Monthly Archives: November 2014
Southern Clergy Voices Signal a Shift throughout the Black Community
For many, the very idea of an African American pastor or clergy person publicly embracing LGBT equality is unimaginable. You know the story; the Black Church is conservative and homophobic. That story is shifting. While the larger society has …
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Things I thought I would never say: An open letter to COGIC
My dear Church of God in Christ, I am about to take a risk and say some things that I more or less thought I would never say. I have concluded that it is time. I am approaching my 60th …
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Reflecting on Black Sexualities, Black Religiosity, & Black Lives in Anti-Black Times
These reflections were first shared on October 20, 2014 at the Columbia University conference, “Are the Gods Afraid of Black Sexuality? Religion and the Burdens of Black Sexual Politics,” and published in TheFeministWire.com Seventy-three days ago, Mike Brown, Jr., an …
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