Gays Are Us - Why LGBT Equality Is Not a “White” Issue

One of the problems with this “either/or” approach—that this issue is either “black” or “white”—is that it creates a false dichotomy between LGBT issues and other issues of social justice. Another is that it fosters a hierarchy of oppression in which certain matters are placed at the top of the political agenda while others are tabled.

In D.C., Questions About Police Bias After An Assault

Yazzmen Morse, a 21-year-old District resident, and four friends were walking toward the Columbia Heights Metro station in the wee hours of July 30 when two men approached and tried to “flirt” with them. One of the women said she was “not interested” and pointed out that Ms. Morse was her girlfriend.

“I will kick that dyke bitch’s ass,” one man threatened, according to a police report.

A Single Lesbian’s Quest for Motherhood

One day I looked up from the jaded wreckage of my umpteenth breakup and was deafened by the horror of my ticking biological clock. I was 35 and living a solitary life in a one-bedroom apartment in New York City. Suddenly, writing a memoir, traveling to South Africa for the summer, being on Broadway or drinking red wine from the navel of one gorgeous, feminist lesbian after another didn’t seem all that meaningful anymore. I wanted to experience another kind of love. I was ready for a baby.

Your Take: When Cops Look the Other Way

The series of attacks serves as heart-wrenching evidence of the serious need to address violence against the LGBT community, particularly LGBT women of color.

Adding deep concern to this alarming trend is that law-enforcement officers have responded inadequately in too many of these situations. We rightly expect the police to protect our most vulnerable communities from hate violence, even when humanity and a collective sense of decency cannot do so. Sadly, in some cases of anti-LGBT violence, victims and activists have charged that the police have compounded already harrowing experiences by fueling the hostility.

50 Black Lesbians You Should Know (Part One)

A pictorial celebration of 50 out and proud Black lesbians (Part One).

UK Denies Visa for Ugandan LGBT Advocate

Britain’s Border Agency (UKBA) has denied a visa for Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG) founder and executive Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, who was scheduled to open a pride celebration in Derry, Northern Ireland later this month. Paul Canning reports that a UKBA spokesperson said that her visa was denied because Immigration officials feared that she might not return home after travelling to Britain.

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