Depression is common. But more common is the fact that, as a society, we don’t openly talk about depression and its impact on our communities. And while depression is very debilitating, and is recognized as a disability by the Americans with Disability Act (A.D.A.), its constant misunderstanding causes people who suffer from it to be misjudged.

Gay life and HIV in the black community is the subject of this month’s film series at the World AIDS Museum and Educational Center.

Now in its fourth season, the Fruitbowl podcast blows the lid off of sexuality — the podcast is subtitled An Oral History of Queer Sex.

This past week, we remembered the late Mayor Justin Flippen. He was affectionately referred to as “the Peoples’ Mayor,” a title he undoubtedly deserved.

(WCT) Many Voices, a Black church movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) justice, on May 5 launched a first-of-its-kind video campaign in partnership with Morgan State University (MSU), to increase awareness about LGBTQ life on historically Black College and University (HBCU) campuses, and the ways in which it is shaped by the Black Church tradition. HBCUs have not kept pace with other colleges and universities in developing welcoming environments for LGBT students, though that trend has been recently changing.