, Jorge Steven Lopez, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, Jose Bermudez, LGBT, Pedro Julio Serrano, Self-Defense, Steven Lopez, The Black Dahlia, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Mitrice Richardson’s Family and Friends Ask the LGBT Community to Help Them Find Her
• November 3, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Agoura, Bisexual, Figueroa, Florence, Gay, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Jewel's Catch One, KTLA, KTLA 2, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Malibu CA, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Manchester, Missing, Mitrice Richardson, Orange County, Psychological Crisis, San Jose CA, Security Footage, Sightings, Tessa Moon, The Chosen Few, The Chosen Few Motorcycle Club, Transgender, Western
Mitrice Richardson Missing in Same Stretch of Malibu Area That Claimed Life of Actress’ Husband
• October 4, 2009 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Documentaries, Film, History, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Television, Women
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Cliffs, Constables on Patrol, Diahann Carroll, Disappearance, Disoriented, Drunk Driving, Gay, Jerry Brice, Jerry Brice's Blog, Jet Magazine, Kidnapping, Lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles CA, Malibu, Malibu Canyon, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Mental Crisis, Mental Illness, Mental Impairment, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Racism, Robert DeLeon, Rural, Search, The Seventies, Topanga Canyon, Wandering
Sometimes I am Just Tired, and Then Sometimes Things Happen…
• September 21, 2009 • 5 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, Love, Memoir, Michael Jackson, Music, Music Videos, Religion, Sexuality, Television, The Kennedys
Tags: "Fingertips", Academe, Business, Capitol Building, Desire, Gay, Job Hunting, Job Search, Laptop, London, Loss, Madison Central Public Library, Michael Jackson, New Orleans, Stevie Wonder, Straight, Ted Kennedy, Television, ThisBlksistasPage, Time Out, UI, Unemployed, Unemployment Check, Willy Street Co-op, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Capitol Building
The FBI Has Nearly 600 Pages on Michael Jackson
• August 19, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, Sexuality
Tags: Billie Holiday, Dick Gregory, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOI, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Gay, Investigation, John Lennon, Kim Novak, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Michael Petrelis, Outing, Sammy Davis Jr., Sexuality, Spying, The Doors
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