by Maurice Tracy “The love for you was different because we weren’t really together. It was the fact of the chase, the thrills and the times we would spend together. The passion and the conversation, the passion and the action…
by Tabias Olajuawon BlaQueer community members, scholars, artists, lovers and griots have long discussed the effects of normative masculinities on our livelihoods and our struggles with and against the hegemonic portrayal of maleness. While (white) maleness is often defined and…
By Ahmad Greene “By and by, when the morning comes When the saints of God are gathered home We'll tell the story how we've overcome For we'll understand it by and by” I come from a family of Black women survivors…
By Hari Ziyad I don’t remember the first time I found a boy attractive. I do know that in my earliest memories, when I was 4 or 5, this attraction felt natural and innate. I know, too, that there was…
by Darnell L. Moore I could not sleep on August 10th. The previous day, 18-year old Mike Brown, Jr. was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson. I was haunted by the images of Brown’s bloodied black body left face down…
By Hari Ziyad *This piece has been published with permission of the referenced ex-partner. Other relationships may have been slightly altered to protect specific identities.* The first time I was sexually assaulted I must have been 9 or 10 years…
*This the last segment of a four part series, between myself and Tabias Olajuawon of Blaqueerflow. After witnessing weeks of violence birthed from white supremacies, coupled with bursts of queer victories, we decided to create a healing space together where…
*This is the second part of an 4 part series of letters between Tabias Wilson of Blaqueerflow and I. To read Tabias' letter to which this was a response, please scroll to the bottom of the page* Tabias, It's so great…
Love has been defined in many ways. Bruce Lee called love a “friendship that has caught fire.” Renita Weems said, “love means exposing yourself to the pains of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust.” The bible explains that…
