... : As a long-time champion of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, it pains me to have to criticize that organization, as well as the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, for its just-unveiled Rock for Equality action. The premise of the action is simple ... themselves, like equal-earning heterosexual couples (including most African-American married couples), paying more into the system and getting ...

... of The Institute on Religion and Democracy warns that the Episcopal Church's election of a lesbian bishop, Mary Glasspool, will endanger the lives on Christians in Africa: According to ... ;When a Muslim sees the newspaper headline, 'Anglican elects partnered lesbian bishop,' they don't draw a distinction between African Christians and European or American Christians," he says. & ...

By Melanie Nathan, 2/19/10 and #8211; The first openly lesbian African-American mayor in the country has declared her candidacy in the  MASS state senate race, reports the Advocate. The former mayor of Cambridge, Mass., E. Denise Simmons, was appointed by her colleagues on the Cambridge city council to serve as mayor for the 2008-2009 term. She

... joined the ranks of the Rare, Few, and Bizarre Muslim African Countries who disapprove of gay sex who also happen ... Africa. That's right -- it has an Anglican Primate too. And this time, we have American evangelicals to blame for such rare -- very very very rare -- laws ... terror upon the ABC and the Ugandan Kenyan Central African Anglicans for not publicly denouncing such arcane and Very Very Rare ...

Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend, an African American lesbian couple who have been together for 13 years, were first in line to get ... ;Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian task Force said: "This is a profoundly moving moment for ... Mayor Adrian Fenty, the Campaign for All D.C. Families, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, D.C. for Marriage, and D.C. Clergy United for ...

A California appellate court overturned a lower court decision and removed the settlement Los Angeles was supposed to reach with an African American Lesbian firefighter who claimed discrimination. A lower court ordered the verdict but it didn't stand up to the appellate process.

... on the 2006 Lambda Literary Award-winning book of short stories Walk Like A Man by Laurinda D. Brown. What began as a self-published idea has evolved into the first African-American lesbian play to be performed Off-Broadway. Welcome to Walk Like A Man - The Play, an edge-of-your-seat dramedy that educates through entertainment. You'll laugh. You' ...

... ? Some clinical trials explicitly exclude gay and lesbian patients Water oxidation advance boosts potential for ... Mar 2010 08:00 AM PDT The role of a mother in African families is even more essential to the well-being of a child than the role played by the ... , are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African-American children. This study supports recent research ...

... Slick city lawyers and homosexual lobbies and African American lobbies are running Raleigh," ... gay/lesbian populations of North Carolina, to which we ask the following:  If Senator Forrester is against African-American and LGBT ... offended minorities of his district, then we hope he will think twice about the language he uses regarding African-Americans and the LGBT communities of North Carolina ...

... wanted to abandon holding him accountable to that agenda. And now, a year after being in office, there are certain African-American leaders who are saying he doesn't need to have - doesn't need to address - a ... of all America." He would never stand up and say: "I am not the President of gay and lesbian America; I am the President of all America." He would never stand up and ...

... of nonviolent resistance. He became an advocate on behalf of gay and lesbian causes in the latter part of his career; however, his homosexuality was the basis for attacks from ... After completing an activist training program conducted by the American Friends Service Committee, Rustin moved to ... Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Many African-American leaders were concerned that Rustin' ...

... them, and the genetic differences often profoundly do not correspond with the popular American concept of race. For example, the genetic differences between the President and the First Lady ... without seeing a Native American, without seeing an African-American, without seeing a Japanese-American, without seeing (or recognizing) a trans man, without interacting with a Lesbian, without seeing someone ...

... new law granting marriage equality to gay and lesbian couples. Three couples – among the first same-sex couples to apply for ... District, were the first in line to register for a marriage license, and will be the first lesbian couple to legally wed in the nation’s capital. ... Rev. Elder Darlene and Rev. Candy, both African-American, were both born in D.C. and are currently residents of Laurel, MD. ...

... Obama and lawmakers ahead of November congressional elections. African-American members of Congress said they told the president that job ... 1 hr 21 mins ago JACKSON, Miss. - A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is ... the top - signals he is trying to move on other matters affecting most every American. The coming months likely amount to his best shot to pass the ...

... the Twin Towers on 9/11. Suddenly this out lesbian and her girlfriend must adjust to loss, separation, confusion, ... .  BUPPIES: What starts off as a celebration amongst an affluent African-American community in Hollywood turns into a day ... people try to connect (or at times disconnect). It is a perfect example of how lesbian and gay stories can be told in a way that is respectful, organic, ...