In ‘Bootycandy,’ Growing Up Black and Gay Is Sticky and Sweet in Gut-Busting Satirical Comedy
Playwright Robert O’Hara knew exactly what he was doing when he named his hit 2011 play “Bootycandy.” The provocative title generates...
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Playwright Robert O’Hara knew exactly what he was doing when he named his hit 2011 play “Bootycandy.” The provocative title generates...
It’s been 40 years since Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker released her magnum opus “The Color Purple,” and since then, the...
Dating in Atlanta is serious business. While many singles are swiping left or right on dating apps to find their person, those who can...
For many Black gay men, there are certain films in the Black theatrical cannon that continue to resonate decades after their release—”...
For Black gay filmmaker Micheal Rice, 2020 was a tipping point. Like the rest of the world, the Brooklyn-based documentarian (“party...
The International Ballroom inside The Beverly Hilton Hotel, home to The Golden Globes, got even gayer on April 2 as the 33rd GLAAD Media...
When LGBT Detroit kicks off their “Sex, Hooking Up, & The Apps” four-day college bus tour on March 29, they will do so in the tradition...
All eyes will be on Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, for the 94th Academy Awards. The annual broadcast marks the end of award season and...
In the first national tour of “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” Broadway actor James T. Lane, 44, transforms into...
Monroe Howard-Shackelford, a D.C.-based licensed psychotherapist, is reframing the way Black queer men view their sexuality through a...
Actor Brandon Black (“Dear White People,” “Insecure”) is aware that his performance in Tyler Perry’s new film “A Madea Homecoming” as the...
In June, Alphonso Mills, 30, and his fiancé Ja’Mel Ware, 33, will become fathers. They shared the news of their expanding family in a...
Any attempt to make it through a conversation with comedian Sampson McCormick without laughing will fail. The trailblazing gay comedian...
These men are taking their pleasure into their own hands. While this reality may not be revolutionary, especially considering the data...
“Exhume those bodies. Exhume those stories. The stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition. People who...
Janet Jackson is both adored and dismissed because of the soft tone of her voice, but in "Janet Jackson," the two-night documentary...
Singer and “artivist" Mykal Kilgore says, in many ways, he feels like he is starting over. Having achieved success on Broadway (Motown...
Like clockwork, the start of a new year is filled with resolutions, many of which are completely abandoned before the calendar enters the...
For many, Christmas represents the promise of peace and goodwill, but behind the decorations and family traditions is a dark underpinning...
Between December 2019 and May 2020, Joshua Henry Jenkins, co-creator of “Black, Gay, stuck at home,” lost two of his closest Black queer...
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