WATCH: Black Lesbians & Gay Men Out on MLK Day
ShareTweet On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the NoMoreDownLow.TV team followed the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allies group of participants in the 2011 Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles. This was the third consecutive year that the Barbara Jordan/ Bayard Rustin Coalition, The Here to Stay Coalition, Black Lesbians United, In the Meantime Men’s Group, At the Beach Los [...]
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MLK Day Parade: Black, Gay & Here to Stay (PHOTOS)
ShareTweet NoMoreDownLow.TV was out marching this morning with the Jordan/Rustin Coalition and Here to Stay. A remarkable day marching in South Los Angeles down Martin Luther King Blvd, all the way down Crenshaw Blvd and into Leimert Park. This was the third consecutive year that the Barbara Jordan/ Bayard Rustin Coalition, The Here to Stay [...]
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Openly Gay, Black Wrestler
ShareTweet OutSports is one of our favorite sites for a reason… they are always profiling openly gay athletes, helping to break down stereotypes about what it means to be gay, straight and/or athletic. They recently profiled the coming out story of Akil Patterson. He was a college football player that struggled with his sexual identity. [...]
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Black & Gay on MLK Day: From Oklahoma to Hawaii
ShareTweet We’re scouring the Internet trying to bring you information on how the black gay community is celebrating Martin Luther King Day. Here are a couple more cities to add to our list: Tulsa, Oklahoma In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the LGBT community is participating in the Martin Luther King Parade scheduled for Monday, January 17th at 11:00 [...]
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Controversy? Black Gay Families on Billboard
ShareTweet A billboard in Schnectady, NY is at the center of a controversy – Why? Because it features a photo of two black gay families with the headline “I Am Gay. And This is Where I Stay. We have always been a part of this community.” This is one, in a series of billboards, that [...]
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Coming Out on ESPN with Hugh Jackman
ShareTweet Great commentary and story from LZ Granderson on how he came out of the closet on ESPN. At an LA LAkers game, he was on camera bantering with a couple of the basketball players and asks about their Hollywood crush. Soon, the tables turned and he was asked and said… “Eventually, I felt as [...]
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