Cypher Avenue Essentials: Fashion and Accessories
We got some feedback from some of our readers who stated they would like to see more men’s fashions and accessories. For a man like myself who goes shopping like once every three years, I still like to look my best. I try to keep…
CYPHER AVENUE’S BEST OF 2012 AWARDS
As we begin our first full week of 2013, we also celebrate all that we thought was awesome throughout 2012. This was a pretty fucking great year, I must say. We witnessed a crazy Presidential election, the beginning and end of The LA Complex…
The Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Gay Men of Color: Part 2
Out with the old and in with the new. 2013 brings opportunity for a fresh start by shedding of the previous year’s bad habits. Always available for a Public Service Announcement; Cypher Avenue is here. I thought it would be motivational to high light subjects…
The Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Gay Men of Color: Part 1
Out with the old and in with the new. 2013 brings opportunity for a fresh start by shedding of the previous year’s bad habits. Always available for a Public Service Announcement, Cypher Ave is here. I thought it would be motivational to high light subjects…
A New Year! A New Body!
2013 is here and if you are like many of us, you have a list of New Year’s Resolutions. This time around my personal resolutions for 2013 are quite simple… 1. Complete my time travel device. 2. Capture an adult Bigfoot. 3. Impregnate Oprah Winfrey….
CYPHER AVENUE INTERVIEWS: “Freefall” Creator Lamont Pierre
NEW INTERVIEW! NEW EPISODE! NEW FUNDRAISER! Filmmaker Lamont Pierre’s work has been visible on the pages of Cypher Avenue a lot lately. With the release of Episode Four [embedded below], the FINAL episode of that he calls the “Pre-Season” of his web…
WATCH: Web Series “My Brother’s Keeper”
We’re wrapping up the editing of our extended interview with Lamont Pierre, the creator/director of the polarizing new gay black web series, “Freefall.” In the meantime, we wanted to share Lamont Pierre’s previous (and far more superior) writing/directing work on a web series called “My…
WATCH: Kaoz “High As Ever” Music Video
Right before the new year, one of favorite openly gay rap artists, Kaoz, has dropped what may be his only music video since January 2012. The song, “High Az Eva”, is from his new two volume experimental project EnterSextions. We’ve been waiting to get…
Towleroad’s 50 Most Powerful Coming Outs of 2012
The Gay News Blog Towleroad has recently published a comprehensive list of The 50 Most Powerful Coming Outs of 2012. Many of the individuals listed, we had never heard of so much props goes out the their team for putting in the time and research….
WATCH: Episode #3 of Black Gay Web Series Freefall
We present the latest episode of the popular new web series featuring gay men of color, “Freefall” directed by filmmaker Lamont Pierré. For those not in the know, Freefall is about three everyday young men navigating though life, not being defined by their sexuality but…
The Death of Kaldrick King (and The L.A. Complex)
It’s official. The L.A. Complex has been cancelled. After just nine short months, the Canadian show that featured the most interesting and addictive-to-watch masculine black gay characters has been laid to rest in both Canada and The United States. Many would argue that the show…
WATCH: Episode #2 of Black Gay Web Series “Freefall”
Fresh out of the oven, we present the latest episode of the popular new web series featuring gay men of color, “Freefall” directed by filmmaker Lamont Pierré. When we say fresh out of the oven, we mean FRESH…as in the “Hot Now” light is still…
WATCH: Episode #1 of New Black Gay Web Series “Freefall”
Last week the first episode of a new experimental web series, “Freefall”, focusing on the lives of everyday Gay men quietly premiered online. We’re kind of late sharing this one because since before its premiere we’d been in talks with filmmaker Lamont Pierré (My Brothers…
JET Magazine Features Its First Black Gay Male Couple
The December 10th 2012 edition of Jet magazine will feature it’s first black gay male couple within it’s JET LOVE section. JET LOVE high-lights couples who have recently gotten married. Ravi Perry (an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mississippi State University) and Paris…
Art of Seduction: The Top 12 Ways To Pick Up Gay/Bisexual Men of Color
Let’s face it, modern masculine gay men of color have been programmed to think that the only way to meet other Gay men for dating is online on sex hookup sites. There are many masculine men (like the founders of Discreet City) that don’t…
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