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Black Gay Web Series Pioneer Drops New Book 'Shoulda! Coulda! Woulda!'
With foundational blueprints laid by the late James Baldwin, Essex Hemphill and E. Lynn Harris, Black gay men are taking control of their...

Showing Up Whole As Black And Queer In The Fight For Racial Equality
OPINION: Ian L. Haddock says the pattern of racial violence in America has awakened his understanding of his identity as a Black, gay...

WATCH: Queer Comedian Sampson McCormick Prescribes Laughter As Medicine in New Special 'Church Boy'
For over two decades, Sampson McCormick has been breaking barriers as one of the first openly gay Black comedians in America, and this...

Gay Political Commentator Keith Boykin Arrested,Detained For 6 Hours During NYC George Floyd Protest
Keith Boykin, a longtime LGBTQ civil rights activist, openly gay author, educator and CNN political commentator, detailed his arrest on...

WATCH: Trans Minneapolis Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins On Racism As 'Public Health Crisis'
Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Council (Ward 8) Vice President and the first African-American transgender woman elected to public...

Trailblazing Black Gay HIV/AIDS Activist Dr. Ron Simmons Dead at 70
Friends and family are mourning the loss of trailblazing gay and HIV/AIDS activist and educator Dr. Ron Simmons. News of Simmons' passing...

Black Trans Man Murdered By Tallahassee Police, Conflicting Reports On If He Was Armed
An officer involved shooting on Wednesday morning at The Leon Arms Apartments in Tallahassee, Florida, left one man dead from multiple...

WATCH: Christian Cooper Speaks On Racist Encounter In Viral Central Park Video
In the days following his Memorial Day encounter in New York City's Central Park with Amy Cooper, a white woman and now fired Franklin...

COVID-19 Survivor, Bishop O.C. Allen III To Nurse: 'I Want To Die At Home'
Openly gay Bishop O.C. Allen III, Senior Pastor of The Vision Church of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, and a COVID-19 survivor, shared a...

WATCH: Star of Black Gay Amazon Prime Series 'The Chadwick Journals' Lands Daytime Emmy Nomination
For three seasons, Damian Toofeek Raven has been a force in his portrayal of Chadwick on the gay Amazon Prime series "The Chadwick...

Black Trans Web Series 'King Ester' Receives Four Daytime Emmy Nominations
The 47th Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday, and the new trans centered web series "King Ester" received four nominations....

Black Gay Louisiana Man Murdered, NBJC Calls For Hate Crime Investigation
The family of McKinsley LaKeith Lincoln, 29, are seeking justice after the openly gay man was found dead from gunshot wounds on the...

WATCH: 'Pose' Star Dyllon Burnside Teases New Doc On LGBTQ Life Down South
"Pose" star Dyllon Burnside is giving fans a new documentary on LGBTQ life in the South while we await the third season of the hit FX...

With lights out on Broadway, these Black LGBTQ artists are facing their biggest role yet—a pandemic.
Broadway theater is synonymous with New York City. Broadway also injects millions of dollars into New York's local and state economy, and...

Coupled Up: Brandon & Blair Dottin-Haley
Since inception, Living Out Loud 2.0 has made it our mission to elevate the lives and stories of Black same gender loving men, especially...

This gay man uses a wheelchair. It would be a mistake to think his libido is beholden to one too.
“How am I supposed to touch you?” It’s a question that Evan Wainwright, 34, has been asked so often by romantic partners that he has an...

WATCH: Author Rashid Darden Talks New Books, And Why Writing Black Gay Stories Is Neccesary
Black, gay novelist and friend to Living Out Loud 2.0, Rashid Darden, is releasing his eighth novel today, and after 15 years in the...

Black, Fat Queer Bodies: Receiving Pleasure And Demanding Respect
In the recently launched "MobiTalks" , a three-part digital series from New York City based filmmaker LaQuann Dawson, audiences are...

Going Viral: This Black, Gay British Dancer Isn't Allowing The Pandemic To Curb His Creativity
If you've spent any amount of time on social media in the last 48 hours, then there's a pretty good chance that you've come across a man...

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