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Oregon House hosts live drag performance to open session in honor of Pride Month
The Oregon House of Representatives’ session began on Wednesday with two Black drag queen performers lip-synching to songs by Aretha Franklin and Beyonce.
Bailey House Honors Queer, Black Artist Derrick Adams; Benefit Raises Over $200,000 For New Yorkers Living With HIV/AIDS, Chronic Illnesses
AP5 (2023) fetched $8,000 during a live auction Monday evening at the Art House benefit at The Bowery Hotel in New York City, ...
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Black House Democrats embrace Biden at another critical juncture
A new generation of activists turned lawmakers ... With President Biden once again on the political ropes, some Black members of the House appear ready to rally behind the embattled chief ...
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Will Hakeem Jeffries become America’s first Black House speaker? It’s down to New York.
The races in New York will also play a leading role in the arc of Jeffries’ future. If Democrats retake the House, he is poised to become the body’s first Black speaker. With all that in mind ...
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Democrats gain House seat in Louisiana with new majority Black 6th Congressional District
had been a member of the House in the 1990s before that district was revamped. This time Fields was the beneficiary of a new map that transformed the 6th District to a second majority Black ...