Cypher Avenue’s Top 50 Quick Dating Tips for the New Year: Tips 1 – 25
Since its only January there is technically still time to begin even more new starts and resolutions now that the 21st Century has officially entered its teenage years. When it comes to dating, many of us need a firm kick in the ass to…
Cypher Avenue’s Top 50 Quick Dating Tips for the New Year: Tips 26 – 50
Since its only January there is technically still time to begin even more new starts and resolutions now that the 21st Century has officially entered its’ teenage years. When it comes to dating, many of us need a firm kick in the ass to…
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….
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…
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 #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…
Real Men Don’t Cry: A Defense of Hyper-Masculinity
Hyper-Masculinity. Machismo. Tough Love. A Man’s Man. Alpha Male. No matter what you call it, unadulterated masculinity is on trial in this day and age. While it’s currently looked down upon to teach and mold our young boys to be “real men”, the remaining…
Why Don’t Black People Like the Great Outdoors?
*Disclaimer* Please excuse the racist title. This post will contain what some view as stereotypes about black and white people. In no way am I attempting to be mean, disrespectful, offensive or blatantly ignorant. I know the activities I mention; black people do partake in…but…
Why Are There Different Consequences For Hate Crimes?
You are walking down the street one evening and you pass another gentleman who is obviously intoxicated. Out of nowhere he sucker punches you in the face and you fall to the ground. Question 1: Is this a hate crime? After he punches you…
DATE: The Gay Dirty Four-Letter-Word
As a Gay man, its hard to find a date. I mean a real date…one in which both parties classifies a day or evening of getting to know and spending time with each other over drinks and/or a meal as a date. Don’t get…
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