Jay Smooth: A Beginner's Guide to "No Homo."

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Jay Smooth: Why The Gay Rapper is Like 'Highlander.'

On point, as usual.

I gotta say, It’s funny that these cats (Terrance Dean, D.L. King, etc. ) have been trying to couch their self-promotion in some kind of larger social concern, like citing the D.L. “phenomenon” as a reason for the disproportionately high rate of AIDS among black women. The big problem with [...]

The Tragic Death of Lawrence King.

Lawrence King, a 15-year-old student at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, CA, already had it pretty rough. He was a foster child who lived in a home for troubled and abused children. And then he came out to his classmates as gay several weeks ago, wearing makeup and jewelry, and drawing the [...]

Hold Your Corners: Homophobia in Jamaica.

The homophobia often associated with Jamaica and dancehall music in particular is a mess of contradictions.

“In Jamaica we grew up in a homophobic society and the Bible is what we go by,” explains Vincent Nap, a Britain-based reggae artist. “You can’t expect us to turn around like our religion doesn’t matter.” [TIME]

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