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• President Obama to Offer Benefits to Gay Partners of Federal Employees (read 772 times) (46 commented)

  Gay rights activists protest last month outside a fundraiser in Beverly Hills attended by President Obama. See I told you last week that Black people could learn a lot from th

• A Father Speaks From Behind Bars: Najee Ali (read 249 times) (2 commented)

  Arrested and charged in March 2008 with attempting to intimidate a witness and attempting to bribe a witness in his daughter’s trial for assault with a deadly weapon and

• Music Video: Choklate’s ‘Sun’s Out/Grown Folks” featuring Malcolm Jamal Warner and Yours Truly (read 239 times) (0 commented)

  Today our girl Choklate debuted the music video for her latest single "Sun's Out" off her sophomore album “To Whom It May Concern.”  For my Angelino's in the house, the vi

• Concert - Femi Kuti, Santogold, Raphael Saadiq (read 163 times) (0 commented)

  When: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7pm to 12am  PDT Where: Hollywood Bowl 2301 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, CA 90068 Event Status: confirmed Event Description: KCRWs World Festival Nige

• CSU Dominguez Hills and Home Depot Center Charitable Foundation to host Inaugural Music, Movies and More Symposium (read 151 times) (0 commented)

  When: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:30pm to 4pm PDT Where: California State University, Dominguez Hills Event Description: California State University, Dominguez Hills and The Home De

• 2nd Annual Project Fatherhood Conference on the Impact of Absentee Fathers on Children’s Lives (read 108 times) (0 commented)

  When: Sat Jun 20, 2009 Where: University of Southern California’s Davidson Convention Center Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Judge Greg Mathis to Keynote 2nd Annual P

• Community Coalition Resource Fair (read 85 times) (0 commented)

  When: Sat Jun 20, 2009 10am to 2pm  PDT Where: Foshay Learning Center Western & Exposition Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Healthcare Job Traning Parenting Service

• Sistah Friends Hosts Black Lesbian Juneteenth Celebration (read 141 times) (0 commented)

  When: Sat Jun 20, 2009 11am to Sat Jun 20, 2009 7pm  PDT Where: Bixby Park 130 Cherry Avenue Long Beach, CA 90899 Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Sistah Friends Hosts

• Dinah in Color (read 114 times) (0 commented)

  When: Thu Apr 29, 2010 to Sun May 2, 2010  Where: Green Valley Ranch and Resort 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway Henderson, NV 89052 Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Annual Bl

• Dinah in Color Moves to Las Vegas for 2010 (read 410 times) (0 commented)

  This just in! Lucy and Gail’s Dinah in Color will be held in Las Vegas at the Green Valley Ranch and Resort in 2010, April 29 through May 2! The duo just announced their plan

• It Takes All Kinds: A Father’s Day Story (read 255 times) (0 commented)

  In 1995, Oakland, California, a young man helping a fellow church friend found himself the father of a 4 month old. This happened when the mother, who at the time had three sm

• Random Thoughts: Lakers Win but L.A. Loses (read 325 times) (0 commented)

  Look, I’m as happy as the next Angelino that the Los Angeles Lakers’ are bringing home the NBA Championship, but before you start the celebration, you might want to slow yo

• Foreign Exchange: U.K.’s Iman Osman Goes Hollywood (read 158 times) (0 commented)

  Q. Dixon performing for Andre Harrell My girl Iman is in the U.S. on her first trip from the U.K. and had the opportunity to sing for music mogul Andre Harrell. A lit

• Concert - Choklate (read 57 times) (0 commented)

  When: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9pm to 2am  PDT Where: 4519 SANTA MONICA BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90029 Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Choklate will be in town performing songs f

• Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph Urges Californians to Call the Governor and Say No to Cuts in HIV/AIDS Funding (read 359 times) (0 commented)

  Call to Action Call and/or write the Governor’s office today and tell him NO to cutting HIV/AIDs funding and programs. State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone

• Random Thoughts: P is for Pervert and This Time I’m NOT Talking About R. Kelly (read 466 times) (1 commented)

  It’s just not safe for women to walk the streets of Los Angeles and now make that the San Fernando Valley. Some time back I wrote an op-ed about why I wouldn’t be going

• More Jobs… (read 489 times) (0 commented)

  Deputy Director, Government & Community Relations, UC Berkeley. $100,000 -$110,000 annually. Requires Bachelors degree or equivalent and 5 years local government and/or communi

• ATBLA Los Angeles Black Pride Calendar of Events (read 509 times) (3 commented)

  Please note that the annual beach party is schedule for Friday, not Saturday, this year. Enjoy! At the Beach Los Angeles Black Pride June 30-July 5, 2009 For Ever U

• Kassandra Thomas-Wright Ordained A.M.E. Deacon on Prop. 8 (read 287 times) (0 commented)

  Separating Church & State from Prop. 8 By Kassandra Thomas-Wright I am a forty six year old, African American, female and I am an ordained deacon in the African Methodist E

• BET Releases List of ‘Who’s Who’ in Black Gay America (read 758 times) (1 commented)

  Yeah, so I may never make those white gay organizations list of Who’s Who in LGBT politics, but that doesn’t matter to me. I made BET’s list. So take that haters! Lol

• The Tipping Point w/Roseanne Barr on Calif.’s Prop. 8 (read 474 times) (2 commented)

  I finally got around to uploading my appearance in April on Roseanne Barr's new Free Speech TV show "The Tipping Point." Enjoy! H/t Scott

• Whitney’s Back: New Album to Drop on Sept. 1 (read 301 times) (0 commented)

  Whitney Houston’s new album "The Wait is Over" will be released worldwide September 1, 2009 on Arista Records. This is Whitney’s 7th studio album. Since her 1985 self-title

• Laura Izibor’s “Let the Truth be Told” (read 353 times) (0 commented)

  Laura Izibor Let the Truth Be Told Released: June 16, 2009 Atlantic Records Don't Sleep on Laura Izibor's new Album! Born to a working class family in Dublin, Ireland, I

• The Best of DJ Quik (read 408 times) (0 commented)

  Because it bears repeating, I'll say it again: Now let’s get this straight from the jump…this is strictly for lovers of West Coast rap and for those smart enough to know t

• Black Lesbian Short Film “Pariah” Finalist in Netflix Find Your Voice Competition (read 560 times) (1 commented)

  PARIAH is a semi-finalist in the Netflix FIND Your Voice Competition. Voting for the Netflix FIND Your Voice Competition has started at www.netflixfindyourvoice.com.   The t

• Random Thoughts: But I Thought Racism was Dead… (read 543 times) (6 commented)

  ...now that we've got a Black President.  At least that's what I was told.

• Vlogging: L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry’s Swearing-In (read 303 times) (0 commented)

  Ladies and gents, no worries if you can't make it downtown to Los Angeles' 9th District Councilwoman Jan Perry's swearing-in ceremony as I will be broadcasting it live on my si

• Lesbians I Love: Betrice Coleman-Sweet (read 437 times) (6 commented)

  This week's Lesbian I Love profile is of Betrice Coleman-Sweet of Los Angeles.  I can't say that Betrice and I hang out all that much, but the times that I have been in he

• Random Thoughts: Kinky Old Black Men Give Me the Creeps (read 436 times) (0 commented)

  So check this out. I’m in Compton today meeting my girl Shon at Starbucks on Rosecrans and Central (holla!). We decide to walk over to the adjacent Fresh & Easy, Shon n

• Teena Marie’s Back with “Congo Square” + Tour Dates (read 363 times) (1 commented)

  Congo Square Teena Marie Will Be Released: Jun 9, 2009 Released By STAX BUY NOW We heart Teena Marie! The thirteenth album and Stax Records debut from internationally-re