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  • Frontline Figure

    By on August 22, 2013

    Eleanor Holmes Norton was 26 years old when somewhere around 250,000 people descended on the nation's capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and...

  • Laverne Cox Rocks

    By on August 8, 2013

    They say a lady never reveals her age. It's a rule Laverne Cox lives by. ''I don't discuss my age,'' she says playfully, ''except to...

  • Novel Approach

    By on August 1, 2013

    K. Murry Johnson secured a great quote from the noted African-American novelist James Earl Hardy for the book jacket of his self-published debut novel. ''An...

  • BET claims “miscommunications” over B. Scott’s feminine attire. Kevin Clash abuse cases dismissed

    By on July 3, 2013

    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...

  • BET required gay blogger, B. Scott, to change outfits during the pre-Awards show?

    By on July 1, 2013

    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,...

  • Entertainment Incorporated

    By on June 13, 2013

    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...

  • Welcome to DC Black Pride Weekend

    By on May 23, 2013

    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...

  • Twin Temptation

    By on May 23, 2013

    ''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...

  • Ready, Set, Activism

    By on May 22, 2013

    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...

  • ACTing Out

    By on May 22, 2013

    With all the events that make up the DC Black Pride weekend, quite a few people – from workshop coordinators to town hall facilitators to...

  • Schedule of official events

    By on May 22, 2013

    Friday, May

  • AJ King

    By on May 9, 2013

    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,...

  • Je-Shawna Wholley

    By on May 9, 2013

    Thanks, in part, to high school years in the Junior ROTC in Forrestville, Md. – where she rose to the leadership rank of regiment commander...

  • Blowing Up the Coalition

    By on April 11, 2013

    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...

  • D.C. Date with ManDate

    By on November 7, 2012

    Project Healthy Living – a group of African-American gay and bisexual men associated with DC CARE and the District's Department of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD...