Whitney Houston’s Sacrificial Choice: Fame and Fortune, or the Mirror! – and the Bobby Brown Factor By Cleo Manago, CEO and founder of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX) Washington, DC – The Whitney Houston story and finality is profoundly tragic, and may have been inevitable. The whole story may neverContinue Reading
Washington, DC – I’ve received an overwhelming response to my recent piece about The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s (GLAAD) demand for CNN to fire Roland Martin due to what they perceived as homophobic tweets. Most people agreed with my position, but, for those who questioned my view thatContinue Reading
Washington, DC – As the founder and national organizer of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX), the nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement for same gender loving (SGL), gay-identifying and bisexual African-descended males and allies, the actions of GLAAD raise great concern to me. A predominantly White organization, GLAAD may wantContinue Reading
Washington, DC – As a first-hand eyewitness to the rising of America’s Black HIV/AIDS industry, starting in the mid 1980s, this topic is very poignant to me. Almost 30 years ago, based on Black AIDS programs observed, I literally predicted that HIV would likely be in our communities for anContinue Reading