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    Glennisha Morgan

    Glennisha Morgan

    Multimedia journalist, photographer and filmmaker

  • Transgender MMA Fighter Receives Heartwarming Support

    An?online campaign?titled "Fight 4 Fallon" has been launched in support of Fallon Fox, a transgender Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, who has been scrutinized because she isn't a cisgender woman. Fox came out as transgender?in March 2013 during an interview with Out Sports' Cyd Zeigler. "I'll whip her... I mean, I'll whip him," Hogan said.

  • BET Allegedly Makes Shocking Demand Of This Gay Man Before Letting Him On Air (UPDATE)

    The?2013 BET Awards?aired live at the Nokia Theatre L.A in Los Angeles on June 30 but it wasn't anything that went down on stage that appears to have caused the most controversy. Prior to the ceremony, the network aired coverage of the Ford?Red Carpet?featuring?B. Scott?and?singer Adrienne Bailon,?Clutch Magazine notes. B. Scott, a contributing editor to The Glam Network and an Ebony Magazine advice columnist, is known for his witty words and style.

  • 'L Word Star' Reveals Details About Her New Lesbian Role

    During the interview, she discussed landing the role, a scene where she's in bed with a woman, what "L Word" fans might like about "Ray Donovan" and more. In terms of Ray Donovan, the story is so rich, the actors are so fantastic, the writing is impeccable.

  • Why Don't Lesbians Hook Up Online?

    Ever since hookup websites (and subsequently apps) became the way gay men play, lesbians have been asking, "Where's our Grindr?" But perhaps the better question would be, do lesbians want to bang or just hang with friends? Women have been saying they want to be able to hook up the way the guys do at least as far back as 2001, when Elizabeth Perlman complained on a website called The New Gay, "I certainly wouldn't mind competing with the gays to take back my right to be a slut if it meant being a normal person who collects vagina photos on my cell phone." The reality, however, is that while gay men quickly monopolize new technology to find the fastest way to get laid (remember those AOL chat rooms?), lesbians tend to use social media to be more, well, social.

  • WATCH: Prop 8 Lawsuit Sponsor Slams Chris Christie Over DOMA Reaction

    Fresh off his victory at the Supreme Court, Adam Umhoefer of the?American Foundation For Equal Rights?(AFER), which filed the lawsuit challenging the proposition, joined?HuffPost Live?to discuss what he's experienced since receiving the historic news. During the segment, a clip of New Jersey?governor Chris Christie?stating that he didn't think the ruling was appropriate or important was played. "When you look at something like marriage, which the Supreme Court 14 times has said is a fundamental right for all citizens, when you're denying someone that right, it's absolutely appropriate for the courts to step in.

  • Reading In The Closet: Authors On The Books That Helped Them Come Out

    Reading may be a solitary experience, but for some of us, it let us know that we were not alone. While everyone’s story is different, many of us are united by our love of books and our belief that they have the power to bring us together and to show us that when we’re different, as Nicola Griffith writes, “we can be glad to be so.” Growing up gay can feel like an excruciatingly isolating experience, particularly without the resources to understand what it is exactly that makes you so different. Below you will find a makeshift canon of works that served as “goads, guides, and balms” to FSG’s own Frank Bidart, Nicola Griffith, Jesse Bering, Maureen N. McLane, and Carl Phillips.

  • Homophobia, Jamaica's 'Abominable Crime' And The Coming Storm

    The repeal of Jamaica’s long-outdated sodomy law, a relic of British imperialism that defines homosexual acts as “the abominable crime” of buggery and sets a maximum of 10 years of hard labor as punishment, will be debated during the current parliamentary session. While the 1864 law itself is rarely enforced, it is widely viewed in Jamaica to be the lynchpin of a national ideology that embraces homophobia and violently rejects the idea of gay rights. A recent survey found that 82 percent of Jamaicans consider homosexuality “morally wrong,” and 85 percent do not think it should be made legal.

  • Alan Cumming Lends Face To Beautiful New Marriage Equality Ad

    Actor?Alan Cumming recently joined a group of fellow celebrity Scots in an ad for marriage equality in Scotland, produced by the Equality Network, a campaign working for gay marriage. The campaign, titled?"Equal Marriage",?recently released a video, "It's Time," which features Cumming. The video was made to accentuate?support?for same-sex marriage in Scotland, as the Advocate points out.

  • Where Are They Now?: ACT UP AIDS Activists 25 Years Later

    Saturday night at the West Village's 49 Grove, the venerable AIDS activist group ACT UP NY, which pulled off spectacularly bold demonstrations in the late eighties and early nineties to force the government to speed up development of lifesaving HIV medications, held a reunion of sorts for its first wave of surviving members. Eigo is among the first-wavers who've started going back to the classic Monday night ACT UP meetings at the LGBT Community Center to address scary stats showing that HIV continues to rise at high rates among young gay men.

  • WATCH: New Documentary Highlights Death Of Slain Transgender Woman

    In November of 2011, Detroit Police identified?a burned torso that was found on Detroit's east side, belonging to 19-year-old Shelley Hilliard, a transgender woman who was reported missing. Some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists believed that Hilliard, who was also?known as Treasure , was murdered in a hate crime. In December of 2011,?new evidence surfaced?that Hilliard was an informant, in which her death was possibly a result of a police sting gone wrong.

  • A Different Breed Of Crime-Fighter Responds To Anti-Gay Violence

    When he spots two more people in Kevlar outside the subway station—a martial arts instructor and a young woman packing a foot-long flashlight—he quickly crosses the street, prepared for the night's crime watch.

  • LOOK: This Week's Great Moments In LGBT History Including Nureyev, Queer Nation And Mike Signorile

    King Gustav V of Sweden was born on this date. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 until his own death 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden and the second-longest reigning after Magnus IV. Kurt Haijby claimed that he was the lover of the king in the years between 1936 and 1947 who attempted to blackmail Gustav and was thrown in prison for 8 years.

  • Gay Rights Will Lead To Bestiality And 'Snuff Films,' Activist Claims

    Tea Party activist and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi recently made shocking accusations about gay rights. As Right Wing Watch notes, Corsi?made accusations?that gay rights will lead to bestiality, pedophilia and "snuff films" becoming legal.

  • Radio Host Makes Shocking Remarks About Single Black Mothers And Gay Men

    Tommy Sotomayor, an Atlanta-based radio host and YouTuber recently took to his?YouTube account?and made shocking accusations about black women, young gay men and the black community. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. As Clutch Magazine points out,?Sotomayor used ?the video and the teenage boys as an example to blame single black women for young gay men and to state that black women have failed.

  • MMA Fighter Goes On SHOCKING Gay Marriage Rant On Facebook

    Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Josh Thomson took to?his Facebook page?on June 10 to pose a controversial question, "Should you be allowed to marry whoever you want? The question lead to a lengthy discussion, resulting in Thomson comparing marriage equality to polygamy, pedophilia and incest and insinuating that?R&B singer R. Kelly?would attempt to marry young girls. My next question is, should siblings be allowed to marry siblings?

  • Eric McCormack Reveals What He Thinks Will From 'Will & Grace' Would Be Doing Today

    Eric McCormack?recently chatted with Uinterview.com about his new role on?TNT's "Perception". With?marriage equality?being a hot topic, McCormack voiced his opinion on whether or not he thought Truman would be married by now. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • 'The Fosters' Star Discusses Playing A Lesbian And How Real Lesbians Have Reacted

    Sherri Saum of ABC Family's new sitcom,?"The Fosters,"?which?boasts Jennifer Lopez as executive producer, recently chatted with?Elixher.com. During the candid interview about the series that highlights a multi-ethnic lesbian family, the actress discussed preparing to play a lesbian, being judged by real lesbians and more. Before the show aired Saum had a few lesbian?Twitter followers?who were skeptical of her taking on a role as a lesbian wife and mom.

  • Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill In Nigeria – Any Human Rights Implications?

    This relationship often described as unnatural and amongst the Christian and Islamic faiths in Nigeria is general not accepted. Without any intentions of making an ideological or philosophical argument on the issue of the morality of this kind of relationship, I would like to explore the human rights implications of passing of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill in Nigeria on 31 May 2013. The new Bill refutes any benefits that may accrue to a marriage and restates that such a marriage will not be recognised, even when contracted outside Nigeria.

  • LOOK: Brendon Ayanbadejo Shows Super Bowl Ring To Gay Football Players At L.A. Pride

    Pro football linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo—the genuinely nice guy recipient of CSW’s George Moscone Ally Award—left the confines of the VIP “holding” area to meet members of L.A. Flag Football the gay football team. Ayanbadejo showed off the 2012 Super Bowl ring he won playing with the Baltimore Ravens (he’s now a free agent) and joked with the guys who invited him to play football with them anytime: “I only play for a million dollars,” he said. CSW is honoring Ayanbadejo for “repeatedly and steadfastly” advocating for LGBT rights.

  • New Series Highlights Black LGBT Visionaries

    Filmmaker, writer and activist Katina Parker has created "Truth.Be.Told.," a television series that documents the lives of queer black visionaries. The documentary series was launched to capture their stories of trials, triumph, self discovery and evolution. A slew of notable people have committed to being featured in the first two seasons, such as Tony Award-winning?poet Staceyann Chin, "Noah Arc" creator Patrik-Ian Polk, filmmaker and transgender advocate?Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler?and more, as Black Enterprise notes.