MiXOLOGY: Lemon Tom Collins
Cypher Ave is bringing you a lemon twist on the Tom Collins. This one is simple to make and definitely refreshing for those hot summer nights.
Salmon And Teriyaki Broccoli
You are not the best cook but you want to get to the man’s heart through his stomach, so what to do? Have no fear Ocky Williams is here.
Unfettered Mind…The Importance of Black Male Mental Health
“Are you sure you wanna be well sweetheart? A lot of weight when you’re well”. The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara The first time I had peach yogurt, I was visiting a friend in a mental institution. Chris was young, black, charming and struggling with…
Buying Sex from Male Whores
The title may seem judgmental but to the bare bones it is what it is. How many of us are guilty of taking a quick glance at those ads drawn in by impressive bodies, bubble asses, and dicks? We are men and visual creatures. However,…
The 20 Most Famous Out Gay Men of Color (According to Twitter)
We turned to the biggest high school environment on the planet, Twitter, to determine which openly gay male personalities of color were in fact the most popular. As it turns out, just like a high school, we have a wide range of gay men of color who fall into standard archetypes. We have big ol’ nerds, masculine jocks, feminine boys, quiet types, class clowns, singers, actors, models and yes, six-pack-abs.
Turning Positive
Turning Positive “I guess I shoulda known By the way you parked your car sideways That it wouldn’t last See you’re the kinda person That believes in makin’ out once Love ’em and leave ’em fast” – Little Red Corvette Prince …
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…
REVISITED: The HIV Infected Elephant in the Room
Slow news day folks. So I thought it might be cool to revisit a topic posted during the first week of Cypher Avenue’s existence. The topic was HIV and knowing when the best time is to bring up the question of status. I was…
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….
The Goal and Challenge As We Celebrate World HIV / AIDS Day
As World HIV / AIDS day is upon us, I didn’t want to display the “standard” HIV / AIDS statistics on infected black gay men or the black community as a whole. Instead I have a goal and a challenge for the readers….
PBS’ FRONTLINE – ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America
In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a notice that five young gay men in the Los Angeles area had died from an unusual form of pneumonia. It was the first report of what would come to be known as AIDS —…
New Fight against the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Walgreens and other local drug stores will begin to offer free rapid HIV testing to impoverished and rural communities in the help to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. The CDC estimates that 1.1 million Americans have HIV, but nearly 20 percent of them…
EXTREME WORKOUTS: UK Entertainer Reggie Yates
Continuing the Discreet City Extreme Workout Series, professional advice on how to get your body looking right.I first discovered masculine 28-year-old British actor Reggie Yates when I saw him in his brief stint on the UK science fiction series, Doctor Who. Attractive black actors with…
WATCH: “Soul Food Junkies” Trailer by Masculine Filmmaker Byron Hurt
Many of you masculine men may already be very familiar with heterosexual Documentary Filmmaker Byron Hurt. His previous two thought-provoking films have fastidiously examined the subject of Black American male masculinity. Now, with his new film “Soul Food Junkies”, he attempts to address the urgent…
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