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…
CYPHER AVENUE INTERVIEWS: “Freefall” Creator Lamont Pierre
NEW INTERVIEW! NEW EPISODE! NEW FUNDRAISER! Filmmaker Lamont Pierre’s work has been visible on the pages of Cypher Avenue a lot lately. With the release of Episode Four [embedded below], the FINAL episode of that he calls the “Pre-Season” of his web…
WATCH: Kaoz “High As Ever” Music Video
Right before the new year, one of favorite openly gay rap artists, Kaoz, has dropped what may be his only music video since January 2012. The song, “High Az Eva”, is from his new two volume experimental project EnterSextions. We’ve been waiting to get…
Towleroad’s 50 Most Powerful Coming Outs of 2012
The Gay News Blog Towleroad has recently published a comprehensive list of The 50 Most Powerful Coming Outs of 2012. Many of the individuals listed, we had never heard of so much props goes out the their team for putting in the time and research….
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…
WATCH: The New DL Chronicles Teaser + Featurette
This week a year ago we happily announced the news that Deondray Gossett and Quincy LeNear, creators of the awesome yet short lived Gay themed series “The D.L. Chronicles”, were gearing up to produce new episodes of the series beginning in 2012. Since then, they…
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…
The MYTH of the BISEXUAL
Before those of you that don’t bother to actually read the entire article before commenting get your panties in a bunch, let me clarify a few things. I’ll start off by saying, “Bisexuals DO exist.” Yes…this statement seemingly contradicts the title of this essay,…
15 Years Old and HIV Positive
30 year old Keith “Keyoko” Sumlin (pictured) was arrested in Florida and charged with with attempted second-degree murder and criminal transmission of the AIDS virus, along with additional charges involving sex with a 15-year-old boy. From the police reports both the victim and Sumlin lied…
NFL 2012 Season: What Players To Lookout For
Are you ready for some football? September kicks off the NFL 2012 season. A masculine homo’s dream…you know with the whole muscular dudes in tights thing. If the preseason was any indicator, Mike Vick will be injured at some point. Tim Tebow will continue to…
Carl Lewis: Please Shut the FUCK UP
*UPDATE* Due to the thorough and factual tongue lashing I took from some of our readers (see below in the comments section); I had to make some updates to this post and rightfully so. Carl Lewis did not admit to taking steroids but did fail…
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