Audacious Activism In The Fight For LGBT Equality

By Believe Out Loud | August 31, 2011
Two men kissing in front of a group of people holding signs.

I have a friend in Dayton, OH who just pulled off an act of delightfully bold LGBT activism.  A long-time, anti-LGBT City Commissioner, now up for re-election, let his website domain name lapse. My friend – with an eye (and a plan) for stupid mistakes – took it over and is now reminding visitors to…

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Gays Are Us: Why LGBT Equality Is Not A “White” Issue

By Believe Out Loud | August 23, 2011
A rainbow mosaic cross on a black background.

At last month’s 102nd annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a historic workshop focused on overcoming homophobia within the black community. As an African American, heterosexual, male pastor of a traditionally black Baptist church in the inner city of Washington, D.C., I was glad to see this legendary organization…

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