Today Is Cypher’s Avenue’s 10 Year Anniversary!
It was August 24th, 2011, that we launched this website (then under the name Discreet City) to represent our point of views and lifestyles as Black gay men.
WATCH: Barbershop Covid-19 Vaccine Talk featuring Masego
Dr. Italo Brown and Dr. Cedric Rutland stop by their local barbershop to talk about COVID-19 and the vaccine; answering questions about how COVID has hit minority communities so hard and the vaccine’s safety.
OPEN DISCUSSION: Tariq Nasheed’s “BUCK BREAKING” Documentary
For being such a devout heterosexual, hotep Tariq Nasheed sure spends a lot of time thinking about gay men.
Why Do “Straight” Black Men Like DaBaby Always Feel So Threatened By DaGays?
As strong as many heterosexual Black men claim to be, why are they so threatened the gays?
The Cypher Ave Fictional Series that Never Was
Oh the memories. The Cypher Ave creators had such hopes and dreams for the site. Nick Delmacy wanted a space for Black non-heterosexual men to chill and vibe. While I wanted this shit to be on the cover of Black Enterprise. Well… one of us…
Shout Out to Tiffany & Co on the Diversity
RING UPDATE #1: No, I’m not getting married. Likely never, although I’m open to it but I love my independence. Within the last couple months, however, I’ve started my journey on becoming an unmarried guy that wears rings as accessories. I’m an artist so I’m…
Yo…. Fuck Bill Maher
Its official. I actually despise Bill Maher more than Tucker Carlson. With Carlson, his white supremacist ideology is clear. With white democratic smug elites like Maher, he thinks he can hide behind; “I donated and voted for Obama twice”, while saying racist adjacent bullshit. Admittedly…
WATCH: “Flames” – A Short Film By The Creators of “The D.L. Chronicles”
Two childhood friends find themselves alone in the woods before a high a school graduation party. Soon, unresolved issues and old resentments ignite a forbidden blaze between them.
WATCH: ZERO (…Interest In Black Love)
I’m noticing a trend that in the very few Black Science Fiction/Fantasy movies that we get, the love interest is almost always non-Black.
The Best Music Video of 2020
I’m going straight to the music video that took the #1SPOT for me in 2020. ‘YUMMY’ a choreographed video by Parris Goebel to the title song by Justin Beiber. This shit here my ni@@a is a work of art. Sensual womanhood unleashed. For some strange…
12 Things I’ve Learned in My Journey to Fatherhood
My partner and I have made the plunge into fatherhood. This essay is specific to my experience being a black man, married to another black man, pursuing gestational surrogacy.
Do You Share Your Black Gay Relationship on Social Media?
What are your views of black gay relationships/couples on social media
The New Candyman Trailer
Being honest, I’m not a fan of the 1992 cult classic film Candyman. Yes there is a sense of pride seeing Tony Todd as a Black male slasher in a major Hollywood horror movie but frankly I just didn’t think the Clive Barker tale was…
Isaac Is Back: Castlevania Season 3 Trailer
The first season of Castlevania on Netflix was ‘meh’ to say the least. The second season easily overcame the lack-lusterness of season one while also adding more episodes. Season two expanded with more gore, action and characters. The series is animated by Powerhouse Animation Studios…
Altered Carbon Season 2 Trailer
Anthony Mackie is back on Netflix for season 2 of Altered Carbon. This time around he’s not playing a aging dad going through a sexual crisis (Black Mirror: Striking Vipers) but a man in a different body searching for his lost love. Altered Carbon is…
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