Michael Jackson, who was close friends with actress Elizabeth Taylor, most likely took a cue from Taylor's HIV advocacy and began his own. Taylor was a co-founder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and its founding international chairman. She corralled many of her connects to join

At the 2025 Paradise Garage Reunion at Xanadu in Brooklyn, writer Craig Washington joins fellow “Garageheads” to celebrate the legendary club’s enduring legacy. Through an intimate interview with original resident DJ and reunion co-organizer David Depino, the piece explores how the gathering has evo

On this podcast episode Johnnie Kornegay chats with Singer, Songwriter, Producer and Arranger Donnie  about his album The American Mythology , and his personal journey to liberation. This conversation was taped on June 20, 2016.

When I was about 11 years old, my parents suspected I might be gay, and they decided to do something about it. 

The Fund will provide mini-grants to media organizations to build their capacity to tell more stories about the impact of HIV on vulnerable communities. CNP will provide up to 12 grants, with most grant awards being between $10,000 and $20,000. The 2026 grant period will begin on April 1, 2026 and end on December 15, 2026. Grant partners will be expected to publish/produce between four (4) and six (6) stories during the grant period. The number of stories that grant partners will be expected to publish/produce will depend on each individual grant award. Please note that CNP expects deep reporting for these stories. The medium used for the stories can be written (print or online) and/or audio (podcast or radio). CNP expects to have a diverse grantee cohort creating stories across media types.

Recorded in January 2021, Archbishop Carl Bean, spiritual leader, HIV activism pioneer, and the voice behind 1977’s “I Was Born This Way,” recounts his journey from gospel stages and Motown to founding Unity Fellowship and ministering through the HIV crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. It’s a candid, joy

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s portrayal of Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show redefined Black boyhood on television. Through Warner’s work, generations of Black boys, from all backgrounds, found permission to be complex and unapologetically themselves.

When Grammy-winning producer Kaytranada faced online backlash over his dating preferences, it spotlighted the complex pressures Black men face regarding who they date. Writer, Joshua Alston examines how public policing of private lives not only flattens individual identity ...

As Black dandyism takes center stage, writer Eric Paulk explores the tradition's roots while calling for real change to address the mental health, education, and economic struggles plaguing Black men today.