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Celebrating the 11th Annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast

January 11, 2012 | by Stasha Oakley

January 16th marks the eleventh annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast, a gathering of local community members to honor civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and activist-writer Audre Lorde. The event’s official Facebook page describes the breakfast as “Food, Fun, Fierceness” and… Read more…

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A Brief History of Crackdowns

November 16, 2011 | by Randall Carpenter

Nearly a hundred years ago, the Bolsheviks put the 400-year rule of the tsars literally in the grave, while around the world in America the police were working long 10-hour shifts and often slept over in stations without baths, beds,… Read more…

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Opinion: Gay Men vs. Straight Women

September 25, 2011 | by Lucas Witherspoon

Recently, I found myself trapped in social setting that left me forced to listen to one of my hags tediously complain about the plights of womanhood: the makeup, the clothing, the waxing, the superficiality, the price of being a woman!… Read more…

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Opinion: Growing Up “Bible Belt”

September 21, 2011 | by Lucas Witherspoon

Growing up in the South, albeit the “Bible Belt”, homosexuality (or even sex itself) isn’t something that’s openly discussed. In fact, I wasn’t even aware of the idea of homosexuality until I hit puberty and took it upon myself to… Read more…

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Opinion: Chaz Bono

September 21, 2011 | by Lucas Witherspoon

Last week it was announced that Chaz Bono, the transgendered son of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, would be joining the season 13 cast of Dancing with the Stars. I didn’t really give it a second thought because, frankly,… Read more…

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WTF Tidbits

September 21, 2011 | by Lucas Witherspoon

OKCupid named Portland, Oregon “America’s most promiscuous city” (followed by Seattle and Pittsburgh). Yet again, my personal efforts to make Atlanta America’s most promiscuous city go unnoticed. Lindsay Lohan is suing rapper Pitbull for referencing her in his song “Give… Read more…

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DJ Escape to Heretic

September 7, 2011 | by GT Angelo

In the world of dance music, there are followers, and there are leaders. There are imitators, and there are innovators. There are DJs, and there is DJ Escape. “I don’t just play records—I play with the crowd. I’m always teasing… Read more…

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WTF?! – Paula Deen Kills America

August 31, 2011 | by Lucas Witherspoon

Anthony Bourdain is a douche, this we all know. It’s part of his charm. We would not want to see Bobby Flay… well, period, but particularly not when eating a spleen sandwich in Sicily and getting unabashedly wasted on-camera. Bourdain,… Read more…

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