Related Research Articles
The Advocate is an American LGBT magazine, printed bi-monthly and available by subscription. The Advocate brand also includes a website. Both magazine and website have an editorial focus on news, politics, opinion, and arts and entertainment of interest to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people. The magazine, established in 1967, is the oldest and largest LGBT publication in the United States and the only surviving one of its kind that was founded before the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan, an uprising that was a major milestone in the LGBT rights movement. On June 9, 2022, Pride Media was acquired by Equal Entertainment LLC.
Same-gender-loving, or SGL, a term coined for African American and African Diaspora use by activist Cleo Manago, is a description for homosexuals in the African American community. It emerged in the early 1990s as a culturally affirming African American homosexual identity.
Gaysweek was an American weekly gay and lesbian newspaper based in New York City printed from 1977 until 1979. Considered the city's first mainstream weekly lesbian and gay newspaper, it was founded by Alan Bell in 1977 as an 8-page single-color tabloid and finished its run in 1979 as a 24-page two-color publication. It featured articles, letter, art and poetry. It was, at the time, only one of three weekly publications geared towards gay people. It was also the first mainstream gay publication published by an African-American.
The National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays was the United States' first national organization for African American and Third World gay rights.
Phill Wilson is an American activist who founded the Black AIDS Institute in 1999, and served as its CEO, and is a prominent African-American HIV/AIDS activist.
Anita Cornwell was an American lesbian feminist author. In 1983, she wrote the first collection of essays by an African-American lesbian, Black Lesbian in White America.
Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians was a quarterly periodical for Black, Asian, Latina, and Native American lesbians published between 1977 and 1983 by the Salsa Soul Sisters, Third World Wimmin Inc Collective. The Collective also published the Salsa Soul Sisters/Third World Women's Gay-zette.
Racism in the LGBT community is any negative prejudice or form of discrimination against ethnic minority lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities by white LGBT communities in the Western world.
Jeanne Córdova was an American trailblazer of the lesbian and gay rights movement, founder of The Lesbian Tide, and a founder of the West Coast LGBT movement. Córdova was a second-wave feminist lesbian activist and proud butch.
The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS) is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles. It records and archives on-camera interviews with elders from the LGBTQ+ community throughout the United States.
Although often characterized as apolitical, “Los Angeles has provided the setting for many important chapters in the struggle for gay and lesbian community, visibility, and civil rights." Moreover, Los Angeles' LGBT community has historically played a significant role in the development of the entertainment industry.
Cleo Manago is an African American activist and social architect who coined the term same gender loving as an alternative for African descended or black people who do not wish to identify as gay or lesbian due to the perceived Eurocentric nature of the latter terminology and community practices. Along with his activism, he is also a blogger and columnist. Manago rejects the terms gay, bisexual and lesbian because he believes they are white, eurocentric-constructed identities which do not culturally affirm the culture and history of African descended people. Manago is also the founder and CEO of AmASSI Health and Cultural Centers and Black Men's Xchange (BMX).
The African-American LGBT community, otherwise referred to as the Black American LGBT community, is part of the overall LGBT culture and overall African-American culture. The initialism LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) journalism history.
The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history in the 20th century.
Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter was a bimonthly magazine focusing on Black Lesbian life and culture. Originally titled Black Lesbian Newsletter, Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter was published in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1982 to 1984. The newsletter contained articles, poems, personal adds and original art and photographs. Onyx is notable for being the earliest of three Bay Area publications including Ache and Issues which focused on Black Lesbian life and culture, the longest running of which was Ache: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent which was published from 1989 to 1993. Onyx covers were illustrated by Sarita Johnson.
References
- ↑ Ward, Eric K. (February 1993), "BLK Creates Cartoons With Attitude", The Lavender Network, Eugene, OR
- ↑ "How long will it take to put two and two together?" (Press release). BLK Publishing Company. 1999.
- 1 2 Cathy, Seabaugh (February 1994), "BLK: Focused Coverage for African-American Gays & Lesbians", Outlines, vol. 7, no. 8, Chicago
- ↑ Jim Merrett (1992-04-15). "A Safe Place for Pud Pounding". The Advocate . Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ↑ "BLK", Black Jack Newsletter, Los Angeles: Alan Bell, p. 3, January 1, 1989
- 1 2 "Alan Bell: BLK", Victory!, vol. 1, no. 5, Sacramento, April 1994
- ↑ Bell, Alan (1992), "La Belle Epoque", BLK, no. 34, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 10–17, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Banneker, Revon Kyle (July 1989), "Randy Cochran", BLK, no. 4, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 8–10, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Hughes, Chi (April 1989), "Oh, Lorde!", BLK, no. 5, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 6–7, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Banneker, Revon Kyle (July 1989), "Rev. Carl Bean", BLK, no. 8, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 8–10, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Ocamb, Karen (October 1990), "Phill Wilson", BLK, no. 23, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 7–17, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Bell, Alan (March 1990), "Cleo Manago", BLK, no. 16, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 7–18, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Banneker, Revon Kyle (April 1990), "Marlon Riggs Untied", BLK, no. 17, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 10–19, ISSN 1043-0075
- ↑ Bell, Alan (August 1990), "Climbing the Hill", BLK, no. 23, Los Angeles: BLK Publishing Company, pp. 9–15, ISSN 1043-0075