In these episodes, I speak with the astonishing director/videographer,  Alex Hinton during the DVD release event for his documentary "Pick Up the Mic". Alex reveals how he was inspired to produce this ground breaking work as well as insider details of how it all came together.

Having HIV is hard, but when one has to watch out for other diseases, life becomes harder. I'm sure all of you have been bombarded with the media's warnings and coverage of the H1N1 virus, but more information needs to be widely distributed.

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GBMNews, in cooporation with In The Life Media, is proud to present the groundbreaking PBS New York program IN THE LIFE.

In this episode, I interview Jazz saxophonist and artist Booker T. Willams. Booker as he presented his new artwork at the Casa Frela Gallery on Nov 1st. The art show "Urban Individualist - Masquerade False Faces" featured artist from the US, the Caribbean and Africa. 

Nathan Seven Scott meets  with Celebrity Chef Love Jones at Crate & Barrel in New York City's trendy Soho. Jones discusses plating, setting the table and having fun with gadgets in this exclusive episode.

This Saturday's London rally against Sharia law and all religious tyrannies should be huge. Millions of people are suffering at the hands of clerical regimes, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran. Sadly, the turn out in Hyde Park will probably be quite small. This is odd. Most liberals and left-wingers would protest loud and strong if these persecutions were perpetrated by a western regime or by Christian fundamentalists. But they get squeamish when it comes to challenging human rights abuses done in the name of Islam.

Since the burnt and dismembered remains of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado were discovered in Puerto Rico, there has been an outcry and expressions of outrage at his murder. Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in Mercado's island home, as well as across the nation, have increased their calls not only for justice to be done when the perpetrator is caught, but that the provisions of the hate crime legislation, which is only given lip service; be strengthened.

When the insistent tinkling of a cell phone was answered and a connection established, on this side, Kate Barnhart apologized for having to take the call, but said it was a call from jail and she had to take it. At the other end of the line, Dianna Rosario, a 26 year-old woman, had called from the Westchester County Jail, where she had been held, since earlier on Friday, Nov 13, 2009, on remand for a probation violation.

In one day, seven gay publications closed their doors, leaving staff literally out in the cold and in shock. Reports flying across the national news wires stated that Window Media LLC, publishers and owners of renowned Washington Blade, one of the nation's oldest gay publications - around since 1969, the Southern Voice in Atlanta, GA - around since 1989, the Houston Voice, the South Florida Blade, 411 Magazine, Genre Magazine, and David Atlanta, a publication about gay men's nightlife in Atlanta, abruptly ceased business operations on Monday.

As the digital age steams forward, despite the harsh economic times, it is not surprising that media behemoths such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post are in active "re-invention" mode. 

Now that the elections are over and Mayor Bloomberg has retained his office, the newly established commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) homeless youth is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Nov 18. When Bloomberg, announced at the Ali Forney Center's (AFC) annual fundraiser on Oct 5 that he had established a commission to look into and address the plight of the city's homeless LGBT youth, to many in the audience, it was a surprise, many others wondered if it was another election year gimmick.

Concerts featuring homophobic Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man have been cancelled at all the venues in Australia and New Zealand. The cancellations resulted from protests by gay rights groups, including the Australian Coalition for Equality and representations by OutRage! on behalf of the international Stop Murder Music campaign, to the tour organizers.

October was Black History Month in Britain - a wonderful celebration of the huge, important and valuable contribution that black people have made to humanity and to popular culture. It is also worth celebrating that many leading black icons have been lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), most notably the US black liberation hero Malcolm X.

Black people need to stop treating homosexuality as if it's a white man's disease. We need to embrace the vibrant presence of gays and lesbians in our community and stop siding with bigots and racists.Over the past few weeks the homophobic murder of Ian Baynham in Trafalgar Square and the assault on PC James Parkes in Liverpool have shocked the gay community. Every anti-gay opinion adds strength to their attackers and supports other gay bashers.

I am writing to you to call on the Church of England and the wider Anglican community to condemn Uganda's proposed anti-homosexuality bill, which will make gay relations between disabled people and those under 18 a capital offence. "Carnal knowledge against the order of nature" – as homosexuality is termed in Ugandan law – is already punishable with life imprisonment. However, if passed, the new bill will widen the scope, including promoting homosexuality, aiding and abetting homosexuality and keeping a house "for purposes of homosexuality". This means that the relatives and friends of gay couples could face execution if they allow them to stay in their homes.

PROVIDENCE — For nearly a century, gay black men have contributed to the state’s political, academic and cultural life. But their efforts haven’t always been recognized. “People always ask me, ‘Have things gotten better for you, the blacks?’ ” said author James Baldwin at a 1985 reading at the First Baptist Church in Providence. “I survived it. That’s the best I can say.”

Travel companies inviting gay and lesbian travellers to "paint the town pink" and claiming that South Africa has some of the most enlightened human rights policies in the world aren't technically wrong — but the push to attract gays from abroad stands in sharp contrast to the violence suffered by homos in that country. In reality South Africa is divided into two different worlds, separated by ethnicity, money and geography, with one of the highest HIV-infection rates in the world.

(New York, NY) - When Rosita Libre de Marulanda had wheeled herself into the center of the room and stopped, she was an image of aloneness: diminutive, reduced, and ringed by hundreds of people, uncannily all with their backs to her, a dark wall of suits, none taking any notice of her; yet, the one thing standing out, the red flower in her hair. As if on cue, two young men dressed in suits came over, spoke with her briefly, and left her again in her aloneness.

During the recent Synod of African Bishops in Rome, it appears the issue of homosexuality in Africa assumed some major significance. Archbishop Robert Sarah, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in a session during the synod, suggested that a materialistic ideology was being imposed on African countries from the West, bringing with it a host of evils including abortion, artificial contraception and the legitimization of homosexuality. He described it as a "lethal ideology" and "contrary to African culture."

CAMEROON - 06 November 2009: Cameroonian LGBTI activist and Deputy President of the Association pour la Défense de l'Homosexualité (ADEFHO), Sébastien Mandeng was allegedly a victim of homophobic slurs and discrimination in the hands of Douala police station officials on Saturday 31 October, following an altercation with a taxi driver.

On Oct. 30, the Ricketts family became the new owners of a major league baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. With the team's purchase, the Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly gay owner.

On the book at issue in the recent Buzz Café cancellation, the Rev. Benjamin Reynolds has a particularly informed take. He is a gay black man who, as a pastor, has paid the price of coming out. This spring, he arrived as transitional pastor at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak Park. Three years ago, in Colorado, the congregation he grew up in dismissed him when he spoke up about his sexual orientation.

Gay men have the strongest sexual attraction to the most masculinized male faces, according to a study recently published online in the journal “Archives of Sexual Behavior.”

A patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.