The Washington Post’s new short film series, BrotherSpeak, debuted its latest offering today, a six-minute documentary in which an all-black cast of men discuss their views on love. Participants include Rev. Frank Reid, Rev. Tony Lee, journalist Jonathan Capehart, and rapper Asheru. The segment, produced by theologian and Urban Cusp founder Rahiel Tesfamariam, tackles a…
Last Thursday, “the largest single study of the distribution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population in the U.S. on record” was published by the Williams Institute at the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. In the poll, 121,290 Americans were asked if they self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
In her new article for Rolling Out, Yvette Caslin calls on more black men to step up and be an active presence in the lives of young black boys. We know the stats and we’ve heard the anecdotes—70% of our kids are born to unwed parents—but that doesn’t tell the whole story. While there are…
Sistas sure do spend plenty of time putting our men in their places. Checkin’ them. Givin’ them the business. Letting them know when they’re wrong, how wrong they are and how quick they ‘betta’ get done with that wrongness. We have an arsenal of friends, sisters, Sorors and co-workers to dog them out with, ready…
