From Mike Tidmus via Pam's House Blend:
That Willie Wilson, he’s a bad motherfucker! Shut my mouth!


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At the last minute, gay activists were blocked from speaking at the Million More March Saturday by Rev Willie Wilson, that crazy guy who thinks lesbians are ruining society. Keith Boykin, who was scheduled to speak, explains what happened at his blog:
This is what happened today. After I arrived at the VIP tent shortly after 8 in the morning, my ( Read more... )

I still don't know how to feel about the Millions More March, a 10th anniversary redo of the historic 1995 Million Man MarchOn the one hand, I'm all about the racial & cultural pride. I know how powerful it is to gather with your own people and collectively say "acknowledge us". For me, attending gay pride parades, anti-war demonstrations, pro- ( Read more... )

Black gay right activists are going to hold a kind of counter-rally during the MMM:
"A rally will take place whether we're for or against" the Millions More Movement, said Tamara Dunlap, who said she has reserved space on Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington for the morning of Oct. 15. She addressed about 100 people at a meeting last night to ( Read more... )

Apparently, Atlanta Has Become a Mecca for Black Gays. ( Many make their homes in Atlanta for the same reasons that tens of thousands of other blacks have relocated to such states as Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas: a moderate cost of living and the familiar culture of the South, where most black Americans have family roots. )

I'm copy & pasting this entire post, because I'm out of snappy commentary. From DCist:
How do you best diffuse negative publicity? Well, according to Rev. Willie F. Wilson of the District's Union Temple Baptist Church, you do so by identifying a problem so grave that it necessitates being labeled a "national emergency." And what emergency is that ( Read more... )