Zaddy issues: On dating older Black men & being polyamorous
My experiences with dating older Black men have taught me that though some of their actions are inappropriate, they’re often misplaced reactions to the world we live in.
Heteronormativity makes us prey: At 15 I believed acting out my crushes was worse than being exploited by strangers
I was more afraid of being found out than of being harmed.
For all the poor Black kids who become prey for rich white liberals
He knows he can ruin poor Black folks lives, and then just retreat into his money with no guilty conscience. A monster.
I wanted to stop suffering like Jamel Myles. Here’s what I learned about youth mental health
By Nickolas Gaines Content Note: Suicide, homophobia, bullying The first time I attempted suicide, I was a high school freshman. An email circulated around my friend group that said I was gay, and it was also posted up by the…
God is dead: queering the Christian witness after Orlando
by Paul Daniels, II I am male. I am Black. I am Queer. I am Christian. I speak from a place of psychological, existential, and theological privilege: the product of a Black church in the American South whose 12-year-old mind…
No closet religion: a southern Black queer boy speaks of home.
I’ve found home in myself, and that whisper within promises that it is okay to never hide the God I serve.
When Straight Guys Who Don’t “Have a Problem Wit’ Gay People” Know Best.
by Thomas Washington, Jr. At a glance, it appears that he is Better. Which means that I have to look closely. I have to see what’s actually in front of me. To hear what is actually said. His pseudonym—“Flash Knows…
Choosing Queer: I Was Not Born This Way, And That’s Ok.
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…
These Two Artists Are Imagining A Black Queer Future.
By Darnell L. Moore Art is a tool necessary for new world creating and self-remaking. When conjured in the imaginative expanse of the black creative mind, art has the capacity to transgress: Art can move us toward black queer futures.…
I’m Black And Queer At The Same Time, All The Time.
By Hari Ziyad “When you walk through the door, what does one see?” I have always found this a fascinating question for multiple reasons: first, it assumes people are present in every room to “see” and that those people all…
