A Black Gay Day In NYC: Black Lesbians Beaten By NYPD, RIP Octavia St. Laurent, Prop 8 Protest

The last few days have been strange.Perhaps it was not so strange, as it was a series of events that got me thinking alot about Black gay life in New York. RIP! Octavia Last week, we lost Octavia St. Laurent, … Continue reading read more »

Beating a Dead Horse: Prop 8 & Race

So finally the new data on the exit polls on what voters helped pass Proposition 8 in California has come out. And it shows about a 58% pro-Prop 8 voted amonf Black voters in the state of California, which is … Continue reading read more »

Black Vote for Prop 8 57%, not 70%!!!

Sorry I have been away. I know I promised several short pieces on Prop 8, but life got the better of me. Anyhoo, in a story that came out last week in the Washington Blade, there is some new data … Continue reading read more »

Prop 8 #1: A Material or Moral Defeat?

I know I am late on this one, but initially I thought that my essay from 2004, Is Gay Marriage Anti-Black, would be enough to help people think about the racial dimensions of the same-sex marriage debate. I can tell … Continue reading read more »