Marcellus Andrews

Iowa Student Dies After Brutal Beating In Which Attackers Shouted Gay Slurs

Police have confirmed the death of a 19-year-old college student who was brutally beaten in the early morning hours on Friday, and whose attackers shouted anti-gay slurs and kicked him in the face.

Eddie Long Accusers Break Silence on Relationships with Embattled Bishop

Among those tuning in to watch the most anticipated sermon of Bishop Eddie Long’s career were two of the four young men who a week earlier filed suit claiming the powerful Lithonia pastor coerced them into sexual relationships.

Open Letter to My Unborn Daughter (or Son)

Dear Daughter (or Son),

Some people are concerned that I am sharing too many details about you and the way you came to be in my public writings. They worry that knowing too much about your biological father, or knowing too little about him, or having an openly gay mother, or two, will cause you unnecessary pain. I have considered their input and decided to write an open letter to you about all this.

The HLN ‘Transgender In America’ Interview

Well, the reviews from the Transosphere are coming in concerning the Don Lemon conducted interview on HLN’s The Joy Behar Show with Isis King, Harmony Santana, Laverne Cox and Chaz Bono.

And it ain’t pretty.

Trans in the Media: A Call to Elevate the Conversation

On Monday night, I set my DVR, told my boyfriend Aaron to keep quiet, and stayed up past my bedtime to only be dumbfounded by the interview, where Lemon asked Bono some pretty inane questions. The CNN anchor, who was leading the conversation in Behar’s absence, seemed to have unknowingly communicated his own insensitivity to trans folks’ struggle when he asked Bono the most insensitive of his slew of questions.

Mitrice Richardson: $900,000 Settlement Tentatively Reached

The parents of Mitrice Richardson have reached a tentative agreement to settle their lawsuits against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for $900,000, according to sources with knowledge of the settlement.

Paris Dupree Dies, Namesake of Film and Ball “Paris is Burning”

Paris Dupree has passed. Dupree was one of the legendary names of New York City’s ballroom community. Paris was the founding mother of the House of Dupree and her annual grand ball “Paris is Burning” inspired Jennie Livingston’s iconic 1990 documentary of the same name.

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