Work Out Motivation: CT Fletcher
My folk around me know when I get in my gym rhythm; I’m a man on a mission. I go hard when the temperature begins to rise around Spring time. However I have to admit, sometimes after many weeks in the gym I can begin…
Why I Love Starz Original Series: SPARTACUS
I didn’t realize until recently that I have done a disservice to Cypher Avenue’s readers. As much as we complain about the lack of masculine homosexual men of color on the big and small screens, there have been a couple that have been hiding in…
“The Real World: Portland” Star Had Sex With Men But Is Straight, NOT GAY!
To be honest, I don’t watch reality television. Add to that, I haven’t seen an episode of The Real World in over a decade. Apparently the show is still going strong with the recently premiered 28th season taking place in Portland, Oregon. One of…
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…
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….
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…
Tyler Perry’s New Black Gay Sitcom “Tony and Dave”
TBS has announced a new black gay male comedy-drama titled “Tony and Dave” which will be produced by Tyler Perry. The setting is Houston, Texas where Tony (Omari Hardwick) is a very successful Networking Engineer Director and Dave (Mel Jackson) is an Aircraft Mechanic. The…
R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley – You Finally Got a Piece of the Pie!
Sherman Hensley best known as George Jefferson on television’s hit sitcom The Jeffersons has died at the age of 74. He leaves behind no wife or children (or known husband or partner). I mentioned that last part because in his life and…
Patrik-Ian Polk’s The Skinny Premieres on LOGO this Month!
In case you missed Director Patrik-Ian Polk’s new film, “The Skinny” during its limited theatrical run, it makes its network television premiere Sunday July 8th at 8pm eastern on the gay cable network LOGO. If you’ll recall, we reviewed the film back in April giving…
Actor Travis Winfrey is so “NOT” gay…Really?
This website isn’t one that attempts to start or encourage rumors about who’s gay and who’s not. From the title of our site you can tell we actually respect the individuals decision to remain in the closet for as long as you feel the need….
Tha Life: Atlanta – One Year Later
Now that we’ve hit the one year anniversary of the release of the epic trailer for the Atlanta, GA based Gay reality show “Tha Life: Atlanta,” I wanted to look back and examine it and all its glory. For those who do not know what…
The LA Complex: Tariq & Kaldrick
One of our new goals for this website in 2012 is to report on any and all representations of gay/bisexual men of color in the media. Last year we laid the groundwork by highlighting examples in Television, Film, Books and Music. In the coming weeks…
Opinion: The Black Woman’s Acceptable Homosexual
So I am looking at this article titled “The 8 Gay Men that Straight Women Love” from black women’s blog-site MadameNoire.com. In the opening paragraph the author states…“We mean love like enjoy. Like we enjoy chocolate-dipped strawberries. The following men are either delightful, entertaining, inspiring…
VIDEO: “The D.L. Chronicles” Web Series Episode #2
As we’ve previously posted, the creators of “The D.L. Chronicles” are gearing up for a return of the series with new episodes beginning in 2012. They’ve launched a fundraiser with a goal of $125,000 and as of this posting they’re $26,757 closer to reaching…
Donald Glover A.K.A Childish Gambino
Donald Glover A.K.A Childish Gambino Some of you may be familiar with Donald Glover from either his stand up comedy or staring as Troy Barnes on the comedy series The Community, but I didn’t know Donald was also a rapper. He has been…