Author Archives: Lee
What has the BGMLC Been Doing Lately?
While you haven’t heard much from the BGMLC recently, we are still doing work to benefit Black LGBT communities in the city of Philadelphia. We are in a period of re-focusing our efforts and building a stronger structure, so we can continue our work on a larger scale. We plan to do a […]
Blacks Continue to Lead in New HIV Infection Rates
Last week the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported that Blacks continue to account for the majority of new HIV infections in the United States. The statistics in the report are from 2006 and look at HIV incidence rates. Incidence refers to how many new infections are diagnosed in a year […]
New Book On the LGBT Experience in America
“Crisis: 40 stories revealing the personal, social & religious pain and trauma of growing up gay in America” is a soon to be released book edited by Mitchell Gold that shares the personal narratives of 40 gay and lesbian persons from all over the country. A few of the interviews are with people […]