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Ernest Owens

Writer at Large, Politics

Ernest Owens is an award-winning journalist and CEO of Ernest Media Empire, LLC. As an openly gay black journalist, he has made headlines for speaking frankly about intersectional issues in society regarding race, LGBTQ, and pop culture.

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GALAEI Announces 2017 DARLA Awardees

The event celebrates LGBTQ community leaders.

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LGBTQ&A: Anthony Leon

We chat with the queer Latinx community leader.

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OPINION: Brian Sims, Stop Chasing the National Spotlight

Owens: It’s time to focus on the Gayborhood.

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LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: Queer Performances of Color.

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Trump’s First 100 Days Weren’t a Damn Comedy

Owens: It’s clear the resistance has been co-opted.

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Meet the Activist Who Protested Mazzoni With an HIV Meds Strike

Abdul-Aliy Muhammad on his extreme measure of resistance — and its swift end.

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Bill Prompted by Gayborhood Racism Complaints Passes Out of Committee

Businesses found to discriminate could be issued “cease operations orders.”

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Mazzoni Center CEO, Board President Resign

The nonprofit made the announcement on Monday.

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Mazzoni Staffers Call on CEO Nurit Shein to Resign

Employees confronted Shein over recent turmoil at the nonprofit.

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LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: 2017 Transgender HIV Awareness Day.

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Activists Protest Outside ICandy’s Sixth-Anniversary Party

On Saturday night, protesters demonstrated over racism at the controversial Gayborhood bar.

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Winn Resigns as Mazzoni Center’s Medical Director

The nonprofit’s board confirmed the move on Friday morning.

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Mazzoni Center Staff Members Stage Walkout After Reports

Roughly 30 employees briefly walked off the job.

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Black Lives Matter’s “Black Only” Meetings Aren’t Racist

Owens: Trying to desegregate BLM Philly meetings is antithetical to allyship.

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Mazzoni Medical Director Is Under “Investigation,” Sources Claim

Dr. Robert Winn hasn’t been to the center in more than a week.