My Travels Through CYBERSPACE: Google Insight Tells All?
Message to both the none United States and United States viewers. Here in the United States there exist this thing called the “Bible Belt”. The Bible Belt consist of southern states whose population predominantly identifies themselves as Conservative Christian Republicans OR just Conservative Christians. A…
Being Homophobic and Making Homophobic remarks are not the same thing
You are driving home alone and a man in the next lane not paying attention while talking on his cell phone cuts you off. The car he is driving has no bumper stickers or anything displayed in the back window or hanging from his rear…
The MYTH of the HOMEWRECKER
Homewrecker. There is no term in global society more confusing to me than this. For those not in the know, a homewrecker is the person who creates temptation for his/her target to cheat on their lover. This person supposedly breaks up a “happy home.” Seems…
Cypher Avenue Interviewed on the Da Doo-Dirty Show
Da Doo-Dirty Show: Episode 1096 Taped: June 20, 2012This past Wednesday the men of CypherAvenue.com were guest on the Da Doo-Dirty Show. We also were sponsors of the last segment of the show which was from the12:00pm – 1:00pm slot. During this segment…
Advice Column: Confined to an Island of Loneliness
Dear Cypher Avenue, I‘m a 22-year-old, gay, Afro-Caribbean man living in the US Virgin Islands and I’m at my wits’ end in trying to find friendship and companionship. No visible community exists here and I doubt an underground community exists either. I lack confidants…
Is There a Stigma with Being Sexually Versatile?
One summer afternoon in 2004; my roommate, one of our mutual friends and I are drinking, smoking and cracking jokes while Enrique Cruz’s homo-thug porn movie “Off the Hook 2” plays in the foreground through the smoky haze. In one scene a sexy dude is…
THE GAY FRIEND DELUSION 2: “Friends First”
In the five years that I’ve seriously started meeting gay/bisexual men for more than just casual sex, I’ve discovered one main commonality amongst them. They’ve all, and I mean all of them, had a false sense of what it means to acquire, have and to…
Question of the Week: Black Men and Gay Marriage
Ever since our President has come out in favor of it; the topic of same sex marriage seems to now be issue number one with every major media and news outlet. I recently posted an opinion piece highlighting the struggles of the black community and…
How I Came Out To My Mother
In 1996 I was eighteen years of age. Jodeci’s “Freakin You” remix featuring Wu-Tang was coming from the speakers in my dorm room. Towel under the door, window open so the room would not be too cloudy with weed smoke. I am playing the fighting…
A Must See Panel Discussion: Black Manhood & Sexual Diversity!
I AM A MAN: Black Manhood & Sexual Diversity Panelists; Cleo Manago, Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Esther Armah, Dr. R L’Heureux Lewis, Bishop John SeldersRarely discussed in a progressive informative format and even more elusively discussed in and by the black community. …
Rethinking The Dating Game
Rethinking The Dating Game Cypher Avenue | By Terrence Moss I have officially thrown in the towel. I have given up. I don’t know what you all want and I no longer care. All I know is that I am not the issue. So…
Words and Definitions: Masculine & Discreet, I’m Just Saying
Masculine: 1. pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men. 2. having qualities traditionally ascribed to men. 3. unwomanly. “Who made you the flag-bearer and authority on all things masculine?” the question was posed. No one had to bestow that occupation on me; I…
CYPHER AVENUE INTERVIEWS: T.J. Williams – A Black Gay Londoner
Masculine discreet black gay blogger, T.J. Williams is a reformed United Kingdom bad boy who, in the process of coming to terms with his homosexuality, separated himself from the negative elements in his life, got educated and started a journey of self…
VIDEO: Twin Brothers Documentary – One Black & Gay, One White & Straight
Late last year, social media was abuzz after the release of an article on the U.K. based news website, The Guardian. We were all introduced to a rare pair of biological twin brothers, James and Daniel, who were born to interracial parents Alyson and Errol…
The Top 10 Reasons That You #Fail as a Gay/Bisexual Man…And How You Can Fix Them
If you personally speak to any of us here at Cypher Avenue, we’ll freely admit that none of us are perfect. We’re just speaking our mind and sharing what we think is a minority opinion and viewpoint in the gay community: Masculine, Gay and…
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