• ELIXHER
• On October 14, 2011

Check out what you missed this week!

Writer/Director Dee Rees Talks ‘Pariah’ & National Coming Out Day

Black Enterprise, the leading business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans, profiled out filmmaker Dee Rees for National Coming Out Day. The writer and director of the feature film Pariah talked about the “coming out” process, the film’s main character, and how spirituality helped with her own journey.

Why We Need the First National POC LBGT Convening

Aging Americans have been affected on all fronts by the economic crisis, not only in housing but in cuts to health care, and the continued marginalization and lack of integration of people of color and, more so, LGBT elders of color into this dialogue.

Op-ed: If Lesbians Are More at Risk for Cancer, Do Something

The number of lesbians dying from cancer is both unacceptable and suspicious of a larger problem, argues the director for the National LGBT Cancer Network.

National Coming Out Day: Preview of ‘coming.out.’ Section From Documentary ‘black./womyn.’

I’ve decided to offer the ENTIRE ‘coming.out.’ section of the ‘black./womyn.:conversations…’ film for you all to view in celebration of National Coming Out Day! Please share the video link with friends, family, etc. I hope that this will provide a starting point for some much needed dialogue in the Black lesbian community and many others.

VIDEO: Rep. John Lewis’ Emotional Speech to Atlanta Pride

Civil rights icon and Georgia Democratic Representative John Lewis delivered a moving speech at Atlanta Pride over the weekend. According to Rod 2.0, the congressman recalled the struggle leading up to the successful repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and encouraged advocates to continue pressing for equality.