Yoenis Cespedes Wins Home Run Derby
Yoenis Cespedes become the first player not included in the All-Star game to win the Home Run Derby.
View the short Father and Son film: Junior
{rating} Just in time for Father’s Day we bring you this cool little story about a masculine dedicated, hardworking father and his equally dedicated, hardworking and head strong basketball prodigy young son.Being honest, I am not really sure who wrote and directed this film. The…
WATCH: Athlete Kevin Grayson – Breaking Gay Stereotypes
Inspired by Jason Collins, 25-year-old Virginia native, Kevin Grayson, spoke to a local CBS news affiliate WTVR yesterday to announce to the world that he’s gay. What makes this a big deal is Grayson is not only an average masculine Black man, he’s also a…
The 20 Most Famous Out Gay Men of Color (According to Twitter)
We turned to the biggest high school environment on the planet, Twitter, to determine which openly gay male personalities of color were in fact the most popular. As it turns out, just like a high school, we have a wide range of gay men of color who fall into standard archetypes. We have big ol’ nerds, masculine jocks, feminine boys, quiet types, class clowns, singers, actors, models and yes, six-pack-abs.
Just In Case You Missed It: Brendon Ayanbadejo on NBC’s Meet the Press
Just in case you missed it, Super Bowl Champion Brendon Ayanbadejo was on NBC’s Meet the Press to discuss Jason Collins and the changing tide towards LGBT equality. He said something that really stood out and does prove that “times” are not the only…
Homosexual Baseball Legend – Glenn Burke [VIDEO]
In light of the recent announcements by Jason Collins, I wanted to remind readers of another historical black professional active player who didn’t hide his sexuality. This is a re-post from our “early days” here at Cypher Avenue (8-29-2011). Enjoy! Baseball Legend…
THANK YOU JASON COLLINS.
“I go against the gay stereotype.” Jason Collins I am happy history has now been made. Jason Collins, an active (non-retired) professional athlete, has come out of the closet. Correction. A black non-stereotypical gay athlete has come out of the closet. He did…
The #1 Question at the NFL Combine, “You Like Girls Right?”
There have been many people curious about how NFL scouts would perceive one of its potential new employees, Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o. This was talked about on sports blogs, sports radio and ESPN. Many questioned would the NFL scouts question Te’o’s sexuality. Is he…
Mr. Olympia Legend – Chris Dickerson
It’s hard attempting to find a “historical” black gay male figure to high light during Black History Month that have not been high lighted before. This is why I was very pleased to come across Chris Dickerson; The First Black Body Builder to win the…
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…
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…
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…
Character Magazine: The Basketball Series
The latest issue of openly Gay french photographer Eric Lanuit’s digital magazine, CHARACTER, is finally available. This spring 2012 edition features beautifully striking images of masculine men of color playing hoops on the asphalt in various exotic locations. For those unfamiliar, CHARACTER MAGAZINE is created…
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