Due to the passing of Proposition 8 in California, comedian and actress Wanda Sykes has officially come out of the closet. Last Saturday, during a protest for the passing of Prop. 8, she spoke about her support of gay marriage and herself as a gay woman. Congratulations to Wanda for coming out!!!!
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BARACK OBAMA IS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
5 Nov
I AM SO EXCITED TO SAY THAT BARACK OBAMA IS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERCIAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. MY GOD, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT. I AM SO EXCITED AND GRATEFUL THAT I VOTED FOR HIM AND HE WON. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. AMERICA IS READY FOR A CHANGE, AND OBAMA IS IT. I TRULY HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY AS I’M WRITING THIS RIGHT NOW. I AM SO FULL OF JOY. THIS IS SO INSPIRING, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR (ESPECIALLY YOUNG BLACK MEN). MAY GOD BLESS HIM AND HELP HIM BRING THIS COUNTRY BACK TO A POSITIVE LIFE.
I’m Voting Today
4 Nov
I’m very excited. My class was canceled for Today, so I can get to the polls early and cast my vote. PLEASE DO THE SAME. VOTE TODAY!
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Vote No on Proposition 8
3 NovOlive Demetrius, film-maker extraordinaire, has created a PSA for her site I LOVE U PEOPLE ( a site she shares with her partner, Hanifah Walidah). The PSA features Olive, comedian Gloria Bigelow and friend Dumeha Thompson, voicing why they should have the right to marry, even if they don’t find the right woman.
GO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4TH
3 Nov
GO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4th
Find your location to vote here: Go Vote!
I know you probably have heard that tomorrow is one of the most relevant, important elections in U.S. history and it is. Our country has gone down a economic, international, health care and educational slump and is enduring the consequences of it. I’m not writing this to tell you to vote for a specific candidate. I’m writing this to say, if you are registered to vote, GO VOTE. My generation takes too many things for granted, its the norm now to see an African-American as a Democratic Presidential Nominee or a white woman have a great chance at winning the nominee as well.
Today, people who are in the minority whether its race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion have so many opportunities than our elders have. Now is not the time to throw away the right to vote, a right that people died and fought to have. It may seem like a drag, waiting online just to cast a vote, but its not just a vote, it really does make your voice heard. It gives you an opportunity to determine how politics run in this country. It let’s congress and the senate know what the American citizens are thinking, what they’re demands are and what needs to be done. Even if you don’t support Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain, there are other candidates in the running, like Cynthia McKinney for the Green Party.
Don’t waste this right. Remember, only those who have voted can complain if their candidate isn’t chosen.
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Declare Yourself and Vote
2 OctCelebrities Are Getting People to Vote By Using Reverse Pyschology
To find you need to go to register to vote (if you haven’t already), click on this link: Find Location To Register To Vote.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
1 Oct
Are you going to be sporting something pink this month? Well, you should be since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women and women with a family history of Breast Cancer have a higher risk of being diagnosed with it. Countless companies make products specifically for Breast Cancer Pink Purchases, check it out and these links that show info on women of different ethnicities with breast cancer:
1) Statistics in Women with Breast Cancer
2) Breast Cancer and African-American Women
3) Breast Cancer and Asian Women
4) Breast Cancer and Hispanic Women
5) Breast Cancer in White Women
6) Breast Cancer and Native American Women
Be sure to also check out my interview with two-time breast cancer survivor, Bashira Brown, which was posted last year.
Stand Up To Cancer
2 Sep
Hey everyone, Happy September!!!! I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend.
Have any of you heard the new song “Stand Up To Cancer”. Its a new song featuring the best female artists from Beyonce to Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus to Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey to Mary J. Blige and several more. They’re all featured in the song “Stand Up To Cancer”, to inspire people who are have cancer to have faith and to focus on life rather than death. Along with a performance by the fabulous group of gals, the show will feature info on different cancers, how to prevent them and what to do if diagnosed with cancer. Several celebs including Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, America Ferrera , Christina Applegate, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Marge & Homer Simpson (yes, the Simpsons, it says so on the website) among others will featured on the show as well. The ultimate goal is to bring national awareness to cancer and since its being broad-casted on three popular networks: NBC, ABC and CBS, it will surely do so.
To hear the song, Click Here: Stand Up To Cancer and be sure to watch the tv special: Stand Up To Cancer on Sept. 5th at 8pm Eastern Time on ABC, NBC and CBS.
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