Open Black Gay Mayor is now the New Jersey Supreme Court Nominee
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday nominated Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce A. Harris (R) to the state Supreme Court. If approved, Harris would become the first openly gay person and the third African-American to serve on the state’s highest court. The announcement comes…
Active Duty Soldiers release “It Gets Better” video
Active Duty Soldiers release “It Gets Better” videoA group of active duty soldiers in Bagram, Afghanistan recently released their own contribution to the “It Gets Better” video series, sending a message of tolerance to LGBT teens. “It’s really hard, being accepted, to be different,”…
VIDEO: These Heels Were Made For Walking
As everyone spends quality time with their loved ones for the Holidays, we here in the Cypher Ave wanted to share this gift with you. In this video, openly gay High School student Tyreese Maye demonstrates a reason why this website exists (please…
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…
Is Hip Hop Too Soft?
Based on my numerous posts on the subject, I think its safe to say that I have love for Hip Hop culture and music. How could I not? I came up listening to the music in the 1990’s when Nas, Biggie, Ice Cube, A…
PHOTO BREAK: Tameka Raymond’s Wristbands
The “Smh @ This Bitch” Award of Day goes to Usher Raymond’s 40-year-old ex-wife Tameka. Recently she tweeted that Gay men who look Straight should wear wristbands “because it isn’t really fair” to women like her. Then she mentions the clothing these men wear…
NFL: Homosexual Tolerance & Marriage Equality
NFL: Homosexual Tolerance & Marriage Equality Wow…I was surprised to discovery that during the negotiations process of NFL lock out this past summer, a new provision was added to the player’s contracts. The new contract provision reads… “Section 1. No Discrimination: There will be no discrimination…
Masculine Black Gay Men Are Already Among You!
Little did I know, “The Campaign for Black Gay Men’s Lives” has been running an ongoing campaign to fight homophobia and the spread of HIV in the black community since 2007. The ads are a series of billboards in subways, bus shelters (and…
Homosexual History in Africa – Zande Warriors
I think that some African Americans today have a romanticized vision of ancient Africa. They think that every man was a king and had his kingdom, every woman was a queen with many servants, the children were all princes, and princesses. Every one was…
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