Why Do Gays Mimic Straight Weddings?
Something old, something new, something barrowed, something blue. The wedding cake. The bridal shower. The bachelor and bachelorette parties. The bride’s family paying for the wedding. Tossing the bouquet to the bride’s maid. Tossing the garter to the groomsman. The father walking the bride down…
WATCH: “Out of Bounds” Documentary on Male intimacy in Sports
Sylvia A. Harvey, a journalist for Newsone has recently completed a short yet interesting documentary that explores the phenomena of unrestrained Male intimacy in Sports. She poses the general question as follows: “In the Black community, men who express even a passing, friendly physical affection…
R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley – You Finally Got a Piece of the Pie!
Sherman Hensley best known as George Jefferson on television’s hit sitcom The Jeffersons has died at the age of 74. He leaves behind no wife or children (or known husband or partner). I mentioned that last part because in his life and…
In Memoriam – E. Lynn Harris
Everette “E.” Lynn Harris (June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009) Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books to make The New York Times Best Seller list…
Why I Was Right About FRANK OCEAN
I took a lot of flack for my previous coverage of the whole Frank Ocean coming Out party. Even from my fellow Discreet City contributor Octavius Williams. Everyone either felt that I was flat out wrong in my opinion that there was a “Down Low”…
ESSAY – I Will Not Apologize and I Will Not Be Silent!
As Discreet City reaches the one year mark and grows in popularity, the feedback and personal emails that we receive also continues to grow. The majority of these messages are from readers who really enjoy or website regardless if they agree with the views expressed. These…
Reggie Yates: UK Teen Gangs Documentary
I first discovered masculine 28-year-old British actor Reggie Yates when I saw him in his brief stint on the UK science fiction series, Doctor Who. Turns out that Reggie has been acting since he was 10-years-old and still works regularly to this day. Not only…
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…
Words and Definitions: GAY – I Really Don’t Like This Word
When I came to the realization that I was gay, I remember thinking what does this mean? Is this what I really am? I didn’t all of a sudden feel any different. I didn’t feel like my body or mind changed or that I went…
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…
150 Years of Black Male Couples
It can be argued today that, outside of the military, true camaraderie amongst American men of color has dramatically declined over the years. Black American men in particular have created an atmosphere amongst one another where a mere glance is interpreted as either a prelude…
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…
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…
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