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Apr 20 2011

Promoting acceptance

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—Kobe Bryant and four of his Los Angeles Laker teammates called for understanding, compassion and acceptance in a public service announcement released today.

The release of the public service announcement comes six days after Bryant was fined $100,000 by the NBA for using an obscene antigay slur aimed at a referee during a game last Tuesday.

The Lakers and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced on Friday they would work together to eliminate antigay slurs.

Apr 13 2011

Human Rights Campaign

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—Kobe Bryant said today what appeared to be a homophobic slur aimed at a referee during Tuesday night's game "should not be taken literally.''

"My actions were out of frustration during the heat of the game, period,'' the Los Angeles Lakers all-star guard said. "The words expressed do not reflect my feelings towards the gay and lesbian communities and were not meant to offend anyone.''

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 17 2011

First to target African American community

Morehouse graduates Jason Panda and Ashanti Johnson have recently made headlines by taking a new and innovative approach to help decrease the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the community. They are the creators of b condoms, a plush prophylactic that focuses on changing sexual health practices in four main target audiences: African-Americans, Latinos, people 50 and older, and gay and bisexual males.

Their goal is to make condoms cool, which should induce more people to use them and, in turn, reduce transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 11 2010

Newspaper outing gays adds fuel to the fire

Reports of attacks against homosexual people in Uganda have recently surfaced, after an article ran in the new Ugandan Rolling Stone (no relation to the American magazine) outed 100 Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transgender (LGBT) people, by publishing their names, photos, and even addresses, and called for their hanging.

Nov 11 2010

XXL’s seemingly homosexual undertone

Recently, while out shopping over the weekend, I came across a magazine vendor. As I was trying to decide which Hip Hop publication to purchase, there was one that stood out from the others.

The magazine did not stand out because one of my favorite artists was on the cover or because of some interesting rivalry brewing. This particular issue was peculiar due to the manner in which the two men on the cover were posed for the photograph.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.