Does What a Man Drive Really Matter?
While in my employer’s large lounge area, I had the displeasure of my casual tablet web surfing down time being disrupted by two trendy gay guys and a hag. Their animated conversation began with how “these ni@@as aint shit” and are “lame as fuk”. One…
Gay White Men of Color
Where are the notable Black gay men who I actually relate to and identify as BLACK MEN just like me?
When is Offensive Language Not Offensive
A couple of weeks ago I had a grandiose idea of doing a podcast involving other Cypher Avenue squad members. Due to scheduling conflicts I was only able to chat it up with member @BlackguyExecutive aka Winston Chesterfield. We had a cool conversation concerning “When is…
WTF Is Wrong with EJ Johnson?
Having to entertain family from out of town while still working every day, I know I’ve been neglectful in my activity on the site and with releasing podcasts. Guess what…my yellow ass will still be super busy for the next couple of days. In the…
Dear Ocky, I’m Being Treated Like a Side Piece
In this podcast we read a viewer’s email asking for relationship advice. Check out the letter below followed by my advice and commentary. Dear Ocky, Me and my boyfriend have been together for about 14 months. I’m 27 and he’s 41. With both work and…
Dissecting Hotep Logic on Homosexuality
In this podcast I question what appear to be two glaring opposing thoughts from the Pro-Black Conscious “Hotep” community as it relates to Black Male Homosexuality. Check out my dissection and commentary below. As always, please share your feedback and subscribe to my channel.
Toxic Masculinity and the Regressive Left
In this podcast I question why toxic masculinity seems to be the scapegoat in many incidences when males commit violent crimes and the same analysis is not used when females are violent offenders. I also briefly discuss how changes in Liberal ideology play apart in…
Why Do Male Queer Feminists Reject Male Specific Issues?
In this podcast Ocky Williams discusses the mind set of Male Queer Feminists and their seemingly aversion to discussing and championing male issues; such as: • Male Homelessness • Male Rape • Domestic Violence inflected upon males • Male Suicides • A multi-tiered justice system that…
All Fem Identifying Gay Men Are Not The Same
As promised, I’ll be dropping more quick and dirty podcasts (10-15 mins in length) via the Cypher Avenue site and also on the Octavius Williams YouTube channel. In this 10 minute installment, I talk about self-identifying fem or “In Between” gay men who don’t identify…
Why Do Gay Men Sound…Gay?
There is no way to ask this question without accusations of being some type of a’phobic. I’m not one to shy away from asking real honest questions just because the nature of the question could be interpreted as being offensive. Critical thinking is becoming a…
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…
Why Do Gay Men Degrade Other Men By Referring To Them As Females?
Question Of The Week: Why Do Gay Men Degrade Other Men By Referring To Them As Females? I noticed something last week amongst gay men when viewing their conversations online via social media. Anytime one gay dude or dudes wanted to degrade another man,…
Where Is My Band Of Brothers?
“we few, we happy few, we band of brothers” from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V In the last couple of weeks here at Cypher Avenue, we have been commemorating a lot of anniversaries. From The Wu-Tang Clan, to The Roots Things Fall Apart album…
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