Windy City Black Pride™ and PrideIndex.com announced the 24 recipients of the 2009 Esteem Awards. The Esteem Awards honors local and national organizations and individuals for their continued efforts in supporting the African-American LGBT community in the areas of entertainment, media, civil rights, business and art.
Since its inception in 1867 Morehouse College has produced unquestionably a pantheon of noted black men. And now, more than a century later, gay and bisexual Morehouse men are still struggling to be accepted.