When Pedro Zamora stepped foot into The Real World: San Francisco house in 1994, not even he was aware of the impact he’d make on his roommates, the show, and the world. He was a gay man of color living with AIDS and one of the first people to bring the disease to mainstream media. … Continue reading
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On This Frame: QLiC Co-Creator, Eren, shares her opinions.
“The Real World” Returns, Features QWOC Arielle AND Her Ex-Girlfriend
I have a confession: My name is Eren and I am a reality TV junkie! I’m addicted, y’all. It’s my guilty pleasure, my mind-numbing escape from reality that, ironically I know, is nowhere near real. And that’s precisely why I watch! Judge me if you like, but it’s incredibly entertaining to me to watch people … Continue reading
Many Voices: A Black Church Movement for LGBT
“God is love and love is for everyone,” says Bishop Tonyia Rawls. She is just one of a number of voices featured in the “Many Voices: A Black Church Movement for Gay and Transgender Justice” campaign. The movement “embraces the diversity of the human family and ensures that all are treated with love, compassion, and … Continue reading
Queer, Bi, Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Pansexual and More: The Labels that Define Us
So, TO HELL with LABELS, right? I mean, raise your hand if you agree that they can be stifling, confusing, and just down right exhausting sometimes. I see those hands. I know for me they can be. You remember the good ole days when you’d meet a chick waiting in line for the bathroom at … Continue reading
It’s Time: My ‘Coming Out After 30’ Story
I was about 15,000 ft above sea level when I decided to come out to my family. Sitting alone in the back of one of the noisy ‘puddle-jumpers’ we islanders use to make quick hops from one island to another, I knew the time had come. The sun was setting on one of the worse … Continue reading