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Darnell Moore is Black, Queer, and Free
At 45-years-old, Darnell Moore is coasting on blessings. For much of the last decade, Moore has been a formidable force in the movement...

NYC Photographer Illuminates Black Gay Men On PrEP, Living with HIV in 'And So It Happened...'
Brooklyn, NY-based photographer Francesco Di Benedetto is using his camera to tell the stories of dozens of gay and queer men, including...

Living Uncaged: How Black Queer Public Figures Are Navigating Sex and Relationships
Juan Smalls says he simply wanted to be liberated. As one half of the highly visible married couple known by many as Juan & Gee and the...

The Gay Bionic Man: Lovell Lykaon Opens Up About Life As An Adult Entertainer, Artist, and Amputee
There’s a three-day period in Lovell Lykaon’s life where he has no recollection of the events that transpired that caused him to be...

The House of Perry: How an Atlanta barbershop serving LGBTQ+ clientele is changing the game
Perry Meeks, 39, master barber and owner of The Grain Grooming Studio in Buckhead is affectionately called Blanca by many of his...

2021 Preview: Looking Ahead To The Most Anticipated Black LGBTQ+ Contributions
Congratulations! If you’re reading this then you managed to survive the worst of the global coronavirus pandemic to ring in the new year....

Until The Pandemic Ends, Black Gay Men Must Ensure We Survive
By Justin C. Smith Back in late August, I received a text message from my friend Keon stating that he was going to be traveling to...

Filmmaker Davien Harlis Amplifies Black Gay Representation In Holiday Film “Some Kind of Christmas”
Winter is always a unique season for gay independent filmmaker Davien Harlis, who is currently basking in the success of his second...

Lesbian Chef Deborah VanTrece On Navigating The Pandemic, Racism In Culinary Industry
Award-winning chef Deborah VanTrece is laying it all on the line. The highly-respected chef and owner of “Twisted Soul Cookhouse and...

The Queer Love Story of Alphonso and Ja'Mel
Queer couple Ja’Mel Ware, 32, and Alphonso Mills, 29, avoided each other for months after they first met at The Vision Cathedral of...

WORLD AIDS DAY: Michael Ward On Being Vulnerable, Saying The Words He Never Thought He Would
Today, December 1, 2020, is World AIDS Day. And as we reflect on the lives lost to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic, we also celebrate the...

Bust It Open: Sex Work, OnlyFans, And Three Black Queer Men Who Are Killing The Game
Dennis Hardy says that as a kid growing up in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York, one of the first jobs he remembers wanting to have...

Will an openly gay Black man lead the Treasury Department in the Biden Administration?
Dr. Raphael Bostic, 54, is no stranger to being first. As the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, his historic 2017...

Lyrik London Celebrates Black Queer Men, Challenges Effemiphobia in Stunning Film ‘BLACK BOI MAJIK’
Lyrik London is not interested in being the token gay man for heterosexual consumption, nor is he interested in dimming his light, his...

WATCH: Law Professor Explains The Electoral College And Why It Should Be Abolished
For a moment on the evening of November 3, 2020, many Democratic voters feared a repeat of election night 2016, which saw former...

WATCH: Etsy Features Black Gay Couple In Holiday Ad
Etsy, the global online marketplace, where people come together to make, sell, buy, and collect unique items is expanding its reach into...

The Day After Election Night: America Is Speaking, But What Message Is She Sending?
It’s November 4 and there is still no decisive winner in the 2020 presidential election. The race for the White House will undoubtedly...

Historic First: Two Openly Gay Black Men, Ritchie Torres And Mondaire Jones Elected To Congress
New Yorkers and LGBTQ+ Americans have two reasons to celebrate the day after a still undecided presidential election. Democratic...

WATCH: Milwaukee And Atlanta Black LGBTQ Activists Take Center Stage In Ads For Biden-Harris
The Biden-Harris campaign is prominently featuring Black LGBTQ+ activists in a new set of television and digital ads released this week....

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