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Voters are sending two openly gay Black politicians from New York to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021. Ritchie Torres, 32, is a member of the New York City Council, where he has served for the past seven years representing the Bronx borough. He won the primary in New York’s 15th Congressional District in…

Featured panelists include Larry Scott-Walker, Executive Director, THRIVE Support Services; Dr. Nii-Quarterlai Quartey, Senior Advisor & National LGBT Liason, AARP; and Antoine B. Craigwell, President & CEO, Depressed Black Gay Men. This event was broadcast live via @rollingout Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. There is a new Health topic every week. To register for future weekly…

An Atlanta man was found guilty on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, for a sex crime he committed three years ago after he tricked a woman into believing he was gay. According to Fox 5 News in Atlanta, 36-year-old Taurence Callagain was found guilty of raping a woman he befriended on frequent train rides. Fox 5…

Tamar Braxton decided to respond after catching backlash for her recent social media rant about relationships. On Nov. 10, 2019, Braxton blasted men who choose not to have sex with their female significant others. “Truth is ladies that these dudes out here really do be gay,” Braxton wrote. “It ain’t enough money, beauty, hair, babies…

R&B crooner Tank caused quite the ruckus on social media after suggesting that a man giving another man oral sex more than once does not define his sexual orientation. Tank appeared on Angela Yee’s “Lip Service” podcast as he made the promotional rounds for his album Elevation. Yee, one of the stars of “The Breakfast…

Lil Nas X was “pushed by the universe” to come out as gay. The 20-year-old rapper and singer revealed to the world that he is gay during Pride Month in June this year and has said he believes the universe was sending him signs to push him toward opening up about his sexuality. Nas —…

From his perch at the top of the hip-hop game, rapper Young Thug says Lil Nas X was not being strategic from a career and financial standpoint when he announced to the world he is a homosexual at the end of Pride Month. Thugger, 27, who was born Jeffery Lamar Williams in Atlanta, is now…

Recently retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade has the time today to address his critics who took umbrage at his support for his son, 12-year-old Zion, who came out as openly gay during this past April’s Miami Pride parade. Zion Wade was accompanied to the event with his step-mother, actress Gabrielle Union, while D-Wade was away…

Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as the 56th mayor of the city of Chicago on May 20, 2019. Lightfoot, who is openly gay, is Chicago’s first Black female mayor. The video is a clip of her talking about changes she has in store for the Windy City.

Chicago has officially sworn Lori Lightfoot in as its first African American woman mayor of the city of Chicago. Lightfoot is also the city’s first openly gay mayor. On May 20, 2019 at the Wintrust arena the changing of the guard was solidified. The Ohio native ran her campaign on inclusion and a vow to…

The students at Ronald McNair High School in Atlanta, Georgia are still coming to terms with the death of a popular teacher. Roy McClendon-Thompson, 42, died during a police chase on Monday, April 8, 2019, after he killed his lover, identified as James Curtis Jones, 45, in a parking deck. McClendon-Thompson taught social studies at McNair…

The world woke up Monday to the news that future NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade is in complete support for his son who has announced at 11 years old that he is gay. While father Wade and his Miami Heat squad were away playing a game in Toronto, the rest of the Wade family, including…

Self-described “delivert” former gay Black man, Andrew Caldwell, became a viral internet sensation after his over the top testimony at a COGIC Conference in 2014. In the video, Caldwell proudly exclaims, “I’m not gay no [sic] more,” to the thunderous applause of the crowd. It was grand theatrics as Caldwell further testified, “I don’t like…

There will soon be a new and openly gay Black male superhero to hit the screens, and that hero’s name is SuperB—-. So says Oscar-winning director Lee Daniels, according to a recent Instagram post. The character has become a viral video sensation that features a man in high heeled thigh boots and a shiny skintight spandex shirt…

There will soon be a new and openly gay Black male superhero to hit the screens, and that hero’s name is SuperB—-. So says Oscar-winning director Lee Daniels, according to a recent Instagram post. The character has become a viral video sensation that features a man in high heeled thigh boots and a shiny skintight spandex shirt…

There is an update on the death of Gemmel Moore, who died in July 2017 under suspicious circumstances. As rolling out reported at the time, Moore was found dead in the home of a wealthy White Democratic donor named Ed Buck in Los Angeles. At the time, police reported drug paraphernalia and residue that indicated…

For some strange reason, Andrew “I’m delivert” Caldwell, known for his testimony at the COGIC conference decided to call out the Rev. Thaddeus Matthews for his use of profanity. Matthews has received thousands of views of videos where he has no problem stating in vulgar terms the parts of a woman he finds attractive. He is the…

Transgender model/actress Shauna Brooks is known for her outrageous views and spilling tea. She visited rolling out’s Reality Check to set the record straight about an alleged tryst with “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” playboy Stevie J, her thoughts on Bobby V’s latest rumor and to talk about her upcoming autobiography. Admittedly a transgender escort, Brooks…

Fear of the sexuality of his son caused a man and his girlfriend to be charged with rape in Huntsville, Alabama. According to media outlet AL.COM, Sean Cole, had visitation with his autistic son in Alabama. The boy, who was 11 at the time, traveled from his home in Georgia where he lives with his mother. At some…

The recent revelation by iconic music legend Quincy Jones that the late comedian Richard Pryor had sex with screen legend Marlon Brando shocked many fans. Some felt Jones was lying while others who knew Pryor stated it was the truth. Richard Pryor was born in a brothel in Peoria, Illinois. His grandmother ran the business and…