LISTEN: OutQ’s Larry Flick chats with the Queen of Pop, Madonna on her latest album, ‘Rebel Heart’

Madonna stops by the SiriusXM studios for the first time to speak with OutQ’s Larry Flick in person about her latest music project, Rebel Heart. The Grammy and Golden Globe Award winning Queen of Pop, spoke about her latest album, her inspirations and the New York of yesteryear.

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Madonna sparks outrage after using images of Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela to promote new album

Madonna sparked outrage Friday after her Twitter account posted images of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela Photoshopped onto her Rebel Heart album cover, reports The Huffington Post. Below is the album cover: Here’s Madonna’s Tweet with Nelson Mandela: And the Tweet with MLK: Following the tweets, fans and journalists posted things like “STOP,”…

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Commentary: people of color were 20th century’s conscience; will LGBTs be that of 21st?

Massive global interest in the passing and memorializing of Nelson Mandela last week illustrated again that people of color were humanity’s conscience during the 20th century. My question is will LGBT people be the conscience of the 21st century? If the systematic oppression, torture and denial of the basic human rights of a minority class…

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Nelson Mandela Memorial service: a ‘giant of history’ is laid to rest

SOUTH AFRICA – Nelson Mandela was lauded as a “giant of history” and “one of the greatest leaders of our time” as tens of thousands cheered and almost 100 world leaders paid tribute to the anti-apartheid icon at a memorial service today. President Barack Obama, addressing the 95,000 capacity crowd in the  First National Bank…

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The world pays tribute to Mandela

Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday was South Africa’s first post-Apartheid president, and an outspoken advocate for LGBT equality.  He appointed an openly-gay judge to South Africa’s High Court of Appeal and during his presidency, South Africa became the first nation in the world to constitutionally prohibit sexual orientation-based discrimination.  Mandela will be remembered for his…

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