Charles Pugh, a TV reporter turned politician, made history in 2009 as the first openly gay elected official in the city of Detroit. In an overwhelming show of support, Pugh won a seat onto Detroit city council and replaced Cockrel as council president.

Born and raised in Detroit, Pugh rose up from what some might call insurmountable circumstances. Pugh’s mother was murdered when he was only 3 years old. Four years later, Pugh’s father committed suicide when he shot himself in the head just across the hall from Charles’ bedroom, leaving him to make a 911 call no child should ever have to make. Raised by his grandmother, Pugh went on to become an honor student in high school and eventually left Detroit to attend the University of Missouri on a journalism scholarship. He did a stint as a reporter in Virginia and Indiana before returning to his hometown to join the Detroit Fox 2 News team.

Pugh is known for being a very public and positive figure in the LGBT community. Unapologetically gay, Pugh Read the rest of this entry »

Ex-gay pastor Donnie McClurkin delivered a sermon at the COGIC 102nd International Holy Convocation in Memphis, Tennessee last Saturday (November 7). During his sermon, he took shots at openly gay gospel singer Tonex and talks of how those of his generation have failed today’s youth, allowing them to fall prey to the perversions of homosexuality.

At one point, he implored homosexual youth to run down to the front of the stage and repent. (See 3rd video below).  Damn near half the congregation made their way down front.  smh.

This type of condemnation of homosexuality is no surprise coming from Donnie McClurkin.   He’s built his career on it.

Check out the video after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

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Today marks the 6-year anniversary of the tragic and untimely death of Sakia Gunn. Sakia was a 15-year-old African-American lesbian killed on the streets of Newark, New Jersey after rejecting the sexual advances of random men who approached her and her friends.

On the night of May 11, 2003, Sakia stood on the corner of Broad and Market streets in downtown Newark, NJ with friends waiting for a bus, after returning from an evening of fun with friends in Greenwich Village, NY. While waiting for the bus, Sakia and her friends were Read the rest of this entry »