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Washington’s rep Howard Bragman confirmed this evening to TMZ that “Grey’s” creator Shonda Rimes called Isaiah today and told him he would not be invited back to the show next season. 

Word on the street, thanks to O1LT.com, is that Mase, though he doesn’t actually mention his name so I’ll say allegedly, was caught trying to cruise the transvestites here in Midtown on Spring Street.

As mentioned in The Color of Being Gay: Part I, gay stays ‘White’ because of the unique African-American religious experience in this country. Another reason why being gay has been traditionally synonymous with being White is because Black men, historically, were left out of the burgeoning Gay Rights Movement of the late 60s and early 70s. 

Why is it that people think that Black gays do not exist especially in the 21st century? I have came up with three hypotheses all of which I will discuss in the coming months; one being the Black Church. The Black Church has played an important role in making sure that gay stays White. The attitudes of the Black Church on homosexuality have excluded Black men from being able to come out in their communities and most importantly it has aided in the invisibility of proud and open African-American Same Gender Loving men.

The advent of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s gave the gay community a need to rally around gay marriage rights with urgency. For the first time homosexual couples endured the results of not having legally binding contracts for their relationships. Unlike heterosexual couples, the next of kin was the wife or husband, in gay relationships the significant other of people inflicted with AIDS had no “power” concerning the medical care, estate planning, burial, and other financial and legal aspects of their partner due to death.

Most relationships would last longer if they were taken as seriously as we handle our jobs or businesses. Most of us honor our commitments in our business lives because we realize the consequences of poor performance. We realize that you can possibly be fired causing a snowball affect in just about each aspect of our life.

It’s widely held belief that Atlanta is a great gay mecca, especially for black men. I felt the same way, in the beginning. However, politically and legally, Atlanta has proven to not be too kind to their LGBT residents. Our parties and parades bring millions into this city, but there is still a battle over how to deal with LGBT citizens in Georgia. 

Atlanta Black Gay Pride 2006 kicks off their 10th anniversary and it promises to their biggest pride yet. With a truckload of workshops, films, events and parties (including a ton of choices for womyn), there is literally something for everyone. 

James looks at the often overlooked life of Bayard Rustin. This gay, African-American activist organized the 1963 March on Washington and mentored Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin paid a heavy price for his homosexuality.