Rolling Stone revealed an exclusive clip from the new documentary I Was Born This Way, featuring an in-depth exploration of ...

Roots co-founder Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter is writing and directing a new narrative film that's billed to "drops ...

Watch the trailer for the Carl Bean documentary 'I Was Born This Way,' about the singer-turned-minister who inspired Lady Gaga's hit single.

Lady Gaga honors Carl Bean and his 1977 queer anthem 'I Was Born This Way' in a new doc clip with Questlove reflecting on the song's LGBTQ legacy.

Gospel artist and minister Carl Bean, who sang the gay pride anthem “I Was Born This Way,” has died at age 77 after a long battle with an illness undisclosed to the public. “Archbishop Bean ...

Archbishop Carl Bean, an AIDS activist and pioneer in the LGBTQ religious movement, has died. The openly gay pastor was also a Motown singer. His version of "I Was Born This Way" inspired Lady Gaga.

“Dear Mother and Dad, I know you don’t love me,“ it began. Carl Bean had just confided to his foster parents that he had known he was gay since childhood when he had a crush on a boy “with ...

Carl Bean, a progressive minister, AIDS activist and singer who popularized the 1970s Motown song “I Was Born This Way,” an exuberant dance club staple and gay pride anthem that inspired one ...

This May, when Lady Gaga celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her hit album “Born this Way,” she gave an acknowledgment shoutout to Bishop Carl Bean. “Born This Way, my song and album ...