These Facebook Comments Prove That Black Homophobia is Just Like White Racism
When the Supreme Court of the United States’ recent Obergefell v. Hodges decision made Same Sex Marriage legal in the entire country, many Gay and Bisexual men of color discovered through social media that some of their “liberal” black friends were not as tolerant as they once thought. Some were outright intolerant bigots…similar to Confederate flag waving white racists.
Review: The Prancing Elites Project
I contemplated on doing a review for the reality show The Prancing Elites Project. My struggles were not because Cypher Ave is a masculine leaning website but because my biases towards reality television and the predictable direction of the shows. The Prancing Elites Project was…
NEW MUSIC ALERT: Rapper Kaoz Announces New Album
“The End Is Beginning” is the dire title of Out rap artist KAOZ’s timely new album being released on June 9th, 2015.
WATCH: Check It – Black Gay Gang Documentary [Fundraiser Trailer]
CHECK IT is a feature length documentary about the only all gay African American gang in America struggling to survive in one of Washington D.C.’s most violent neighborhoods. It is an intimate portrait of 5 childhood friends as they claw themselves out of gang life through an unlikely avenue–fashion.
Travel to LGBT Friendly Playa Mi Cayito Beach in Havana, Cuba….or Nah?
I don’t know where you are in the world, but where I am its cold. Let’s just say I long for a vacation. How about a beach in….Cuba?
But White People Do It Too
We do know that homophobia and intolerance exist in the black community right?…right. However I feel that whenever there is media coverage or a high trafficked article pertaining to this topic, the knee jerk response from many black people is “but white people do it…
America’s First Openly Gay Imam Talks About His First Love
An imam is a leadership position within the Islamic faith. It is most commonly found in the context of a leader of worship in a mosque. Imam may also be used in the form of a title for renowned Muslim scholars. Meet America’s first openly…
CA Podcast #20 – Steven Is Gay, Gay Creeps, Gay Slang, Gay Trans, Gay Touching
In this podcast, Cypher Avenue founders Ocky Williams & Nick Delmacy celebrate their 20th podcast by discussing Tattoos, Gay Creeps, Gay Slang, Gay Touching, Gay Critics, Gay Transgenders and much more!
NO, I’m Not Doing Gay Wrong. Get Outta My Face!
Ocky Williams’ response to someone on Facebook… “I am aware of those documentaries (How Do I Look and Paris is Burning) but don’t have a desire to view them as I am not interested in that culture. Everything isn’t for everybody and I’m ok with…
Internet Perusing by a Jaded Gay Negro
My internet travels this past week sucked. My typical go to sites feature news, politics, sports, science along with various other interests. Sometimes the mainstreams usual conservative-liberal-racism-shootings-police brutality-war, what some evangelical said, stories can get tiresome. To ease and distract my mind, I try to…
Gay Man Beaten But Was It A Hate Crime?
Making the news cycle is a video of a man who says he was beaten because he was gay. Naturally folks are saying this should be prosecuted as a hate crime. Check out the video below. This fight took place during the Detroit Motor City…
Why Do So Many Men Imitate Women For Comedy But Not The Other Way Around?
As I scrolled through the latest 6-second Vine videos uploaded by amateur comedians on the cell phone app, a strange thought occurred to me. There are a lot of men out there who pretend to be women for the sake of comedy…but women don’t do the same in reverse.
Sorry That You’re Tired Of Hearing About Masculinity – NOT!
Masculinity should not be eradicated or defused. It should be celebrated and cherished. It exists as a part of the male aura. Cypher Avenue will continue to beat the drums of homosexual male masculinity and will be unapologetic in doing so.
The Gay Gatekeepers
The majority of mainstream gay themed content is whitewashed and almost absent of color. There is very little imagery featuring African, Asian, Indian, or Black American men. I thought we were all a part of this rainbow?
CYPHER AVENUE’S BEST OF 2013 AWARDS
Here it is, the first week of the New Year so that means it’s time to celebrate everything that was awesome throughout 2013! So here’s CYPHER AVENUE’S BEST OF 2013 AWARDS.
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