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Books

Author Leah Johnson On Being Young, Black, Queer And In Love

5:30am February 14, 2021

by Summer Thomad

Leah Johnson never saw herself in the novels she grew up with, so she wrote her own. Her debut is about the joy and frustration of growing up Black and queer in a place where that's not the norm.

Religion

Embracing 'The Diversity Of God': Harlem Church Engages, Affirms Queer Members

8:32am February 13, 2021

by Scott Simon

Michael Walrond, Jr., senior pastor at First Corinthian Baptist Church, tells NPR's Scott Simon that his church hopes to repair the trauma institutionalized religion inflicted on LGBTQ communities.

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Finding spaces to shoot is often challenging for The Tenth in ways that it isn't for more mainstream publication.

National
Arts
Politics & Government

Meet 'The Tenth,' A Slick New Magazine For Queer Black Men

11:27am January 27, 2016

by Hugh Ryan

Now on its third issue, The Tenth wants the fashion industry to stop seeing queer blacks folks as "the flavor of the month."