The Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council presents “Conversation and Cocktails: Black Gay Men through the Arts.” Join us Wednesday July 10th, 2013 at 6:30 for a complimentary wine reception with a performance/discussion at 7:00 pm. This event will take place at the Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Contact:
Brandon Brooks, Event Co-Chair
bgmlcinfo@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Ground breaking organization presents thought provoking performance an...
The Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council presents “Conversation and Cocktails: Black Gay Men through the Arts.” Join us Wednesday July 10th, 2013 at 6:30 for a complimentary wine reception with a performance/discussion at 7:00 pm. This event will take place at the Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Contact:
Brandon Brooks, Event Co-Chair
bgmlcinfo@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Ground breaking organization presents thought provoking performance and discussion event.
Philadelphia, PA. July 3, 2013— The voices of a misunderstood and stigmatized group are beginning to be heard loud and clear. The black gay man of the 21st century is redefined and evolving. However, due to historical cultural and religious constructs many black gay men have considered ending the suffering for themselves.
For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Not Enough is the highly acclaimed 2012 anthology edited by national media personality Keith Boykin. It presents a tangible documentation of the collective experience of black gay men. The contributing authors describe in vivid language the beauty and contemporary challenges of being a black gay man in America. The Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council is fortunate to host two contributors Author James Earl Hardy and Reverend Kevin Taylor who will share the personal inspirations for their essays.
The Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council presents “Conversation and Cocktails: Black Gay Men through the Arts.” Join us Wednesday July 10th, 2013 at 6:30 for a complimentary wine reception with a performance/discussion at 7:00 pm. This event will take place at the Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
The Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council is a social and civic organization which seeks to advance the status of LGBTQ persons of color through advocacy, organizing and social activity.
The group meets monthly.
James Earl Hardy is the author of the bestselling B-Boy Blues series: B-Boy Blues (praised as the first gay hip-hop love story and a Lambda Literary Award finalist); 2nd Time Around; If Only For One Nite (an American Library Association Gay Novel of the Year honoree); The Day Eazy-E Died; Love The One You’re With; and A House Is Not a Home. He’s also co-author of Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris. He contributed the new introductory essay to the reissue of the groundbreaking Black gay male anthology, In The Life, and his one-man show about adult film actor Tiger Tyson, Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star, won the Downtown Urban Theater Festival’s Best Short Prize. An honors graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, his work as a cultural affairs reporter/essayist has been recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists, the E.Y. Harburg Arts Foundation, the American Association of Sunday & Feature Editors, the Educational Press Association, and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. His first short story collection, Can You Feel What I’m Saying?, will be released this summer.
Kevin E. Taylor is the Pastor of Unity Fellowship Church, New Brunswick, which he founded in January 2001. He is a publisher, author, and an empowerment coach. Kevin is also an award-winning TV producer, having worked with BET since 1991 and through his own video production company, where he created such programs as Access Granted, Notarized, Testimony, VideoLink and Lyrically Speaking and interviewed such artists as Natalie Cole, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Aaliyah, Lenny Kravitz, and Mariah Carey
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For more information please contact Brandon, Organizing Co-Chair bgmlcinfo@gmail.com