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REPORT: 43 Percent of Black Gay Youth Have Contemplated or ... A survey of black gay youth reveals that 43 percent of Black gay youth have thought about or attempted suicide ; over half of those surveyed fear or have ...

YPS releases stunning results of Black gay youth survey : by Kate Sosin, Windy City Times According to new preliminary survey findings, 43 percent of Black gay youth have thought about or attempted suicide as a result of issues related to being LGBT. The National Strategy for Black Gay Youth in America, ...

Blacks, Gay And Straight, Have Biggest Struggle With HIV/AIDS : According to a report released last week by the Black AIDS Institute, black gay and bisexual men make up one in 500 Americans overall, but account for one in four new HIV infections in the United States . It found that by the time a black gay man ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Terrifying Study: In Some U.S. Cities, One in Two Black Gay Men Have HIV : Black, gay America (which is to say, America), we need to talk. Let's all pull up a chair and check our outside voices at the door. You know what, scratch that. We're a global village, all brothers and sisters. And I'm not tripping off some Gwyneth ... Unicorn Booty (blog)

Black, Gay & Greek opens inequality discussion, Greek life  - In light of discussing the struggles LGBTQ students face on campus, Tuesday's Black, Gay & Greek event gave University of Cincinnati students and ...

Event spotlights HIV/AIDS and Black gay, bisexual youth : "The event was designed to highlight the spread of HIV/AIDS among Black gay and bisexual men and to showcase the talents of various youths who, through their ... See all stories on this topic » "

Report finds black gay males in US worst hit by HIV-AIDS By Robert MacPherson (AFP) - HIV-AIDS is affecting black gay men in the United States on a scale unseen among any other group in the developed world, said a report issued Wednesday ahead of the International AIDS ...

Difficult not to call Atlanta gay bar closures during Black Gay Pride discriminatory - Given the fact that no other bars were shut down in this way, it is difficult not to interpret the action as discriminatory against the LGBTQ community,” ...

On Being Black, Gay, and Male in the Tech Industry - Has the conversation omitted the LGBTQ community? Is it even necessary to focus on sexual orientation when calling for diversity in tech? It's difficult to answer these questions definitively because up until recently, tech companies were not tracking LGBTQ employee diversity—this may be because of ...

The White House Welcomes Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church for Black History ...  - The film will be part of a Black History Month event highlighting the LGBTQ community and will include opening remarks by Clay Cane. Also, the event ...

Couple Creates SlayTV Network To Better Represent Black LGBTQ Community - These are the words director Terry Torrington uses to describe present depictions of black gay men in the media ― which is why he and his husband, ...

Black, LGBT , American I am black, but rendered invisible within most mainstream LGBT movements. I am gay and have been ostracized by the homophobia of other black people. I am male and realize that my privileges are not granted to black lesbian and trans women. Like Carson  ...

Gay marriage and the black church: Recent events fuel intensified public debate Historically black churches aren't the only ones debating gay marriage. Representatives of the Episcopal Church and Presbyterian Church ( USA ) are gathered for their general conventions — the former in Indianapolis, the latter in Pittsburgh — and both ...

Black and Gay in the USA: The Harsh Truth of HIV and AIDS - Yahoo ... : From Yahoo! News: A new report looking at the effect of HIV and AIDS on gay and bisexual black finds that one in four is infected by HIV by the time they're 25 ...

Obama's gay-marriage views won't deter black voters, local pastors say : Approximately 95 percent of U.S. black voters in 2008 cast their ballot for Obama. In May, the president announced in an ABC News program that he thought "same-sex couples should be able to get married" after previously saying he opposed gay marriage. Chattanooga Times Free Press

Family, friends celebrate birthday of slain gay man - Matt, who publicly identified as a Black gay man, frequented Nellie's Sports Bar, an LGBTQ establishment, and one of the last places he was seen ...

Watch live: How to fight HIV infection among young gay black men ... : Ford Foundation and the National Minority AIDS Council released an action plan on combating HIV infection in black and bisexual gay men. The authors present the plan at Howard University to address social determinants, access to ... Other geolocations

Eliminating racist and anti-LGBTQ policies is essential to improving the health of Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men, according to a ... View article...

The same applies for the LGBTQ community. Police training should teach officers that the intersectionality of being a young black gay woman is challenging.". View article...

Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community : Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too ... Chicago Tribune