Black LGBTQ community

Archbishop Carl Bean Passes, Services Announced

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2021

Funeral Services will be held at Unity Fellowship Church on Saturday September 18, 2021. Archbishop Carl Bean, a pioneering AIDS activist, trailblazer in the LGBTQ Church movement, and international advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer persons, passed away on September 7. He was 77-years-old. His life will be celebrated on Saturday, September 18, at McCarty Memorial Christian Church, 4103 W. Adams Blvd. in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. The Rev. Edward Anderson is the host pastor. Social distancing protocols will be followed and masks will be required. Parking is limited. Ridesharing and public transportation are encouraged.

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JASMINE DAVIS: A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHAKING UP ‘THE CHI’ AND REPPING LGBTQIA+AS THE FIRST TRANSGENDER CHARACTER ON THE SHOW

Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing WriterMay 20, 2021

Back to Ms. Davis who, by the by, is the show’s first transgender character, a distinction the vivacious actress delights in.
Davis came from the streets of Chicago IL where she was raised by her mom who had four other children. Like many young people living in urban environments, Davis’ dad battled with drug addiction which is why he has been in and out of her life.

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Ed Buck is in Jail and Now the Culture Vultures are Circling

Jasmyne A. Cannick, Contributing WriterDecember 10, 2020

It took almost three years, but Ed Buck is finally sitting in a jail charged with nine federal counts–including that he supplied the crystal meth that caused two overdose deaths and that he engaged in a pattern of soliciting Black men to consume drugs that he provided.