Welcome to INTERLINQ-ED, where we highlight news and media about and relevant to LGBTQ people of color, diaspora, and racial or ethnic minorities around the world.
This week’s weeks hot topic: President Obama’s support for gay marriage
Entertainment
Beenie Man apologizes for 10 Years of Homophobic Lyrics (QWOC Media Wire)
Wanda Sykes calls Mitt Romney the “Forrest Gump of candidates” and reacts to President Obama’s support of same-sex marriage (HuffPost Gay Voices)
Rumors fly over Raven Symone’s sexuality (Out.com)
Spotlight on Nigerian-born artist Rotimi Fani-Kayode (The Advocate)
News and Politics
Progress for LGBT rights in Chile, Cuba, and Argentina (Autostraddle)
Racialicious remembers twenty trans women, all victims of hate crimes (Racialicious)
Japanese lesbian looks forward to a marriage at Disneyland (Reuters)
Cuba may pass gay marriage legislation this year (GBM News)
Sports
WNBA’s Seimone Augustus is currently engaged to a woman (The Advocate)
Worries that LGBT presence will not be visible at London Olympics (Gay Star News)
Music
Hip-hop artist Y-Love comes out as gay (Dallas Voice)
The Voice’s Vicci Martinez does an interview with AfterEllen about relationships, albums, and life after The Voice (AfterEllen)
Watch the 16 minute short on Caribbean gay singer-songwriter Nhojj (GBM News)
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