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Legendary multi-hyphenated entertainer Billy Porter has been in show business for three decades and is now enjoying the height of his career with starring roles on hit television shows, critically-acclaimed Broadway performances, iconic status among the millennial generation and a highly-lauded return to music by fans and peers. This week, Porter revealed a troubling chapter …

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                                                You’re invited to attend the Breaking Bread project; taking place January 23rd – 24th in Atlanta, GA (580 Holderness Street, SW).    

San Francisco – Since the 1980’s, San Francisco has been setting the model in the U.S. on how to fight against HIV. With the “Getting to Zero” initiative, the city expects to reduce both HIV infections and HIV deaths by 90 percent from the current levels, expecting to finish in 2020. Mayor Ed Lee from San Francisco announced …

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man accused of abducting a Philadelphia woman just weeks after a similar Virginia crime will be tried first in the Pennsylvania case. Delvin Barnes, 37, is being brought to Philadelphia from Virginia for an initial appearance Wednesday on federal kidnapping charges. Barnes is accused of grabbing a 22-year-old Philadelphia woman walking …

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Telling my partner I’m negative is a part of us being honest.

South African TV has interesting timing. Just days before Jeremy Meeks’ police mugshot seduced the Internet, DStv’s Comedy Central in Cape Town aired an episode of Anger Management in which Jordan (Laura Bell Bundy) breaks the cardinal rule for therapists by making out with a patient, a prison inmate with dreamy blue eyes and irresistible …

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Busboys and Poets (on 14th and V) is showing a free screening of The New Black on Sunday, June 22nd at 5:00 PM. The New Black is a documentary that highlights the intersecting identities of race and sexual orientation. It tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with LGBT issues. Source

This past Friday, June 24, same-sex marriages were made legal in New York, continuing conversations in the media and within many homes about the subject. While some are celebrating and making wedding plans others are protesting, as the hot political debate continues. The notion of being Black and openly gay—especially in the entertainment industry—remain controversial …

Black SGL Entertainers: Out & Proud Read More »

Recording a masterful opus requires various elements upon completion including producers, songwriters, and musicians just to name a few. Not to mention an artist and a photographer to help showcase and convey the album’s visual concept for its front cover. In celebration of Black Music Month, we gathered a vast collection of memorable album covers …

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