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PHILLY, PA - GBM Top ISO Bottom for REAL LIFE FUN!!!

2009-12-21T15:16:59Z

GBM Top, Philly, PA, 40, 6ft, 230(football player build), masculine, attractive, smooth, dark skin, hair & eyes. D&D free and prefer the same. Always play safely. Well Hung and looking for Bottom Guy or couple for Real Life HookUps and preferably a buddy (or two) for regular fun.
Sorry Guys..but I don't do Cyber/Phone Sex AT ALL...So Please Don't Ask! And don't waste my time with a message if you're not serious! Also if you're crazy,racist or just an all around NUT...keep it moving!

You: Masc. male, 18-55. (ANY RACE - Black, Asian, Latino, White, etc...not an issue for me...I like men of EVERY RACE), relatively attractive, and in relatively good shape (not looking for a model or a gym bunny or any extreme) who likes to make out, suck, get sucked and bottom. Single or Couple or Group. If you're interested & SERIOUS email me with your g-rated self pic with your face and I'll return mine and we can take it from there. D&D free and prefer the same. You can email me directly at: blktop4bottoms@gmail.com

Don't Be Shy!

Peace! :-)

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BLACKS TOPS...

2009-11-28T20:22:20Z

I`m the moderator of a new tribe: White bottoms for Black tops
Please ask for invite if you are interested!

Govinda

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DUBSTEPPIN 11.14.09

2009-11-09T07:01:07Z

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2009-08-28T20:28:32Z

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Why do you have a preference for your same gender?

2009-07-28T22:30:55Z

I came across this ‘youtube’ vid and found it both insightful and emancipating about being gay, and just one of many answers with regards to having the preference for the same gender.

I will post this posting on other tribes that may benefit from the content of the videos.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p40EaIvOm9M

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiHuHnmlaaQ

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I'm the last GBM to see an episode of NOAH'S ARC......

2009-07-26T01:28:18Z

I have to say it...

I can't believe how AWFUL i find this show...............

It's like a horridly extended skit from In Living Color....
Nothing but ultra fem, breathy, soft voiced, cackling women.....

Half the dialogue sounds like it was written by a refugee from a 1920's silent film....

"This is perfectly akward..." ???!!!!

We finally get a show... and it's THIS..................

Don't know what's worse - the high school drama club acting, or the one dimensional, cariciture writting............

Hope i dont get pounced on..........

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Bukkake

2009-07-13T21:16:46Z

I'm looking for a group of black guys to host me for some oral fun. I want as much cum and piss on me as you guys can give.

This is for real and in the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. I need for you guys to host and bring the fluids.

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How Are You Weathering the Economic Storm?

2009-06-27T22:27:31Z

Okay, so I'm sure that most of us are feeling that economic pinch, and if we are fortunate enough to be shrouded from its effects, I'm sure you know someone who is feeling it.

Here are a few ways I've been adjusting:
--> I'm using my car less and using public transportation more, which slows the wear and tear, thus allowing me to reap some savings.
--> My friends and I are dining at each others' homes more often, instead of eating out.
--> Instead of purchasing an entire CD of my favorite artists, I simply purchase a few singles from itunes.
--> For everyday groceries, particularly for fruit, veggies and cut flowers, farmers' and flea markets have become my friends. Lol.

I know that as Black, gay men, we are creative and innovative; so, what are all of you doing to weather this economic storm?

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Sad

2009-06-27T13:59:53Z

What? No mention of Michael Jackson's passing?

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African-American Folklore Project, Assistance Needed

2008-10-13T23:56:51Z

To Whom it May Concern,

My name is Stephen Wall and I am a Ph.D. candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Department of Folklore. As part of a seminar project, I am studying stories, rumors, arguments, and legends associated with the U.S. government’s perpetration of harmful conspiracies against the greater African-American community. I am interested to know if members of this forum site are familiar with such conspiracies and how they came to know about them. It would benefit my work greatly if any members of this forum could volunteer answers to the following questions:

Have you ever heard stories, rumors, arguments, or legends of the CIA, FBI, or other U.S. government agencies intentionally harming African-Americans in any way? Examples might include—but are certainly not limited to—plotting/committing assassinations, intentional neglect of vulnerable individuals or groups, or distributing illegal drugs or fatal diseases* in urban communities. If so, please describe these stories, rumors, arguments, or legends in as much detail as possible, including the setting in which they were told (i.e. between classes in high school, in the middle of a phone conversation, at the dinner-table with family, etc.).

Who discussed these stories, rumors, arguments, or legends with you? Were the stories, etc. treated seriously by the teller(s) or were they mentioned jokingly?

Upon hearing such stories, rumors, arguments, or legends, what emotional reaction did they elicit in you personally or in others hearing them at the same time as you?

Do such stories, rumors, arguments, or legends impact your opinion of U.S. agencies or elements of the U.S. bureaucracy? If so, how? If not, why not?

If you would like to attach age or gender information to your answers, please feel free. I would be happy to receive answers to these questions in the form of responses to my post, or as private messages within the forum’s system. Feel free to contact me through the private message system if you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts regarding my project; and please rest assured that I will withhold all personal information (i.e. usernames) from the final project write-up and subsequent discussion of what volunteers elect to share with me.

*Please note that I do not consider the indisputable facts of the 1932-1972 “Tuskegee Syphilis Study” part of such stories, rumors, arguments, or legends. Rather, I think of this tragic and unethical miscarriage of public health administration as part of a foundation for debate of further intentional harm perpetrated against African-Americans by the U.S. government.

Thank you for your time,

Stephen E. Wall
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Folklore
Memorial University, Newfoundland

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African-Centered Sexuality

2008-07-31T17:59:38Z

African-Centered Sexuality

The African-centered community is steeped in sexual dysfunction. For all of our efforts to rid ourselves of European cultural, social, and spiritual norms, we have denied our sexual growth by blanketing everything under the assumption that anything other than heterosexual vaginal/penal intercourse is European and thus deemed “not African”. When the African-centered community discusses sexuality, they are most often satisfied with making uninformed references to ancient sacred sexual texts from the East and asserting that those texts were stolen from Africa. We are far from healthy when it comes to our perceptions of sexuality and we hold on to divisive, patriarchal, immature mindsets and defend them without seeking to expand our definitions, to redefine ourselves, to truly come to a place where we relinquish the shame and unhealthy belief systems we have been conditioned to accept.

I stand alone in my efforts to create an African-centered sexual paradigm whereby we transcend our repressive beliefs and are able to truly see ourselves as sexual beings without the fear, shame, or adherence to “rules” that are made up to feed fragile male egos. There is no true African-centered sexual theory. There are quite a few Afrocentric, homophobic, patriarchal men whose egos are so fragile that they have deemed that any discussion of sexuality is a threat to the Black community. There are scores of African-centered women who are taking back the power of their vaginas, who are coming to accept that their bodies are sacred temples and nurturing themselves, loving our menses, but that’s not addressing the issue of sexuality, that’s addressing the issue of gender. To address African-centered sexuality is to assert that our genitals give us pleasure, that we experience bliss in the throws of orgasm, that we have a sexual body just as we do mental, physical, spiritual, and etheric bodies as well.

First and foremost, the discussion of sexuality, merely talking about sex, intimacy and acts of pleasure is essential for our growth. We must discuss how our sexual identities were formed, we must discuss openly how we were raped, molested, abused, both men and women. We must be able to talk openly about our desires, fantasies, and what gives us pleasure. To asset that conversations of sexuality can’t be had in public forums, or that certain subject are off-limits is to assert that sexuality is something shameful and that is Eurocentric and unhealthy. Until we truly accept that our sexuality is a Divine gift, until we truly see our sexuality as something as natural and beautiful and not something to be compartmentalized or shrouded in secrecy, we will be tied to dysfunction. We’ve been socialized to believe that sex is something that happens behind closed doors and even then it shouldn’t be discussed.

The tenants of African-centered sexuality stipulate that:

· African-centered sexuality is based on Love. Not romantic love as is seen in Hollywood, not based on lust or what the other person can bring to you, but a true genuine affection, concern, and caring for one’s partner. The process of loving someone creates a spiritual bond with them. Loving is the essence of our true nature as human beings. Loving someone not only raises our vibration, but it also raises the vibration of the person we are with. Because many of us raised in Western society have become so jaded by the concept of love, so hurt by someone we trusted with our hearths, we rally against it, claiming love has no role or purpose in the African-centered practices. Nothing could be further from the truth. To love someone is to care about their pleasure more than your own, to become aroused by their unique scent, to crave intimacy and connection with them. Descendents of slaves are fragmented and disconnected from our emotional selves so the concept of loving someone arouses fear: fear of getting hurt, fear of being vulnerable, fears of abandonment and the fear of not being loved equally in return. The opposite of love is not hate, it is fear. So, to form a bond with someone so intimately that you know them better than you know yourself is the primary goal of African-centered sexuality. Love yourself, love your partner; make choices, conversations, and commitments based on the emotional and spiritual connection with the person with whom you choose to share your sacred and sexual body.

· Know yourself. African-centered sexuality is based on accepting one’s own desires, not condemning anyone else’s. Every person is unique, what fits for one person is not going to be appropriate for all. The African-centered individual can be comfortable and confident in knowing that they are secure in their own sexuality and that they are honoring their own natural drives and desires without having to diminish anyone else’s expression of sexuality. The African-centered individual can respect that not everyone is at the same level of enlightenment and not feel the need to degrade, condemn, or criticize anyone else for where they are. Know what arouses you, know what makes you orgasm, know how your body reacts to certain triggers.

· Sexuality is fluid - Gender is flexible. The African-centered community loves to assert that heterosexuality is the only acceptable form of sexual expression. They love to assert that homosexuality is European and that indigenous Africans never practiced homosexuality. They falsely and rather arrogantly assert that homosexuality doesn’t occur in nature. The oldest depiction of a same sex coupling came from ancient KMT (Egypt) of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum. There are at least 70 documented words in various African languages for men or women who engage in homosexual relations. There are also a variety of ways that African societies have historically tolerated or even celebrated the people who engaged in these practices. Moreover, homosexual behavior has been documented in over 500 species of insects, vertebrae, birds, fish, and mammals including the African Elephant, Giraffe, Buffalo, Cheetah, and Zebra. Homophobia is Eurocentric. It is based on the fear of the men losing their masculinity, their fear of losing power over women, their fear of an equality of the sexes. Heterosexism perpetuates a male-created myth of women being created for men to oppress.

African-centered sexuality asserts that the terms masculinity and femininity are Euro-defined concepts to perpetuate sexism and that connection between individuals, regardless of their gender, is perfectly normal and natural. African-centered sexuality respects that couplings between a man and a woman are natural, predominant, and essential for reproduction but doesn’t negate or demonize other couplings that are not male/female. African-centered sexuality acknowledges individuals who are transgendered, those possessing the physical, emotional, and sexual traits of both genders, are human beings equally deserving of love, passion, and pleasure and having a voice in the community just as much as those who identify as men or women. Embrace, respect, honor, and celebrate inclusion rather than exclusion, diversity rather than uniformity, tolerance over narrow-mindedness.

Copyright 2008 AfroerotiK

Tired of seeing black women being portrayed as ghetto bitches, freaks and whores, and black men as barely literate thugs, bulls, and pimps, Scottie Lowe decided it was time to show black people in a positive sexual light. Ms. Lowe is the sole owner and founder of http://www.AfroerotiK.com, a company dedicated to eradicating the negative and stereotypical depictions of Black sexuality and providing customized, personalized erotic stories for and about people of color. Her innovative approach to writing Black and interracial erotica is shattering misperceptions and opening the doors to dialogue about subjects long considered taboo.

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east bay???

2008-04-02T18:44:06Z

just trying to get an idea of what's going on in the east bay for queers. i recently moved here from nyc and i other than a couple of clubs, i don't know what's going on. trying to meet some sweet and sexy guys for friendship, bootie, whatever. where y'all at?

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A New Gay Dating Site……with a twist

2008-03-28T02:42:04Z

YES....you will see this post in my various tribes, so if you've seen it in another tribe you're a member of.........Don't Bitch. OKAY! And I say this in jest:-)

This gay dating site is unique in regards, to its approach, for its membership. Here’s the premise of the site, written and originated by the creator of the site:

“Welcome to Dissident Dating”

“Maybe you don't test for HIV or maybe you did and just don't trust the results. Maybe you've learned that AIDS is not caused by HIV, and that tests are inaccurate. Then you can meet like-minded people here, make friends, date, and...well, its up to you! On this site no one posts "status" because negative and positive are proven to be meaningless or at best misleading. Why not live and love!”

My Observation:

With all the fear and pandemonium about dating (these days) a person labeled ‘so-called’ hiv-antibody positive, this site doesn’t ask that you reveal your ‘status’ because the members are dissidents, and have accepted, not to accept, the fear based paradigm of hiv ‘antibodies’ being the cause of aids.

Definition of ‘Antibody’: any of numerous Y-shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses.

So if you’ve been labeled hiv-antibody positive, or negative, or just don’t know, no one on the dating site will judge you about that. Just be prepared for a vast amount of mind-blowing (and boggling) knowledge from some of the members, you may come to know, on the site.

What I find interesting about the site, is it’s ability, to reach out to people, who, are taking a different stance and approach on dating, loving, meeting someone new, and being with someone who shares their views about the ‘Otherside’ of the hiv paradigm and model. And hey…you just might learn something new, and a thang-or-two, from a member, or so.

This is not a debate, or bitching, or mud-slinging site; that usually happens after you’re in a relationship. It’s a gay DATING site, with a majority of members who are interested in meeting and getting to know others, who question(s) the model we call hiv. Revealing your status (I would assume) – to another member – it entirely up to you and he, if you care to include it in your dialogue, but not required.

The site is new, so it will be a matter of time, when the membership continues to grow.
It is ‘not’ to assume that every member joining -- this site -- are considered as hiv antibody pos, because a lot of people aren’t, because they know enough and don’t believe hiv=aids, to be afraid of being with someone label as pos:
http://www.dissidentdating.com/index.php

Be open-minded. You may met someone who can change you life for the better. One just never knows, where cupid may strike.
Terry

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Black Lesbian Feature & Oakland Film Co.

2007-12-24T18:05:06Z

Griot Soul Films, an Oakland-based non-profit film company dedicated to producing complex film images of Black and Black Connected communities, and providing community members tools and training to do the same. We're currently working to produce the 1st Black Same Gender Loving Woman's Romantic Dramedy "She Wasn't Last Night."

It's community funded and we've gotten a lot of positive press both nationally and internationally. We need more local involvement and the Winter Holidays are a great time to connect!

Please check out our website at www.griotsoulfilms.org and our trailer at www.afterellen.com/blwe/12-14-07

....and consider making a holiday donation of any size. Join our social network for the film at shewasntlastnight.ning.com

Thanks for taking the time!!!!

DJ

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What do you do if you get a BONER in public?

2007-11-19T03:57:46Z

I don’t know how I came across this or it to me, but (lol) when I saw it, I went ‘OH-MY-GOD!’ I don’t know if I was embarrassed for the guy or what. This dude does whatever he can to conceal it in his wrestler tights, but, it’s very evident he got a BIG ‘boner’ while wrestling with his opponent, in a public area mind you. Do these guys get excited when they wrestle? Does adrenaline cause their dicks to swell? Here’s the evidence: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OQT_ZcUBAY8

Also this is another with a HUGE bulge, from a runner, and it just can’t stop jiggling in his spandex as it runs ahead of him: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HxnISJYyoYk

Has this (getting a boner in public) ever happen to you? What do you do to conceal it, it you try to?

I will repost this in my other tribes.

Terry

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Black man standing

2007-08-24T01:28:04Z

Ok so many of you know me as the Angry Black Man from LA. But in life I am just a cool kind hearted person trying to do what I can to make a real difference in the my corner of this planet.

So I have this foundation where I try to help people who have less. I even lived for 34 days as a homeless person to get a first hand look at what life is really like for homeless people.

Next week I will be at it again. I am going to live as a homeless man for the second time here in LA. So from August 27 until September 26 I will be on the streets living just like a homeless man. I am working closely with my team of Docs to make sure I can do the entire 30 days without getting sick. As many of you know who read my blog I am a sickle cell patient and I have cancer, but my desire to help people and the ability of the God I serve is greater then both if these things.

So please keep me in your prayers as I begin another chapter in my mission to help people. I invite you to read my blog daily to keep up with what is going on how and what I am doing.

Also for those of you in the LA/SoCal area I invite you to come out and help with the largest Do Something Saturday Event to date on Saturday September 8th from 11:00AM until 3:00PM at the Vera Davis Center in Venice. Email me for more details.

There are 98 thousand homeless people here in LA and 51% of this population is black. Let’s stand united as one to STOMP out homelessness all over this country.

Thanks for your continued prayer and support

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Oakland Film Company to Produce 1st Black Lesbian Romantic Comedy Feature

2007-07-19T01:37:08Z

Hey guys,

Check out our online community site and consider donating to our non-profit community funded film company or volunteering with us. Our current film is called "She Wasn't Last Night." It will be the first Black Same Gender Loving Women's Romantic Comedy Feature. Help us as we work from the grassroots to make this historic film.

shewasntlastnight.ning.com

Thanks,

dj

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Share your story with Mandrake Society Radio in June 2007

2007-05-22T03:31:12Z

Because June holds the commemoration of Texas slaves finally learning about the Emancipation Proclamation one and a 1/2 years
after the fact (Juneteeth) and because June is National Pride Month, I'm soliciting audio from black American gays on coming out.
Choose one (or all) of the following topics:

Coming out to yourself (when did you first know?)

Coming out to family (when/how did your family find out?)

Coming out at work (are you out at work? why/why not?)

Coming out spiritually (whatever faith/belief you observe)

You can record the audio on your own recorder/software or you can call the Mandrake Society Radio line at
214-594-7434 (yes, you're calling a Dallas, TX number). Please send your audio (in either .mp3 (preferred) or
.zip format) to: mandrakesociety@gmail.com. Contact me if you have any other questions on finding software
to record yourself.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you and sharing our stories together in the month of June.

J.W. Richard, producer

Mandrake Society Radio
"make love, give birth, change your community"
http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com

-and-

Mandrake FM
"The Root is the Beat"
http://www.mandrakefm.com

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What are your favorite Black Porn websites?

2007-05-03T23:55:12Z

Are there any that really do black porn right? I help run a website that needs a more diverse look at first glance. The forums are more diverse than any gay website, but the front page doesn't portray that.

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The Genealogy of African (Black) people

2007-04-21T00:38:39Z

Was browsing around, and came across these remarkable ‘youtube’ videos by Dr. York who gives a detail and in-depth look into the origins of the African (Black, Brown, Yellow) hue-man/woman, and how the African race (people) got off the path of losing touch with their true self, in exchange, for worshiping ‘other’ teachings that are not in alignment with ‘right-knowledge’. Certainly something for the Spirit-Mind-Body. These videos gives an account of how (and who) the Adam and Eve are (the new black man/woman), and how they came into being, and who their parents really are, also, an account of the real name of Egypt and the real ancient black people of the land. It’s very mind opening into ‘right knowledge’ instead of believing in unfound religion, and race, as we’ve been told to believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y620P8PvJG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JWW75rDxk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIGajPNz98

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VkdHooDF7U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqV9dGV3K8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSqWCSeg6a4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jn7rCaBPW8

I found these videos on this site: http://nuworldorder.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=36&topic=1908.0

After watching these videos and finding out how certain children where being raised (in the seventies) to bring in the next generation to raise the consciousness of people, it made me ponder on just how the same thing is being done today, to manipulate and mutilate the DNA and reproductive organs of black man and women, by making up ‘accepted’ lies and estimates the world over.

Terry

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Wannabe's alert -

2007-02-27T21:35:23Z

GO and DO....

http://www.stilettocasting.com/

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New Bareback Tribe

2007-02-21T01:09:54Z

Bareback-Belgium & International Friends:
For people living or visiting Belgium & into bare fuck:

http://tribes.tribe.net/Bareback-Belgium

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Singer iso musicians in San Francisco/Bay Area

2007-02-10T01:56:18Z

Singer/frontman here looking for musicians to start a new project/group. I've been frontman for heavy alternative bands like Juggernaut in San diego, an acoustic solo act and electric soul rock band-"Blue Buddha" in San Francisco. As well as singing House Music with DJ's like Sir Charles in clubs in SF.

Looking to merge some electronic, soul, electronica, rock, jazz and...into one smooth, funky sound of luscious layers dripping with sinewy emotions and senuality!!

Check out some sound clips of my voice, songs I've written and video of us performing in India in 2005: www.myspace.com/bluebuddhamusic
www.bluebuddhasbasement.net

I've written some music, but looking to sing and not play guitar

Look forward to hearing from you, thanks!

peace, blue buddha

"Let the Soul Rise!"

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Anyone go clubbin' in LA or Vegas area?

2007-02-09T23:59:39Z

What are the spots and when?

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More knowledge for your Spirit, Mind, Body, and Soul

2007-02-02T22:50:59Z

It's time to question those that have lead us down a path of deception. I've come across this audio that I want to share with you all so to, give you a wider and broader perspective about your personal wellness and those you've been putting your trust in, that does not have you best interest (nor your family and community) at heart.

Your default player will pop up and play this audio from LIBRadio:
http://www.mediamax.com/spectrumbeta9/Hosted/Rep%20lib.mp3

Terry

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Brave Soul Collective

2007-01-27T17:34:56Z

Brave Soul Collective is an education, outreach, and support organization for gay / bisexual / transgendered / questioning HIV+ and HIV- individuals. Check out their message board: http://www.bravesoulcollective.org/board/index.php?act=idx. It's a favorite site of mine. You should also check out the site's main page by entering at: http://www.bravesoulcollective.org/.

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Gay Black & Buddhist

2007-01-10T02:44:11Z

Just curious to find out
Since coming out about 12 yrs or so ago - I have always been drawn to eastern philosopheies and practices - yoga, mediation, tai-chi etc.
Most recently I have been reading the series of books entitled Queer Dharma - I have also started to seek out local gay friendly buddhist groups to attend. In my search and reading though I have noticed very few if any Gay Buddhist of Color - most I have come across have been male as well as white.

So curious to find out if there are others out there who practice or have an interest in Buddhism or is there a hesitation to seek out other beliefs and religions in the black community because some of us grew up in very church going religious communities.

Bandu

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NYC: Black Men's Exchange (BMX) Topic for Friday, Nov 17th - A RAP WITH SGL SISTAHS

2006-11-17T02:13:45Z

Welcome To The Black Men's Xchange-New York [BMX-NY]
This newsletter style email/post is for the gathering on Friday, 17th November 2006.

BROTHERS! Although not required, BRINGING A POTLUCK DISH AND/OR BEVERAGE of your choosing would be a generous offering for the brotherhood! Your offering defrays a cost to the organization. THANK YOU!

For Friday, 17th November 2006

BMX-NY A RAP WITH SGL SISTAHS
- What, if any role, do SGL Brothas/Sistahs play in your life?
- Do you feel SGL Brothas/Sistahs respect you?
- How comfortable are you with SGL Brothers/Sistahs sexuality?
- Do we have a stake in challenging male supremacy and misogyny in our community?
- How can SGL men and women begin to forge alliances with each other?

LOCATION: 730 Riverside Drive [@ 150th Street], Suite 9E, Harlem, NY

TIME: 8:00PM - 11:00PM [Every Friday Night]

DIRECTIONS: Take the #1 train to 145th Street, or the M4 or M5 bus to 149th Street.

ABOUT BMX_NY: Black Men's Xchange-New York (BMX-NY) is a gathering for same gender loving (SGL) and bisexual Black men to powerfully and respectfully address issues that impact their lives, and to connect with one another in a positive, affirming, nurturing and transformational environment. Ages 18 and up.

MISSION: Founded as an instrument of healing and empowerment, the Black Men's Xchange-New York offers advocacy and affirmation. We celebrate the uniqueness and power of same gender loving African descended men; employing critical thinking, diversity and cultural affirmation while encouraging self-determination through self-identification.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail: bmx_ny@blackwebportal.com
Phone: 212-283-0219
Web: http://www.BMXNY.org; or visit the Yahoo Group for weekly topic posts at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMX_NY/

A GLANCE AT DECEMBER:
Friday, 1st December: Older SGL Brothas: What's In Store After Age 40?
Friday, 8th December: A Rap with Trans Family
Friday, 15th December: The Psychology of Public Sex: Is there A Conflict? If So, What Is It?
Friday, 22nd December: Film screening: "Heading South"

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Want To See Hot Women?

2006-11-17T00:26:45Z

Time: Friday, December 1, 2006 8:00 PM
Location: Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307
www.CharisBooksandMore.com

Title of Event: Meet the Models of the 2007 She-Stud Calendar
Come meet the models from the 2007 She-Stud Calendar, published by Lifestyle Entertainment. Available now at Charis Books & More, the She-Stud Calendar features models who are local to Atlanta, and who will be more than happy to autograph your copy of the calendar. Visite http://www.lyfestyle.tk/ for more info.

--
McKenzie
www.charisbooksandmore.com
LK.McKenzie@gmail.com
__._,_.___

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X posted - Why Doesn't the Black Community Support Black Bellydancers?

2006-11-14T02:05:07Z

I'm curious
My business partner and I have been hitting the "brick wall" and thought well maybe it's just us. But I've been researching (via the "internets") and finding that there is not a lot of support in the Black Communities elswhere.

Is it a religious thing? Is there something about the dance that is offensive to Blacks?

What up?

Seriously looking for feedback.

thanks

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Call For Entries - The Jewel's Catch One Project

2006-11-11T04:00:33Z

CALL FOR ENTRIES

THE JEWEL'S CATCH ONE PROJECT

Come join us as we celebrate our one year anniversary and end of the year holiday celebration. This will be our last showing for the year so come out and enjoy the festivities as we end the year with a bang.
We are also celebrating the rebirth of JEWEL’S CATCH ONE, the preeminent spot for black gay culture for over three decades. As part of an interactive performance piece for the night, we are asking ALL OF YOU to write a paragraph about your most memorable experience at Jewel’s Catch One over the years.

Had your first date there? Last date? Was the Catch your first experience with gay culture? Did you see the finest dude you have ever seen in your life up there - and found out it was a lesbian?

What ever your experience, write it down in 1,000 words or less and send it to us at info@thirdthursdayla.com We will be reciting a few of the responses during a special presentation.

So just don’t sit there - send us your funny, insightful, emotional or empowering stories to us today. Then come enjoy with us for the last time this year the ultimate reality show - LIFE.

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SLC

2006-10-16T17:24:47Z

Anyone near SLC,Ut?

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Black Male in Columbia, SC

2006-09-25T00:25:16Z

Hello everyone my name is James. I am in Columbia, SC. New guy in town. I am a cool guy to talk to. I am HIV+ and I am trying to find someone to show me around the city. Once I tell folks about my status they just dont want to talk to me or even hang out. I just want to meet some folks that wont judge me because of my status and accept me for me. If that's you then hit me up. You can YIM me at liljunbug2003

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Call for Submissions

2006-08-12T18:33:23Z

Submit to be an artist or panelist/speaker at Peace Out East. Peace Out East (www.peaceouteast.com) is an annual LGBTQ and allies hip hop cultural festival in NYC, Oct 12-15, 2006. We are looking for music, visual, performance artists and panelists/speakers/scholars. Please see www.peaceouteast.com for details. Don't be scared off by HIP HOP, alternative music and performances considered. Include links to music/art or email for a mailing address. Deadline 9/1/06 NO EXCEPTIONS.

submit to: artists@ peaceouteast.com

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Dallas Southern Pride model search

2006-08-06T21:03:41Z

Dallas Southern Pride is hosting a model search on August 13, 2006 for the Dallas Southern Pride fashion show on September 30, 2006. We are looking for 10 women and 10 men to model during the DSP Pool Party. Come out Sunday 8-13-06 from 5pm to 6pm and meet the designers, learn about us, and join in on the fun.

PLACE: Radisson Dallas Love Field, 1241 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX

Find out more about Dallas Southern Pride at the official <a href=http://www.dallassouthernpride.com>Dallas Southern Pride</a> website.

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Elephant in the room

2006-06-29T20:15:57Z

Saw this (I guess) documentary on LOGO about Log Cabin Republicans. It was supposed to be a sympathetic look at this community.

OK, all the subjects were white, but despite that, I watched anyway because I actually know a Black Republican whom I genuinely admire and respect. She's not LCR, but she's still GOP.

I watched because I thought it would address the elephant in the room: How otherwise seemingly intelligent people can give their money, time, energy and loyalty to an organization that daily, collectively, unapologetically says openly and loudly "You ain't shit"? Says it to their faces.

To me, "gay Republican" is oxymoronic. I have issues with "Black Republican," too -- mainly because I am Black. But the GOP is no longer as blatantly racist as it is anti-homosexual. And for the record I'm not a Democrat, either. You've heard the joke, haven't you? The difference between the two parties is that Democrats use a lowercase "n."

But I really would like to understand why these people -- who, of course, are free to politic any way they choose -- don't see any contradiction.

It feels the same as if I were a devout member of the klan.

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As If We Didn't Already Know...

2006-06-26T17:00:13Z

...But, at least now we have even more biological evidence, and at least we know that more research is constantly being done. Great!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200978,00.html

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Hello!

2006-06-26T00:18:36Z

Hey there, just joined and wanted to say hello! :D Glad to see this tribe!

-Nashi
SF, Cali!

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Kevin Aviance Attacked By Homophobes!

2006-06-20T21:43:58Z

Article In NY POST

Singer Kevin Aviance Beaten in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) -- A singer whose songs have topped the Billboard dance chart was attacked by a group yelling anti-gay slurs, and four people were arrested on hate-crime charges, police and his publicist said.

Kevin Aviance, 38, underwent surgery for a broken jaw after the attack Saturday, said his publicist, Len Evans. Police said the singer, whose song "Alive" hit the top of the chart in 2002, was in stable condition.

A group of six or seven men attacked Aviance early Saturday, and passers-by did not stop to help as they threw objects at him, Evans said.

Four people were arrested on charges of first-degree assault as a hate crime, police said. They were identified as Jarell Sears and Akino George, both 20; Gregory Archie, 18; and Gerard Johnson, 16.

Aviance performs in drag but was "dressed like a boy" when he was attacked, Evans said. He had planned to take part in next week's Gay Pride parade and festivities, but will now be unable to perform, the publicist said.

Other popular songs by the singer have included "Give It Up," released in 2004, and "Din Da Da," which topped the Billboard dance chart in 1997.

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San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

2006-06-13T18:30:04Z

Frameline30, the 30th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with Frameline30, 11 days of the best queer cinema from home and abroad. Cinematic stories of love, lust, friends, family, good deeds and bad behavior span countries and communities, revealing a stunning diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender aesthetics and experiences. Festival favorites such as Charles Busch, Margaret Cho and François Ozon return with new features, icons such as Tony Kushner and George Michael are profiled in hard-hitting documentaries, and therell be plenty of fun in boys and girls shorts.

Advance tickets go on sale May 26 at the Frameline30 ticket outlet located inside Superstar Satellite, 474 Castro Street (between Market and 18th). Ticket Outlet hours are 1:00 pm8:00 pm daily beginning Friday, May 26 (for Frameline members) and Friday, June 2 (for general). Tickets also are available online (www.frameline.org/festival/30th), by phone (925.866.9559), and by fax (925.866.9597). Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $10 general, $9 members; and $7 general, $6 members for screenings beginning at 5:00 pm or earlier. Castro Passes, good for admission to all screenings other than Opening Night and Closing Night, are available for $175. Daytime Matinee Passes, good for admission to all daytime screenings at the Castro Theatre on Friday, June 16 and Monday, June 19 through Friday, June 23 starting no later than 5pm, are available for $35. For more information, visit www.frameline.org/festival/30th.

Persistent Vision Queer Media Arts Conference, June 19-22

Frameline is pleased to present Persistent Vision 2006: Envisioning the Future of Queer Media Arts, a four-day conference at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and the Victoria Theatre, June 19-22. Taking its cue from the hugely successful Persistent Vision 2001, the 2006 conference will be a time for LGBT media-makers, programmers, distributors and others to discuss the state of the field and to chart what lies ahead for LGBT media arts. With the success of Brokeback Mountain, The L Word and Transamerica having thrust the LGBT community into the mainstream, the time is ripe to ask ourselves: Where are we? Whose images are not being seen? What are our next challenges? Featured keynote speakers are: film critic and cultural theorist B. Ruby Rich, writer and TV host Keith Boykin, and writer/director John Cameron Mitchell. The entire conference agenda is available at www.pv2006.org, where you can also register! Conference fees are $200 regular, $150 student. Questions? Feel free to email conference coordinators Matt Florence and Meg Daly at pv@frameline.org.

We have our own tribe too, please join us at http://tribes.tribe.net/frameline30

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Gang-Violence Really Does Affect Academics

2006-06-11T01:44:49Z

Is this sad or what? I had no idea that Levittown, PA had such terrible gang-related problems. This is definitely home-grown terrorism.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/10/nyregion/10graduate.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1149912000&en=7624a35c62f31b58&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin

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SF BLACK FILM FESTIVAL....

2006-06-09T01:12:17Z

Ends this weekend, come represent and appreciate the beauty and complexity of our community...

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It's OUT there, and it's out there STRONG............

2006-06-07T23:45:00Z

A video/film workshop i participated in last year.....
The goal was to create thought provoking, watchable PSA's gearerd towards the 'young' male of color that identifys as gay or same gender loving (or DL -or whatever it maybe this week...)...

The results are here to view.............

http://www.rawcutproductions.com/moviebanners/wmvbanners.htm#stay

It says 'WindowMediaPlayer' is nessecary, but i DONT thaink that is actualy the case.....

In any event- a new group is forming now-so any interested parties can find the particulars here ....

http://www.rawcutproductions.com/index.htm

Peep the vids - hope u get something outta them, are inspired to get involved in whatever way YOU want, or SOMETHING.....

Tell 'em ST. sent u.... wink

peace all

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT BLACK BELLYDANCERS

2006-04-27T17:58:39Z

The historical Hipdrop Tour features African American Bellydancers across the USA.
The tour starts May 13 in Van Nuys CA

please paypal a ticket at www.hipdrop.com and check out the flyer at www.jessicadances.com and www.nubiandivas.com

Y'ALL COME AROUND NOW YA HEAR!

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Empowering Our Community

2006-02-08T19:39:40Z

It's time to think and plan for our futures. Many of us have dreams and aren't achieved this is all about Equal Justice.
Come and be a part of a Team with a new business opportunity that is producing the most
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National recruiter is seeking sharp individuals with an
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Help us to help you SUCCEED in leading the national expansion of
this breakthrough opportunity!

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Cause For Concern?

2005-12-28T18:50:35Z

Lately, I have been witnessing, what I deem to be, a disturbing trend. Basically, I hear my students and even kids on the bus using the term "gay" to mean something quirky, silly, or downright stupid.

For example, if they see another student skipping down the hallway, whistling a tune and generally acting silly, the onlookers may turn to a friend and say: "That's so gay." If the computer in the computer English lab (where I work) is acting up, they say: "Hey, Mr. Williams, why these computers acting so gay." And the list of usages goes on and on.

I don't know where this trend is coming from, but it has many implications about how "far" we've come with gay relations in this country.

Guys, should I be concerned, especially, considering that these are college students doing this? Am I just being...Well...too...Gay? : )

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Just how 'gay' are you? Gayometer can tell you

2005-12-28T04:13:17Z

I took this test and I rate 36% 'gay'. Apparently I'm 'too straight'.

Results didn't really tell me much, but the test was kinda interesting.

http://www.channel4.com/gayometer

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The First Amendment

2005-12-16T16:57:02Z

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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the DL Chronicles comin this weekend

2005-12-14T17:36:27Z

his Saturday, December 17
SEE THE FILM SCREENING OF
"THE DL CHRONICLES"
Meet the Directors and the Actors
DATE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17
LOCATION: THE BENCH & BAR
ADDRESS: 2111 FRANKLIN ST.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
DOORS OPEN: 5:30pm
(510)444-2266
COST: $5
http://www.clubrimshot.com/videomag2.html
ALSO
DL Chronicles
AFTER PARTY @ CLUB RUMOR - Saturday, Dec 17
HAYWARD
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9pm-2am
http://www.clubrimshot.com/rumor.html

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LOGO and Black folk: This old news?

2005-12-03T01:57:41Z

This a press release from something called No Screaming Media.

LOGO IS A NOGO FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN LGBT COMMUNITY

LOGO, MTVN’s new ad-supported basic cable channel for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) audience, launched June 30, 2005 with more than one thousand hours of programming content and in almost 18 million homes across the United States. Programmed with a mix of original and acquired entertainment that is authentic, smart and inclusive, Logo features more than 250 lesbian and gay-themed feature films, an ongoing documentary series, newscasts tailored for the gay and lesbian community and quality original shows and specials. Out of the 250 shows on the network there has only been one (1) show and one(1) acquired film that has been created about African-American gay life. LOGO proudly boasts its more than one thousand hours of programming; yet, quietly addresses the fact that only 24 minutes of this programming is available to an African-American LGBT community.

Programs such as Round Trip Ticket and Open Bar create an illusion of a gay America, which has erased African-American culture. In addition, the network continues to air programs such as Hip-Hop Homos. This well produced documentary not only failed to acknowledge the national phoemona of the “Gay Rapper”; but failed to introduce to its 18 Million gay viewers Caushun, the only gay rapper who inked a deal with a major recording company. We are continuously displaced with programs on the network such as WISECRACK, the late night comedy show featuring the comedic stylings of every non-African-American comedian from across the U.S. Where are the faces of Harmonica Sunbeam or Sophia McIntosh?

Of the many gay films that air on the network is Ski Trip, the safe choice aired with little fanfare as the first African American gay themed film to ever play on a national network. There are films such as Paris Is Burning, Brother To Brother, Latin Boys Go To Hell, Burnt Money, How Do I Look and Punks, which have yet to see the light of day. At this point, The Atlanta DVD serial The Closet would be welcomed to a community starving for recognition. How much longer must we be subjected to another airing of Torch Song Trilogy and Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Nonetheless, anyone who has not seen or owns a copy of Angels in America they have to live under a rock!

With more than 25 African-American pride events, circuit parties, and festivals, a slew of gay Black Gay Activist, Organizers, Drag Queens and Kings, Executives, and Taste Makers it continues to be a mystery as to how an entire race of people are erased from a network which has been designed to speak to them. While the network is home to original series, including: Noah's Arc, a scripted comedy-drama series based on the web phenomenon following struggling screenwriter Noah, an African-American gay man navigating love and life in Los Angeles with his three best friends. This is not the solitary voice of Black Gay America just as Queer as Folk was not the voice of White gay America. And the scale of indifference of this show would never tip over if we as a community another option to balance this program. This is in no shape or form any disrespect to the show creature! You go Patrick!

So call your cable carrier! In fact don’t call your cable carrier. Compose an email to: Judy.McGrath@mtv.com, Tom.Freston@mtvstaff.com, Eileen.Opatur@mtvn.com, dave.mace@mtvn.com, brian.graden@mtv.com, and sumner.redstone@viacom.com. Tell them that you are embarrassed to at this abomination that they are passing on as a Network. Let them know that you are calling your cable carrier and advising them that you want LOGO removed from your basic cable plan!

MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. is a publicly held company. You are John Q Public. Raise your voice and be heard. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). This isn’t about seeing 12 hours of Black Gay programming. This is about seeing more than 30 minutes once a week of Black people on television. Don’t let there be more Black people living on Wisteria Lane than on the LOGO network.

Contact: Pryor Philips, No Screaming Media
NOSCREAMINGMEDIA@YAHOO.COM

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Greetings Black People!!

2005-11-29T23:01:13Z

I may not be gay, but I do love black people! 80) I am residing in Las Vegas at the moment... where there is a Black people shortage for real!! Maybe they are taking us all out into the mountains and killing us off or something!! I dunno.

Is there anyone here living in Las Vegas, or frequently travels to Vegas? Can you help a sista out with some cultural exchange in this lonely place?

Peace ~Black

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Gay White Folks

2005-11-06T23:56:10Z

Does anyone else ever find that talking to gay white folks is like trying to chew sand?

Case in point: I am in this LJ community and I make a post about racism within the gay community and how it makes me not want to deal with gay white people at all... how much of a turn off it is.

I don't know WHY I did that. I don't know WHY I expected something differently. I don't know what I am so optimistic, but damnit, I am.

And I wish I wasn't.

I have just wasted 4 hours with some of the stupidest people I have ever encountered. I was branded "angry," "ignorant," "racist," told how I am the "problem," told that my community is inherently racist -- all the usual culprits.

Now, although my partner is white does not exclude me from the possibility of being a bigot, critical race theory and social construction of race theory are... "my thing" -- mainly because it incorporates constrastive rhetoric (which is really "my thing"). But no one really wanted to own it.

I own that my community has elements of homophobia. I own that the church spews BS from the pulpit. But I am not ignoring how white folks come into our churches looking for help to do their bidding. I am not ignoring the why gay white people act in accordance with heterosexual white people to paint us all with the same brush -- even us gay ones. I do not ignore the ways in which white gay people (plural/general, not singular/specific) have done really horrible things to me that cannot be undone due to their racism and how they bred it into me at a young age.

But no one, no one would own the why I am so disappointed. Why? The hyprocrisy they spew. How we try to join their organizations and do work and how we are shot down every time we call them on their hypocrisy no matter how we call them on it. How our youth are inculcated into their cause and basically brainwashed against their own communities on their behalf... because they aren't responsible, don't care, don't wanna care...

Instead, they wanna talk about BET -- not realizing it is owned by the dude who owns MTV... a white person.

Instead, they wanna talk about "reverse racism" not understanding why the concept is so laughable.

Instead, they wanna talk about how they lost their job to a POC who was _obviously_ not qualified... and not answer when I ask simple questions like, "How do you know they aren't qualified?"

I feel like making a Lady MacBeth speak. Instead of my womb stopped up, I want my optimism ripped from my innards.

Thoughts? Wisdom? Perspective?

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and here too i'll ask associations and friends..

2005-11-04T08:10:07Z

i'm just wondering,
when u look at some inquiry on tribe..
do u then look at the friends a member does or doesn't have in that particualr tribe..and base a 'reaction' or opiinion of them by the friends?

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new tribe (zoosex)

2005-10-29T11:45:37Z

men or women, str8 or gay + dogs, horses, donkeys, ...
http:///tribes.tribe/zoosex

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Do you feel like you are a part of a black gay community?

2005-10-29T03:54:57Z

Do you feel a sense of black gay community? Or is it all online now?

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Rosa Parks

2005-10-29T03:53:13Z

Sistas and Brothas,

I think it's our job to honor women who made a difference when they cross over into the realm of the ancestors. With the passing of Ms. Parks last night -- I hope we can each do something in our communities, on our jobs, and especially in relating to our children to make sure she is honored and the legacy of resistance she represents. Even if it's something small like a memorial stone in your local park or asking that a street be renamed in her honor -- there's something we all can do. We could suggest Rosa Parks community projects (where students push back against something wrong in their community) for our local elementary, middle or high schools. Just a phone call to a school could make a big difference.

Post your ideas. Let's honor our ancestors. ~~Peace~~

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Black on Black Violence

2005-10-21T23:15:31Z

Heres an interesting article about the history of black on black violence:

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.02.96/butterfield-9618.html

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Herndon Davis Reports

2005-09-29T01:53:38Z

Black Gay Talk Show Time Slot Change, Sep. 29

Beginning this coming Thursday Sept. 29, “The Herndon Davis Reports” will now been seen one hour later on the Dish Network, Channel 223 every Thursday night at 10pm Eastern, 9pm Central, 8pm Mountain, and 7pm Pacific.

Please remember to set your VCR, DVD-R, and your personal schedules forward one hour to accommodate the new time slot change.

Below is a list of exciting upcoming episodes. For advertising/sponsorship of any episode, e-mail: herndon@herndondavis.com

Thursday Sept. 29 – So that you won’t miss an original episode because of the time slot change, we’re going to re-broadcast last week’s episode, discussing Gay Vs. Civil Rights with activists Jasmyne Cannick, The National Black Justice Coalition and Jason Cooper, The National Lesbian Gay Task Force.

Thursday, Oct. 6 – Black Gay Pride Weekend- What is it and why do we have festivities across the country celebrating it? Join guests Wendell Carmichael, President, At The Beach Black Gay Pride, Zandra Conway, Board Chair, In The Life Atlanta Black Gay Pride, and Julian High, The Human Rights Campaign, Human Resources and Diversity Director for conversation analyzing Black Gay Pride.

Thursday Oct. 13 – Growing Spiritually Beyond The Black Church – How does one thrive spiritually beyond the traditional trappings of the black church and its homophobia? Join guest Bryan Edney, Motivational Speaker, Educator, Life Coach, and founder of New Covenant Thought Ministries for an engaging conversation on how to grow spiritually beyond religion.

Thursday Oct. 20

Duane Cramer Exclusive Interview

We travel to San Francisco for an exclusive interview with internationally acclaimed photographer, Duane Cramer, http://duanecramer.com Duane’s photography has graced magazine covers across the world. He shares with us how he thrives within his own skin as an accomplished photographer, activist, and as a proud black gay man.

Thursday Oct. 27

Joseph Ware Exclusive Interview

We broadcast on location in Oakland for an exclusive interview with Joseph Ware, owner and manager of The Bates House Bed and Breakfast, http://www.bateshouse.com Joseph shares with us how he went from a highly successful career in retail to creating an extraordinarily stunning bed and breakfast. He also shares with us how he thrives within his own skin as a successful entrepreneur who also happens to be a black gay man.

November Highlights:

JL King Exclusive Interview:

So you think you know all there is to know about the life of JL King, controversial author of the bestselling book, “On The Down Low.” Think again! We travel to Atlanta where we broadcast from JL’s posh home where he shares his emotional memories concerning his childhood, his parents, sibling rivalry, boyhood crushes, and the turning point in his life that gave birth to the book, “On The Down Low.”

The State of Black Gay Atlanta – Join four dynamic black gay/lesbian leaders of Atlanta, Darlene Hudson, Executive Director of In The Life Atlanta, J. Lawrence Warren, Executive Director of My Brothaz Keeper, Krista Ford, former Olympian Athlete and Personal Trainer, and Raymond Duke, Founder of ONYX Images-Atlanta.

We discuss the state of affairs within the city of Atlanta ranging from mentoring youth, creating safe spaces for the black gay community, planning black gay pride, to becoming politically active, fighting black church homophobia, and even advice on maintaining romantic gay/lesbian relationships, all from a city of Atlanta perspective.

Rev. Tommie Watkins Jr. Exclusive Interview:

Author of the new book, “Living Out Loud” http://twgllc.biz/pages/tommie.htm

He was in the top one-third of his class in the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis where he twice was voted as class president and earned the rank of battalion commander -- responsible for approximately 700 subordinates.

But suddenly his life came to a screeching halt when he was outed as gay, kicked out the Navy then was told to pay back nearly $100K in tuition to the federal government for his Naval Academy education.

It was finally time to fight back!! Watkins sued the federal government and won and was released from having to pay back the government for his education. But his

victory over homophobia in the military didn’t play well within the black church where he was an ordained minister.

Prevented from preaching at his home church, an elder pastor at another church where he was employed once told him to shut up about being gay and get married. When Watkins did neither, he was fired and kicked out the church. Hear his amazing story and read his amazing book.

The State of Black Gay Literature Part 1

Brent Carpenter, Fredrick Smith, Trent Jackson

Join authors Brent Carpenter, “This Time Around, Man of The Cloth, Bald Ambition” Fredrick Smith, “Down For Whatever”, and Trent Jackson, “At This Moment” for an engaging conversation concerning the current state and future direction of black gay/lesbian literature.

For advertising/sponsorship of any episode, e-mail: herndon@herndondavis.com

“The Herndon Davis Reports” will now been seen one hour later on the Dish Network, Channel 223 every Thursday night at 10pm Eastern, 9pm Central, 8pm Mountain, and 7pm Pacific

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Black, Gay and Talking All About It!!!

2005-09-20T21:04:56Z

Thursday Sep. 22 on The Herndon Davis Reports

Join Host, Herndon Davis and guests, Jasmyne Cannick and Jason Cooper as they explore the dynamics and the need for black gay/lesbian political activism.

Jasmyne is a Media Activist and National Black Justice Coalition Board Member, http://www.jasmynecannick.com & http://www.nbjcoalition.org

Jason is a Sr. Field Organizer, for the National Lesbian Gay Task Force, Sr. Field Organizer http://thetaskforce.org

The dialogue of the evening speaks to the crucial need for black gay political activism on topics ranging from gay marriage, adoptive rights, and how best to educate the overall black community on such important issues.

“The Herndon Davis Reports” broadcasts nationally every Thursday night on The Dish Network, Channel 223, on The Healthy Living channel

Eastern/9PM

Central/8PM

Mountain/7PM

Pacific/6PM

http://herndondavis.com

Make Every Thursday, Black Gay TV Night

Black, Gay and Talking All About It!!!

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Bush's Mama.....

2005-09-08T02:14:10Z

........is a bitch!!

“And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them." - Barbara Bush after touring the refugee camp at the Houston Astrodome.

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GET OUT AND SPEAK UP!!

2005-09-07T03:07:01Z

From the war on terror to the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
Our govorment shows us again and again that we mean nothing to them. This has got to stop! Join Answer Coalition and World Can't Wait in voicing our anger at a regime that doesn't care if we live or die. Demand they protect and respect all Americans and not just "them & their "way of life.

SPEAK UP!!

National Day Of Emergency demonstration
Sept 7th nationwide. Click here for more info:
www.answercoalition.org

Mobilize Now! demonstration.
Nov 3 nationwide. Click here for more info:
www.worldcantwait.org

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what's the buzz cuzz?

2005-08-13T17:30:09Z

This is for the discreet black and latin men. go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blkdownlow_productions
to find out about this event during Oakland's Black Pride...
Hope to see you there

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Complicit in our own genocide?

2005-08-04T19:59:53Z

A Conspiracy of Silence
by Phill Wilson
executive director of the Black AIDS Institute

Ok, I admit it. I've been in denial. AIDS is in fact a conspiracy to kill black people.

I finally realized the truth in June, when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that African Americans represent about half of all people living with HIV in the country. We’re only 12 percent of the population.

If that fact is not enough to get you thinking, also notice that 69% of new female HIV infections are among African American women and, most horrifying, that a new five-city study found 46% of black gay and bisexual men already infected.

With numbers like that, there's got to be a something fishy going on. The question, however, is whose conspiracy is it?
READ MORE

www.blackaids.org/ShowArticle.aspx

Phill, you haven't been in denial, you've been part of what's driving the epidemic.

We can't keep fucking each other up the ass and wondering why we have astronomical HIV infection rates!

From Chuck Tarver,
Frot activist
author of "Fighting the Conformity that Kills"
READ MORE

www.heroichomosex.org/persona...ries/read.cgi

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I really what to know, Maybe I am naive or mis informed HELP ME UNDERSTAND

2005-08-04T06:19:35Z

Is the difficulties of being a black man in AMERICA compounded when they come out as gay? and is that ten fold when you are a celebrity like Luther Vandross? Did Luther die closeted? would you? die... closedted if you where in his shoes? I love my black brothers, but must you be hella queenish when you are gay. Are there any "normal acting brothas out there that don't walk like they are on a fashion show runway? Are there any Strong GAy NuBian PRINCE out there that are out to the world ? Please answer my questions

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Luther and sexual identity: Another take

2005-07-16T15:53:19Z

http://www.livejournal.com/users/cleomanagosblog/

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THE SOUNDTRACK TO OUR LIVES

2005-06-30T19:08:14Z

This was an exercise in another online group. I had a good time with it boiling down my experiences.

THE SOUNDTRACK TO OUR LIVES
The order is specific, but the number was dictated by my life. Somewhat.

Living In Confusion -- Phyllis Hyman
Love Don't Live Here Anymore -- Rose Royce
Waiting For The Last Tear To Fall -- Phyllis Hyman
Don't Want To Be A Fool -- Luther Vandross
What Goes Around -- Regina Belle
I Learned from the Best -- Whitney Houston
You Win Some, You Lose Some -- Kathy Sledge
This, Too, Shall Pass Away -- Phyllis Hyman
I Refuse To Be Lonely -- Phyllis Hyman
The Need To Be -- Gladys Knight interpretation
I Can Only Be Me -- Keith John(School Daze soundtrack)
Strength, Courage And wisdom -- India.Arie
I'll Keep My Light In My Window -- Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross
(I'm The Ruler Of) My Destiny -- Chaka Khan

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Los Angeles Black Pride Schedule

2005-06-27T20:38:58Z

Happy Black Pride Week! We look forward to celebrating our his and herstory, culture and pride with you this week. Events begin today with our Valley kick off celebration and continue through Monday, July 4. For more information, please visit www.atbla.com. There's still time to exhibit as a vendor and volunteer with ATB. Just call (323) 293-4282 or email atbla.@aol.com.

We'll see you AT THE BEACH!

ATB 2005 Board of Directors, Community Advisory Board, Staff & Volunteers

Monday, June 27

Tuesday, June 28
Black SGL/LGBT Leadership Forum
presented by In the Meantime Men's Group
featured speakers include: Lonnie of Boy Trade, Jewel Thais Williams, Ivan Daniel III, Carl Highshaw, President of In The Meantime's Board of Directors, Lisa Powell of ULOAH, Rev. Russell Thornhill, Unity Christian Fellowship Church Jasmyne Cannick and Wendell Carmichael of ATB Los Angeles Black Pride Facilitated by Keith Underwood, and Jeffrey King of In The Meantime
7:30 p.m.
Jewel's Catch One Community Room
4069 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA
(323) 733-4868
Free
All are welcome!
www.inthemeantimemen.com

Wednesday, June 29
Offical ATB Kick Off Party
presented by Ivan Daniels Productions
6 - 9 p.m.
Here Lounge
696 Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood, CA
(323) 766-6333
$7
www.ivandanielproductions.com
www.herelounge.com

Offical ATB Volunteer Party
hosted by the Lucy Florence Coffee House
6 - 9 p.m.
Lucy Florence Coffee House
3351 West 43rd Street Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA
Refreshments will be served
Free
Email for info gentlemensgentlemen@yahoo.com

Thursday, June 30
* ATB Volunteer Orientation
7 p.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
Free Email for info gentlemensgentlemen@yahoo.com

Cinema Men
@ the Study
9 p.m. - 2 a.m.
The Study
1723 North Western Avenue Hollywood, CA
(323) 769-6333
$10

The First Annual Roots Lounge Statements of Pride
presented by In the Meantime Men's Group and The Village Health
Spoken Word Jam and Deep House After party
7 p.m.
The New Jewel's Room
4067 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA
(323) 733-4868
$7
www.inthemeantimemen.com

Friday, July 1
* ATB Conference Series
9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
Free

* ATB Sambia Welcome!
Opening Reception
Speakers include Assembly Member Mark Leno , Assembly Member
Karen Bass , Alice Huffman , president of the California State Conference of
the NAACP , representatives from the office of Congresswoman Diane E.
Watson , Compton City Councilman Isadore Hall III , City of West Hollywood ,
Los Angeles Police Department Community Relations Section, Earl Ofari
Hutchinson, Eva Georgia of KPFK 90.7 FM and others. Also present will be
the board of directors for Los Angeles Black Gay Pride and an estimated 1,000 guests.
6 - 9 p.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
$10

Boytrade, Girltrade
10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
El Rey Theater
5515 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(323) 926.6400
$10
www.boytrade.com

The Black AIDS Institute presents
Soulful Salon Art and Literary Cafe
noon – 7 p.m., Main Floor
Mpowerment Speed Datin g
6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Main Floor
Spoken Word & Short Film Screenings
7 p.m. – 11 p.m., Auditorium
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles , CA
(213) 353-3610
delt@blackaids.org

Cabrini presents
Lynne Fiddmont live and in person!
8 p.m.
5664 West 3rd Street @ LaBrea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
$10 + 2 drink minimum
(323) 938-0259
www.cabrinipresents.com

Saturday, July 2
*Carnivale Bahia Beach
Beach Party and Unity Celebration
6 a.m.- Dusk
Point Dume
Malibu Beach, CA

Well known and loved vocalist Nadirah Shakoor (pictured)
will be performing live at the beach. A native of
South Central Los Angeles Nadirah has been the crowd
favorite at past ATB Beach Parties. Nadirah will be
(in her own words) “sharing with you a bit of myself, and a
bit of my soul, through my music”. You can check Nadirah's
music out at www.nadirah.com . Her performance is destined
to be a memorable one.

Sharing the event stage with Nadirah is new and dynamic Recording Artist Phillippia (pictured). Phillipia has been compared vocally to Jill Scott and Erykah Badu. Phillipia comes to ATB from her hometown of Miami, FL through Hotlanta, GA with one thing on her mind, making real music about real life. She is in amazing vocalist and is bound to reach the height of her industry soon. ATB is excited to have her. Phillippia can be read about or listened to at her website www.liquidsoulradio.com/artist/lsr_phillippia.htm .

In addition to great vocal talent, the heat of ATB Carnivale will be felt throughout the
entire day. A Carnivale Fashion Show will feature hot new designs by world-reknowned designer James Poole, and many more. A spoken word ensemble featuring LA's best poets will also be featured.

It wouldn't be the world famous ATB Beach Party without the ATB contests. From the hottest bodies to best beach set-up, the ATB “Best on the Beach” crowns are up for grabs again. Don't miss ATB 2005 Carnivale!

Directions
From the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10 West) follow Pacific Coast Highway
18-miles west to Westward Beach Road. Turn toward the ocean, go beyond
the fee collection station to the very end of the road.

Official Beach Rules
No Alcohol on the beach
No pets on the beach
No fires except at the Dockweiler Beach or Cabrillo Beach fire rings.
No smoking on the beach
No four sided tents. All tents must be see through

$15 for Adults $10 Youth 12-17 Free for children under 12

*"O La Sol" at Club Ipanema
The Official After Party
10 p.m. - 4 a.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
$25

Sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign

*ATB Official Women's After Parties

*Offical Women's After the After Party
presented by the Hole in the Wall Social Club
Midnight Until...
Balance Social Club
9463 Normandie Avenue Los Angeles, CA
(323) 779-5108
$10
soffilm@aol.com

Sunday, July 3
Unity Fellowship Church of Los Angeles
Presiding Prelate Archbishop Carl Bean
Services @ 11 a.m.
5148 West Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016
(323) 938-8322
www.ufc-usa.org

Serafemme Women of Color Music Festival
presented by Out and About
12 p.m. until 6 p.m.
The National One Gay and Lesbian Archives
909 West Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(323) 656-8895
$35 before June 25 $40 after
www.beoutandabout.com

*The Legendary Father Taz Ultra Omni &
The Westcoast Hall of Famer Ebony Lane Ferragamo
in conjuction with ATB present
The Of the Year Ball Series Part II
THE DIVA STANDS UP!!
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles , CA
Doors @ 10 p.m. Ball Starts @ 11 p.m.
For More Information: FatherTazOMni@aol.com , or see Ebony Lane
Ferragamo in Person

The Finale
presented by Ivan Daniel Productions
10 p.m. - 6 a.m.
Entertanium Studios
2260 East 15th Street Los Angeles, CA
(323) 769-6333
$20
www.ivandanielproductions.com

Cabrini presents
A Yacht Party
Marina Del Rey | Fisherman's Warf
Leaves the Dock @ 8 p.m. Sharp
Los Angeles, CA
$80 per person
(323) 662-9923
www.cabrinipresents.com

Monday, July 4 (Independence Day)
It Ain't Over Yet Chile!
presented by Lamont Masters
Location TBA
(323) 806-1517

Other Places to Check Out While You're In Los Angeles

Lucy Florence Coffee House
3351 West 43rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90008
in Leimet Park

Matais Books and Art
The Only Black LGBT Bookstore in the Country!
www.matais.com

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Black History begins on 17 July 2005

2005-06-20T15:26:56Z

Black History Begins on July 17
http://herndondavis.com

July 2005 is destined to become one of the most historic months in
Black history. On Sunday July 17, what was thought to be an
impossibility will finally become a reality; and as a result the
world will never be the same again.

From Mississippi to Massachusetts, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf
Coast, and from the sunny shores of LA to the choppy waters of NYC,
tens of millions of people will wake up to a new face, a new voice,
and a new understanding of what it means to be black, gay, and proud.

The Herndon Davis Reports, http://herndondavis.com hits television
airwaves across the nation. A TV news talk show that is "Black, Gay
and Talking all about it!"

Stay tuned for exact times, days, and channels in your local
community at http://herndondavis.com when the broadcast schedule is
released on June 29.

Advertising opportunities are also available for businesses, and non-
profits, please email herndon@herndondavis.com

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Metrosexuality

2005-06-17T08:08:08Z

Has anyone seen this British show by Rikki Beadle-Blair? It's a great show and I want a copy, can anyone help me?

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New Book-Male Rape Victims In Jamaica

2005-06-16T20:21:11Z

I am a victim of rape, but I survived
O'Brien Dennis hits out at sexual abuse against boys and men
By Dawn Marie Roper
Monday, June 06, 2005

http://www.obriendennis.com sign the guest book

O'Brien Dennis is 25-years old. He has never been to prison, but he has been raped three times.
"You weren't raped. You were buggered. A man can't get raped. You don't have a vagina," the policeman told him.

'When a child comes to you and says, so and so touched him, you needs to take him seriously.'
It's a woman's worst nightmare. Some people are unsympathetic to female rape victims, sometimes even blaming them. At least women have resources to help cope with rape.

But where does a boy or man go when he is raped? Who does he turn to? It seems men get no sympathy at all when they are raped. Added to that is disbelief and ridicule.

"Notten nuh go so," said a male to whom I tried to give an account of my interview with O'Brien Dennis. "Rape which part? A b_ _ _ _ boy dat. Him did want it. Nuh man nah go mek another man hold him down." He adamantly refused to see it any other way.

This is typical of society's response to the rape of men. But O'Brien Dennis is used to it. Society's attitude, he said, creates a vicious cycle, which permits the rape of men and boys to happen much more often than people know. No one believes it. No one wants to address it. And while society turns away from it, it destroys lives.

That is why O'Brien has written about his ordeal. His book is called The Cries of Men - Voices of Jamaican Men Who Have Been Raped & Sexually Abused. It was published in the United States by iUniverse, Inc.

"I've always been private. I decided to write my story because I wanted a book out there that could relate to black men especially Caribbean men."

O'Brien has invested US$20,000 to promote his first book 'The Cries of Men,' which was written from a child's perspective.
O'Brien wants Jamaicans to know that the anti-gay rhetoric, which is strong here, is not what it appears to be and it is doing harm. "In this society there is so much scrutiny that a man is put under when he comes forward with a rape complaint. We need to ensure that the kids are protected first. Most kids assume it's their fault and will grow up with that mindset."

O'Brien was born in Westmoreland. He lived in August Town for a short while, where at age five a teenaged acquaintance sexually abused him. His grandmother took him back to Westmoreland. But when he was 14, a neighbour, whom he had trusted, also sexually abused him.

According to him, he had been a poor mathematics student and his 21-year-old neighbour offered to help him with schoolwork. O'Brien grew attached to the man, seeing him as a substitute for the love and attention he lacked at home. But the man asked him for sex and eventually forced himself on young O'Brien.

He said he felt obligated to the man so he gave in to the sexual abuse. It continued for a while even though the man had a girlfriend. "I was an alcoholic from age 16 to 19," O'Brien says of his coping strategy. "I had asked the guy if he was going to leave his girlfriend for me. He said no. He rejected me. I really wanted to run away."

His grandmother told him that education was the only way to escape poverty. So despite the abuse he applied himself at school. "Going to Mannings High School were my two best years. I had girlfriends and I did well in school.

But I did exams drunk," O'Brien said. He is angry though that the man he trusted took advantage of him. He found out later that the man was still abusing boys, although he still had a girlfriend.
But that was not the end of the victimisation. "I went to University (in Jamaica) and was living on Hall.

I met a guy there but he and another man held me down and raped me. If I had something to hang myself with I would have." He somehow managed to graduate with a degree in African Studies and International Relations.

Sexual abuse has left him feeling guilty and angry. "I hated gay men when I was growing up. Out of guilt and anger I lashed out against gay men so I could punish somebody - trying to get over what happened to me." Out of guilt he got baptised at age 9. "I felt that God could save me. I would cry at altar calls.

The church was comforting but the doctrine was messed up. If you come out and confessed, the church denounced you and kicked you out. If there is a pill, I could take to make me not gay I would take it."

According to O'Brien, sexual abuse of men has a ripple effect - a side effect of which is promiscuity. Male victims need to convince themselves they are not gay. Out of anger and his need to control his life he became promiscuous. "I had a lot of sex with men and women. I felt guilty about it because I knew I was just using them," he said.

"The whole rude boy culture is a fraud. Rude boys dress well and have more girls, but the whole thing is just a façade." O'Brien says. He loves the song "Bum bye bye in a b_ _ _ _ boy head" by Buju Banton.

According to him, lashing out against homosexuals is "more a reflection of who you are and who you can't be. Every gay man I know like this song. Gay bashers are more in denial than anything. Most of them are just doing it to cover up their own feelings."

Sexual abuse of men is rampant in free society. This is not a prison phenomenon, he argues while reflecting on his university days.

"A lot of men on campus get raped also. It was a power play. If a man had lots of girls then this could cause jealousy. There are tons of men who get raped during the campus 'drink ups'. Ninety percent of the rapes are committed by men who say they are heterosexuals," he says while arguing that raping of men isn't always a gay thing.

O'Brien feels that society's attitudes not the laws need to be changed. "It makes no sense to change the buggery laws. If you have no avenues to deal with sexual abuse of men, then people will continue to abuse boys. When you sexually abuse a child you mess him up."

When asked about his own sexual orientation he says, "I'm never into labels. I don't think of myself as gay or bisexual or whatever. I'm just who I am. I've been with girls as well as men. I tell the girls that I also have sex with men. But I'm not with a man or woman for sex. It's more emotional."

"Homosexuality will never stop," O'Brien says. What percentage of the population does he think are homosexuals? "A lot," he responds emphatically. "A lot more than people think."

He had hidden that side of him well. At a high school reunion in New York, no one believed he was gay. The girls now started to question their husbands. A former girlfriend's husband is gay but he (O'Brien) cannot tell her for fear of being the bearer of bad news. But he thinks she suspects something.

"Women have instincts, which are stronger than men's and 9 out of 10 times her instincts are right," O'Brien says. "Always make sure that you are protected. It's the woman's responsibility to ensure that she is protected. Many times the man knows what he is doing, so he starts to use condoms with his girlfriend.

But the girlfriend starts to question this so the man backs off. There is a lot of responsibility that the woman has to protect herself."

According to him, there are many homosexual or bisexual men who have invested their lives in a home and family. But these men cannot go to their women and confess because the women will strip them of everything, including affection and understanding. His own girlfriend never spoke to him for a year because she felt it was her fault.

In 2002 someone tried to blackmail O'Brien -forcing him to tell his family. His sister was angry with his grandmother for knowing what happened to him but not doing anything.

But the hard part was telling his mother. He never had the best relationship with her. She was a higgler who also worked with the government. She loved her job and travelled often.

According to O'Brien, his mother would give him and his sister toys and trips but not love and attention. It was not easy to communicate with her. When he told her what had happened she said he must have enjoyed it for it to happen the second time without him saying anything. This hurt him.

"My mother was just like a log. I would rather her giving me a hug than all the toys. She was never around during the important times like Common Entrance and CXC. I passed six subjects but all she wanted to know is why I never got higher grades.

I got my first degree and she does not even know in what. Yet she goes around saying she put me through school. I foot my own school bills."

These days his mother has accepted him as homosexual and despite his conflicts with her, he recognises some of her in himself. He describes her as somewhat boisterous. He can be as well. His mother likes to dress up, shop and party. So does he.

And his father? He came into his life when O'Brien was about 21. His father has eleven other children that O'Brien is aware of. When O'Brien told him about his life of sexual abuse, his father told him he was sorry for his absence over the years. They have made peace and now have a cordial relationship.

But O'Brien has a special plea for parents. "When a child comes to you and says, so and so touched him, you need to take him seriously."

"I've dealt with all my major issues now." Scared for most of his life and full of guilt, he went into therapy. O'Brien had been keeping journals since he was 16. It was these journals that supplied the information for his book.

"Crying has always been my greatest strength. Crying doesn't make me a weakling. If men don't let the anger out it's going to come out in other ways," O'Brien says. "It's hard to be a man because society places so much burden and expectations on you.

Unless a woman appreciates the simplicity within a man, even his weaknesses, that's the only way we can bridge the gender gap."

He has been living in the United States for the past four years. He has invested US$20,000 to promote his first book "The Cries of Men," which was written from a child's perspective.

He had given up a secure job and an apartment to write it. O'Brien says he lost friends when his book was published, but he has no regrets. Writing has been a cathartic experience for him.

Through writing he finally found peace and the self-acceptance he sought all his life. "Living someone else's dreams will put you in denial and depress you for years without end. I am happier now than I have ever been."

He is forming a "not for profit" organisation for men who have been abused. He expects this to get off the ground by November or December this year pending legal documentation.

He plans to give 10 per cent of his earnings from his books to his organisation.
O'Brien is currently not involved with anyone, and he is OK with that. But he plans to have children in another two years.

In the meantime he is busy working on a follow-up book called "Responses to the Cries." He is also trying to get an accurate picture about the rate of male abuse in Jamaica. His second book will be published next year.

O'Brien has absolute faith in the power of education to change lives. He intends to further his by working for a master's degree in Public Health Administration.

His inspiration, he says, was Oprah Winfrey whose history is also one of sexual abuse. Like Oprah he is also not afraid to speak out. "The whole homophobia thing prevents men from talking about rape," O'Brien concludes. But that will never stop him.

"I want men and women who have been raped to know that it is not their fault." He wants sexually abused men to know that they can overcome just like he had. "I am a victim and I have survived."

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Pics of Beautiful Black Men

2005-05-23T21:16:11Z

I POSTED SOME PICS ON PHOTO ALBUM, I HOPE U ENJOY IT.

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'Huck Finn' Copyright Holder Blocks Cast

2005-05-22T06:32:35Z

I refer you all to the AP article below. It explains how the Rodgers and Hammestein organization feels it's OK to dictate the ethnicity of who plays a character. I personally intend to Boycott copyrighted works of the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization I would encourage others to do the same.

You can let them know how you feel by emailing them at: theatre@rnh.com. Likewise you can check to see what works they hold at http://www.rnhtheatricals.com or simply ask when you go to purchase tickets.

article:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050521/ap_en_ot/theater_mark_twain_race

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lookin

2005-05-11T04:31:58Z

hard

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We know the sickness, who is ready for the cure?

2005-05-03T18:04:09Z

There have been a lot discussions analyzing these isms. But what about the cures? Have there been any rituals, ceromonies, or other group symbolic processes directed at healing the wounds of these isms? Have people participated in group with this goal? What was is like? What techniques or rituals did it use? If not, would people be interested in doing something like this? What sorts of processes would people like to see? What processes or rituals (symbolic relationships) would people like to see?

We know the sickness, who is ready for the cure?

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Charlotte NC Gay Black Pride

2005-04-07T00:15:34Z

The Carolinas 1st ever
Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride
is Coming Soon

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The week of
July 14 - 17, 2005
Your 2005 Theme: "A New Day"
Mission Statement
To Promote self-pride, to Raise social awareness, to Embrace

diversity, and to Empower the minds and spirits of Lesbian,

Gay, Bi sexual and Transgender people of color.

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Our 2005 Pride Partners
International Federation
of Black Prides (IFBP)
The Lesbian & Gay Community Center
of Charlotte NC
Q - Notes....gay & lesbian news source
Mandy Carter
Southerners On New Ground
Brother2Brother
The Jemsek Project
MOYE Magazine Online
Moye Inclusive Photography
Charlotte Pride Inc.
D-Man Productions
Next Level Productions
Motif Entertainment
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre
Palmetto Umoja
Club Myxx
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2005 Pride Sponsor

www.nbjcoaliton.org
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If you are interested in volunteering on a
sub-committee, vending or co-sponsoring a
Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride event, please reply with your contact information.
jermaine@charlottencblackgaypride.com
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Tell Somebody......please forward this email to all your gay-affirming, Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender friends and family everywhere! Look out for CNCBGP Fundraising Events preceding Pride Weekend and the CNCBGP website...........
www.charlottencblackgaypride.com
Together, we can make history!
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Peace & Power,
* Founders - Damon Blackman & Jermaine Nakia Lee
* Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride Board of Directors 2005
- Damon Blackman - President
- Jermaine Nakia Lee - Vice President
- Lynkoya Handy - Treasurer
- Monica Raye Simpson - Secretary
- Keith Green - Wellness Consultant

LINKS

www.gaycharlotte.com

www.nbjcoalition.org

www.ifbprides.org

www.q-notes.com

www.moyephoto.com
www.moyephoto.net

www.southnewground.org

www.freewebs.com/motifentertainment

www.jemsek.org

www.charlottepride.org

www.nccast.com

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A proud member of the International Federation of Black Prides

www.ifbprides.org

- Official CNCBGP Events -

Mr. & Miss Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride Pageant

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Held @ The Breakfast Club in Downtown Charlotte. Don't miss the crowning of the Carolina's 1st Black Gay Pride Pageant. $$

If you are interested in being a contestant, please email lynkoya@charlottencblackgaypride.com.

225 N. Caldwell St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-374-1982

Pride Community Forum

Monday, March 28, 2005

1401 Central Ave. 28205

704.333.0144

7pm sharp

Reception afterward

Topic: "Why does Charlotte need two Gay Prides?

Has the above question ever entered your mind? Join us for an indepth discussion about the presence of two different Gay Pride organizations in our city. We want to hear your thoughts. So don't miss it! FREE

CNCBGP Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, July 14, 2005

(Merchandise and Info Vendors Only)

1401 Central Ave. 28205

704.333.0144

7pm sharp

Reception Afterward

Topic: "The Black Community, the Bible Belt and the Silence"

We invite you to join Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride and the National Black Justice Coalition of Washington, DC for this well over due discussion. Reception afterward. FREE www.nbjcoaliton.org

This forum was made possible by the gracious financial gifts

of the NBJ Coaliton.

Together, we will answer the questions:

* Is the Black community more homophobic than others?

* What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?

* Why is there so much silence around HIV/AIDS in the South?

* What's the real deal with Men "On the Down Low?"

Pre-show Meet-n-Greet Reception
(Food, Merchandise & Information Vendors )
Friday, July 15th 2005, 6pm – 7pm.

1118 Clement Ave
Charlotte NC 28205 (off Central Ave) Behind White Rabbit Books
704-455-8542

www.nccast.com Come celebrate Charlotte NC’s 1st ever Black Gay Pride (CNCBGP) with the Southeast’s most fabulous Brothers & Sisters of Color.
Live Jazz Band. Vendors. Special Giveaways. Cash Bar.
$20 cover also includes Theatre Noir - a black lesbian & gay theatre event admission for one.

Theatre NOIR – a black lesbian & gay theatre event

(Merchandise & Information Vendors Only)

Friday, July 15th 2005, 7pm – 9:30pm

Featuring:

We, The ADODI Muse: A Gay Negro Ensemble, are Atlanta Georgia's only black gay male performance poets collective. We commit our time and energy to the telling of our individual and collective experiences, performing the work we pen and the work of others who support our survival. The ADODI Muse are Duncan E. Teague, Malik M.L. Williams, and Anthony Antoine. We present an in-your-face collection of performance poetry, singing, rapping, and more that is fierce, funny, confrontational, dangerous and entertaining! www.adodimuse.com

Opening Acts:

Thespian/Lesbians - an all female theatre troupe

Theatre MOTIF - a contemporary theatre ensemble

$20 Admission

Black Gay Pride Expo

@ Spirit Square in Downtown Charlotte

(Food, Merchandise & Information Vendors)

Saturday July 16, 2005, 10am - 6pm

FREE ADMISSION

On 7th and College streets.

An Event for the whole Family. Featuring Vendors from all over the Carolinas, Live Entertainment, Pride Souvenirs, National & Local Recording Artists, a Fashion Show, Authors/Book Signings, a Kidz Corner, Motivational Speakers, Informative Workshops, Great Foods & much more!(Food , Merchandise & Information Vendors)

WHERE'S THE PARTY?

Location: Club 6101, 6101 Wilkerson Blvd

at Little Rock Rd.

"The Kick Off" Pride Party

Friday, July 15th 2005

"A New Day" Pride Party for Ladies Only

"A New Day" Pride Party for the Boyz

"A New Day" Pride Party

Saturday, July 16th2005

Featuring Three Keys recording artists - Yahzarah. Yahzarah is also a backup vocalist for Erykah Badu.

4 Dj’s, 5 bars, Drag Queens, Drag Kings, Live Dancers and an outdoor stage. You've just got to be there! $$

InterFaith Service and Dinner @ C.A.S.T.

(Merchandise & Information Vendors Only)

Sunday, July 17, 2005

1118 Clement Ave (off Central Ave) Behind White Rabbit Books.
Charlotte NC 28205
704-455-8542

Service starts @ 4:00pm and

complimentary dinner served immediately afterward.

This all-inclusive spiritual worship service is designed to help you connect with your Higher Power.....whomever you recognize. This event is open to individuals of all faiths and religious backgrounds. Hear a soul-stirring message from Rev. Roger Hayes, pastor of The Church of the Holy Spirit in Greensboro NC.

Be blessed by our Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride Gospel Ensemble.

Let's give thanks together! FREE

The return of Organik Funk

hip-hop soul & spoken word _expression

- Hip Hop, Rap, Poetry & Freestyling -

In its purest form, hip-hop is fast, on-the-spot, spoken poetry. But hip-hop is hard to define because it's more than poetry or music-- it's a label for a type of urban culture which includes music, fashion and attitude!

(Food, Information & Merchandise Vendors)

Sunday, July 17th 2005, 8pm – midnite.

1118 Clement Ave (off Central Ave) Behind White Rabbit Books.
Charlotte NC 28205
704-455-8542

By popular demand, Charlotte’s premiere lesbian & gay poetry joint returns especially for Pride Weekend. We’ve got the incomparable DJ Fuzz spinning hip/hop, classic r&b, reggae and house. Featured Artists: the Organik Funk Poets Alumni. Sign up for the Open Mic showcase. Special Giveaways. Don’t miss it! $$

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HIV Infection Rate Amoung Blacks Doubles

2005-02-26T05:30:57Z

HIV Infection Rate Among Blacks Doubles

By JEFF DONN, Associated Press Writer

BOSTON - The HIV (news - web sites) infection rate has doubled among blacks in the United States over a decade while holding steady among whites —stark evidence of a widening racial gap in the epidemic, government scientists said Friday.

Other troubling statistics indicate that almost half of all infected people in the United States who should be receiving HIV drugs are not getting them.

The findings were released in Boston at the 12th Annual Retrovirus Conference, the world's chief scientific gathering on the disease.

"It's incredibly disappointing," said Terje Anderson, director of the National Association of People With AIDS (news - web sites). "We just have a burgeoning epidemic in the African American community that is not being dealt with effectively."

Researchers and AIDS prevention advocates attributed the high rate among blacks to such factors as drug addiction, poverty and poor access to health care.

The HIV rates were derived from the widely used National Health and Nutrition Examinations Surveys, which analyze a representative sample of U.S. households and contain the most complete HIV data in the country. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) compared 1988-1994 data with figures from 1999-2002.

The surveys look only at young and middle-aged adults who live in households, excluding such groups as soldiers, prisoners and homeless. Thus, health officials believe the numbers probably underestimate true HIV rates in this country.

Still, they show a striking rise in the prevalence of the AIDS virus from 1 percent to 2 percent of blacks. White rates held steady at 0.2 percent. Largely because of the increase among blacks, the overall U.S. rate rose slightly from 0.3 percent to 0.4 percent.

Smaller studies had shown rising infection rates among blacks in recent years, but this study takes a longer and more complete look at changes in the general population.

"I think it's very concerning," said Dr. Susan Buchbinder, who leads HIV research for the city of San Francisco. "I think what we need to look at is how we can reduce those rates and get more people into treatment."

She recommended a stronger focus on treating drug addiction.

The lead CDC researcher, Geraldine McQuillan, said she was encouraged to see the HIV rate among younger blacks holding steady at just under 1.5 percent.

"It tells me we're making some headway," she said.

Other national data and published reports studied by the CDC showed that 480,000 HIV-infected people ages 15 to 49 should have been getting antiviral drugs in 2003, yet only 268,000, or 56 percent, were given such medication.

Researcher Eyasu Teshale of the CDC said the gap represents "a substantial unmet health care need."

Treatment is widely viewed as a central component in prevention. Powerful AIDS drugs that came into wide use in the mid-1990s can knock down levels of the virus in the body, reducing the chances that the patient will infect others.

Nearly 1 million people in the United States have contracted the AIDS virus since the outbreak began in the early 1980s. About 40,000 people test positive each year, and more than 18,000 die. However, U.S. infections have remained fairly level in recent years with the use of powerful HIV drugs.

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Back in the day.

2005-02-22T19:05:52Z

I posted this on the Woubi Yossi tribe, but I thought a cross post was in order......

I was at a presentation this past weekend for a new book called "Lust Unearthed". It's a collection of erotic drawings from the 1920's through about 1970-75 that one man had gathered, which were given to the GLBT historical society in San Fran. The images are from the US, Germany, France, England, Netherlands.
Great stuff. I like it.
As I have been looking through it, I noticed there are very few images of people of color. Based on the bio of the man who collected the imagery, he got everything he could get his hands on, even if it wasn't imagery that directly appealled to his aesthetic. I began to wonder if there was erotic imagery of people of color, specifically black men, that was circulated like this imagery was (which was pretty underground). I know there was some in the 60's forward, but what about before?
I also thought about when I first discovered porn in the late 70's. It was fairly white, but by then if I looked hard enough I could find images of black men.
So, my two part question. Does anyone know about the existence of erotic imagery I mentioned in the first part of my post, and second, when you all discovered porn/erotica, do you remember what sort of imagery you looked at? If you are black, did you look at white erotica, or did you try to find images of other black men?

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Black Gay and Lesbian Archives

2005-02-22T03:13:50Z

just met this guy over this past weekend at a writer's forum where he read from a collection of essays from his book "Funny". If you have any items that you would like to contribute to this archive from organizations or projects you've worked on please contact him.

STEVEN G. FULLWOOD
Steven G. Fullwood is an accredited librarian and writer who currently works at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library in New York City.

He founded the Black Gay and Lesbian Archive Project in 2000 to aid in the preservation of black LGBT/SGL/Q/Q/inthelife history. As a writer Mr. Fullwood °s works have appeared in a variety of print and online publications including Africana.com, Mosaec.com, XXL, FHM, Blacklight Online, Blackstripe and ARISE Magazine. He was also a founding member of ONE Step Further, a sexual education and advocacy company that serviced black and Latino men who are intimately and sexually involved with other men.

Mr. Fullwood lives in New York City, and can be reached at bglanyc@yahoo.com.

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Tap Dancin For The Man

2005-02-17T13:37:20Z

I've read some of the past posts about race/racism and perception of self and blackness. I had a situation this week that I wanted to add to this topic.

I can go into a black owned and or employed business with a white friend,and get treated like a ghost. While my white friends get the Kizi/Massa treatment from the black shop owner.
For example...
While on a date with my white partner, the waitress will ask what "we" will be having. No eye contact with me. When the bill comes it's dropped in front of him. As if to say,"you ain't got enough $$ to pay for this."
Another example...
Yesterday I was in the check out line at Walgreens. A white customer was in front of me and was being rung up. The cashier started to gush over the item the customer was buying. She gave him the 411 on the product including what days it's delivered to the store. Also she inquired if he would like her to put some aside for him. The customer politely declined and I moved in to pay for my item. I greeted the cashier with a friendly hello and asked how her day was treating her? She grunted and proceeded to ring me up. No eye contact ! Then she started talking to another ( asian) employee. I wasn't there to her. She didn't even tell me my total. I had to look for myself. Once I payed her she put my change on the counter,turned and said "next customer please!" Turning to leave I politely said have a "nice day." She shoved my bag towards me,still no eye contact, and yelled"NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!"

Now one could say that she was just having a bad day or something. But I have this happen a lot. Why do we fawn over white folks but treat each other like crap?

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Pan African Film Festival

2005-02-13T18:13:56Z

PAN AFRICAN FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL February 10-21, 2005

The 13th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) will screen lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender films during their annual celebration February 10-21, 2005 in Los Angeles. It is the only time of year that independent black gay films are shown at Magic Johnson Theatres. In addition to selected films, PAFF will also feature a panel discussion on Black gays in film and television moderated by Fox 11 News anchor Tony McEwing. Local community collaborators include OUTFEST, At the Beach Los Angeles Black Pride, In the Meantime Men's Group, Zuna Institute, Out and About, United Lesbians of African Heritage, Jewel's Catch One, Lucy Florence Coffee House and the Black AIDS Institute. For complete film listings and more information, please call (323) 295-1706 or visit www.paff.org. PAFF is the country's largest Black history month event.

BLACK AURA OF AN ANGEL directed by Faith Trimel

Based on the true story of Angel and Phaedra, two African-American women who fall madly in love.

Monday, 2/14, 9:15 p.m., Monday, 2/21, 9:30 p.m.

BROTHER TO BROTHER directed by Rodney Evans

A young gay artist, rejected by his family, discovers the hidden legacies of the gay subculture of the Harlem Renaissance through his friendship with a mysterious elderly poet whom he meets at the homeless shelter where he works. After hearing the old man's tales of being Black, gay and unashamed he gains a stronger sense of his own identity.

Wednesday, 2/16, 1:30 p.m., Sunday, 2/20 7:00 p.m.

GIFT FOR THE LIVING directed by Tamika Miller

A girl sells a locket given to her by her dead parents to buy her grandmother a vase to hold the beautiful roses she cultivates in her garden.

Friday, 2/11, 1:45 p.m., Monday, 2/21, 1:25 p.m.

JUMPIN' THE BROOM directed by Debra Wilson

Black gay and lesbian couples discuss their long-term relationships in light of the gay marriage issue.

Monday, 2/14 9:15 p.m.

NOAH'S ARC directed by Patrik-Ian Polk

The pilot of America's first Black gay television series to debut on MTV in the fall of 2005. A recipe for delicious drama, side-splitting comedy and shocking sexuality explores the life, loves and aspirations of four gay men living in Los Angeles.

Sunday, 2/13, 9:45 p.m.

SKI TRIP, THE directed by Maurice Jamal

Set in motion by a friend's 30th birthday, a group of gay urbanites look for love on a crazy weekend getaway. A romantic comedy as touching as it is funny and you don't have to be gay to enjoy it.

Monday, 2/14, 6:30 p.m., Sunday, 2/20 1:45 p.m.

STRANGE FRUIT directed by Kyle Schickner

A murder mystery about a successful Manhattan lawyer who goes home to his rural Louisiana hometown to investigate the lynching of his childhood friend. The harder he looks, the deeper he gets into a quagmire of racism and homophobia that threatens his own life.

nesday, 2/16, 3:45 p.m., Friday, 2/18, 9:30 p.m.

BLACK GAYS IN FILM & TELEVISION (Panel)

This panel will examine Hollywood's blatant disregard for all things Black and gay. A discussion on the current, past, and future conditions of Black gays in the entertainment industry. Does the politics of the gay rights movement affect the politics of the entertainment industry? Join a panel of actors, directors, producers, and activists as they give insight on these topics.

Panelists include: Patrik Ian Polk, Jasmyne Cannick, Taj Paxton, Clarence Williams, Debra Wilson, Doug Spearman and special guests.

Fox 11 Morning News Anchor Tony McEwing will moderate the panel.

Co-produced with OUTFEST, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Saturday, 2/19, 3:30 p.m.

The 13th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Thursday, February 10 through Monday, February 21

Screenings:
Magic Johnson Theatres
4020 Marlton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90008

ArtFest:
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
3650 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Phone: 323.295.1706

Online: www.paff.org

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HELLO..Hello..hello ?

2005-01-08T00:35:46Z

Ok ..now I'm wondering were the hell are all the black people in this tribe?

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where's the noise?

2005-01-06T16:43:54Z

Hi everybody,

I'm new to tribe.net and this tribe. Somehow I expected alot more activity from this group! Any one care to introduce themselves?

Marshmellow

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Pix Of Blk Gay Folks

2004-11-16T21:39:13Z

Hey All
I posted some pix of my favorite gay Black folks.
Enjoy!

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Im a new member

2004-11-05T03:58:55Z

Hi all my name is Logan and I just would like to say hi and Im happy to join this tribe. I hope I can get to know all the members and we can have great conversations. Well talk to U all soon...:)

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Blatino, new in the club

2004-10-30T16:11:46Z

hi guys, I am new in this club, say HI

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Looking for Submissions, and Interviews for a book

2004-10-27T20:14:53Z

Looking for Submissions, and Interviews for a book

Black, Men, and Love Looking for Submissions, and Interviews for a book

Black, Men, and Love

Black men write on love, loving and the love ethic –Using love to subvert Racism, and stereotypes

Looking for Submissions from Poets, actavist, Black Male Feminists, Teachers, Community Leaders, Queer, Same gender loving, Straight, All black men.

Looking for essays on doing creative H.I.V. Prevention for the African American community as an act of love, Poems on love, how being Black, Male, and loving dispels stereotypes, activism as an act of love and community, love stories, and involvement in social work.

Also will be interviewing.
Aids activist/workers
Church Leaders
Black male social groups, and as many black men as possible

Submissions should be 1000+ words if they are in essay form

Submissions and questions can be sent to

BlackMaleAndLove@yahoo.com

Or
NaNaChata777@yahoo.com

Black men write on love, loving and the love ethic –Using love to subvert Racism, and stereotypes

Looking for Submissions from Poets, actavist, Black Male Feminists, Teachers, Community Leaders, Queer, Same gender loving, Straight, All black men.

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Fusion Film Fest coming up in LA.

2004-10-27T00:50:55Z

Just a heads up, Fusion is coming up Nov 19-21 in LA.
www.outfest.org has all the info.
Last year was the first year, and it was great, and it needs support. It's not $$$$$$ like outfest. It's an opportunity to see films you may not see anywhere else, plus it's a good party.

I don't work for outfest, I just want to get the word out about something good.

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Brother to Brother hits theatres

2004-10-23T23:41:20Z

Dear Friends of Brother To Brother,

So it has been six long and crazy years but BROTHER TO BROTHER is finally hitting theatres starting in New York City on Friday, November 5th at Cinema Village (22 E. 12th St betw. 5th Av and University Pl). Showtimes will be at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:40. The opening weekend is VERY important in that the box office numbers will determine how many more cities the film will be able to play in. So if you have seen it and like it please help us spread the word to get people to the theatre on these crucial three days. I will be at the 7:30pm shows for Q&A after the screenings on Friday, Nov 5th and Saturday, Nov 6th along with members of the cast and crew. I am pasting some information about the film at the bottom of the e-mail and attaching a flyer with theatre information and showtimes. The trailer, future playdates and other information is up at www.brothertobrotherthemovie.com

THANK YOU to all of the people that helped this movie get this far. Hopefully I will see you on opening weekend. Please forward this e-mail far and wide to people you think would be interested.

-Rodney Evans

Writer/Director-BROTHER TO BROTHER

Brother To Brother

Winner-2004 Sundance Film Festival-Special Jury Prize

SYNOPSIS

BROTHER TO BROTHER is a feature length narrative drama which follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies within the Harlem Renaissance.

CRITICS ON BROTHER TO BROTHER

“Breathtaking! A fascinating and absorbing tale”

-Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

“A captivating drama. Tremendously accomplished filmmaking by writer/director Rodney Evans”

-David Germain, The Associated Press

“The story Evans tells of the spiritual link between a contemporary black New York artist and the trailblazers of the 1930’s Harlem Renaissance is an excitingly ambitious one, conveyed with guileless passion of purpose”

-Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

“A highly original and beautiful film”

-Kevin Thomas, LA Times

“Excellent! A gifted cast brings to vibrant, sexy life the likes of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin and Eldridge Cleaver, and in the process conjures the neatest hat trick of all — making the loves and woes of the past resonate with those of the present.”

-Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly

“Mackie and Robinson are superb actors….has the quiet urgency of a story that must be told”

-Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

CAST
Perry --- Anthony Mackie (8 Mile, Manchurian Candidate, She Hate Me)

Bruce Nugent --- Roger Robinson (August Wilson’s Seven Guitars)

Marcus --- Larry Gilliard, Jr. (Gangs of New York, HBO’s The Wire)

Zora --- Aunjanue Ellis (Men of Honor, Undercover Brother, Ray)

Young Bruce --- Duane Boutte (Stonewall)

Langston --- Daniel Sunjata (Broadway’s Take Me Out)

Jim --- Alex Burns(Garden State, 13 Conversations About One Thing)

Wally --- Ray Ford(George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum)

KEY PRODUCTION PERSONNEL
Writer/Director/Producer - Rodney Evans (Close To Home, The Unveiling)

Producers - Jim McKay (Girls Town, Our Song, American Movie),

Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins (XX/XY, Anything But Love)

Co-Producers-Marc Johnson (A Huey P. Newton Story), Seth Carmichael (The Look)

Director of Photography -Harlan Bosmajian (La Ciudad, Lovely and Amazing)

Editor- Sabine Hoffman (Personal Velocity, All Over Me)

Composer - Marc Anthony Thompson (A Huey P. Newton Story, Everyday People)

Costume Designer- Sarah Beers (Maria Full of Grace)

Production Designer-Ernesto Solo (When Will I Be Loved)

Music Supervisor- Bill Coleman (All Over Me, Party Monster)

Casting Directors- Vince Liebhart and Tom Alberg (Revolution #9)

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prison sex slaves

2004-10-19T05:12:24Z

The article below from NYTimes

Ex-Inmate Suit Offers View Into Sexual Slavery in Prisons

October 16, 2004
By ADAM LIPTAK

AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 12 - The inmates at the Allred Unit, a
tough Texas prison, mostly go by names like Monster, Diablo
and Animal. They gave Roderick Johnson, a black gay man
with a gentle manner, a different sort of name when he
arrived there in September 2000. They called him Coco.

Under the protocols of the prison gangs at Allred, gay
prisoners must take women's names. Then they are assigned
to one of the gangs.

"The Crips already had a homosexual that was with them,"
Mr. Johnson explained. "The Gangster Disciples, from what I
understand, hadn't had a homosexual under them in a while.
So that's why I was automatically, like, given to them."

According to court papers and his own detailed account, the
Gangster Disciples and then other gangs treated Mr. Johnson
as a sex slave. They bought and sold him, and they rented
him out. Some sex acts cost $5, others $10.

Last month, a federal appeals court allowed a civil rights
lawsuit that Mr. Johnson has filed against prison officials
to go to trial. The ruling, the first to acknowledge the
equal protection rights of homosexuals abused in prison,
said the evidence in the case was "horrific."

"I was forced into oral sex and anal sex on a daily basis,"
said Mr. Johnson, who has been living in a boarding house
here since his release in December. "Not for a month or
two. For, like, 18 months."

The phenomenon of sexual slavery in prison has only
recently emerged from the shadows. Prison rape, in general,
has received sporadic notice over the years and sustained
attention more recently, with the passage last year of a
federal law that aims to eliminate it. But there has never
been a comprehensive study of incarcerated gay men
subjected to sexual abuse.

Discussing any form of prison rape is difficult. It makes
many people uncomfortable. Some find it amusing.

"It has been the subject of mockery and almost sadistic
glee," said Margaret Winter, associate director of the
National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties
Union. "But Roderick is a human being who doesn't deserve
this, not in a civilized society."

The civil liberties union represents Mr. Johnson in his
lawsuit, which will go to trial next summer.

Sipping a beer in the courtyard of a hotel this week, Mr.
Johnson displayed the affable good nature of the restaurant
manager and car salesman he used to be. He is a compact,
trim man - 5 feet, 9 inches, 170 pounds - who dresses
neatly, talks easily and has bright, expressive eyes.

"I'm the first person in my family to get a taste of
prison," he said, with more than a little shame. His crimes
were relatively minor and all nonviolent - burglary, a bad
check, cocaine possession - but they were enough to send
him to Allred, a maximum security prison 250 miles north of
here, on the Oklahoma border. According to state prison
records, Allred ranked second among the more than 70 Texas
prisons in the number of sexual assaults in the two years
ending in August 2003. It reported 50 out of 635, with the
Telford unit in Bowie County first, with 59.

Mr. Johnson's suit says he begged prison officials to move
him to a unit called safekeeping, where white and Hispanic
homosexuals, former gang members and convicted police
officers lived. He asked seven times, in writing.

The officials did nothing, saying Mr. Johnson's claims
could not be corroborated. At prison hearings, Mr. Johnson
said, officials would take pleasure in his plight. They
suggested that he was enjoying the rapes, he said.

Mr. Johnson said they told him he had two choices. One was
to fight. The other was to engage in sex. The officials
deny they mishandled the complaints and the ugly comments
attributed to them.

Carl Reynolds, the general counsel of the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice, which runs the Texas prisons, said Mr.
Johnson's complaints were properly handled.

"These allegations were investigated by the internal
affairs branch of our agency," he said. "There seems to
have been a lot of doubt about his motives and his ability
to present evidence."

He added that the problem of prison rape was real and that
Texas was committed to solving it. The new federal law, the
Prison Rape Elimination Act, says that, by a conservative
estimate, 13 percent of inmates in the United States are
sexually assaulted in prison. The law calls for research
into the problem by the Justice Department, which will
recommend policy changes based on the studies.

A 2001 Human Rights Watch report on prison rape touched on
the subject of sexual slavery.

"Six Texas inmates, separately and independently, gave
Human Rights Watch firsthand accounts of being forced into
this type of sexual slavery, having been 'sold' or 'rented'
out to other inmates," the report said. Those inmates, and
other Texas prisoners, told the group that sexual slavery
"is commonplace in the system's most dangerous prison
units." The group said it also "collected personal
testimonies form inmates in Illinois, Michigan, California
and Arkansas who have survived situations of sexual
slavery."

State prison systems elsewhere in the country told Human
Rights Watch that prison rapes were relatively rare.
Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin reported fewer
than 10 cases annually. Arizona, New York and North
Carolina reported 10 to 50.

Mr. Johnson filed his lawsuit in Federal District Court in
Wichita Falls, Tex., in April 2002, seeking protection and
monetary damages. His claims were spelled out in legal
papers, 300 pages of sworn testimony and a series of
interviews.

Early in Mr. Johnson's time at Allred, a member of the
Gangster Disciples claimed Mr. Johnson as a sort of wife.
The gang member forced Mr. Johnson to make his bed, clean
his cell and cook food for him on a hot pot. He also forced
Mr. Johnson to have sex with him.

Mr. Johnson was later sold to the Bloods and then to other
gangs, he said. Once, a bidding war broke out. He was told
he was worth $100 in the open market.

"They would prostitute you out, sell you for $5 or $10 of
commissary," he said, referring to credit at the prison
store. "Or cigarettes. Or cash money."

Once, Mr. Johnson was raped by eight men, one after the
other, he said in the suit. He was raped in cells and
stairwells, he said, but the showers were the worst. "It's
like throwing a piece of meat to a pack of wolves," he
said.

Throughout, he was called Coco. The other prisoners used
feminine pronouns - she, her - when they talked about him.
"If you are homosexual," Mr. Johnson said, "you are
considered a female among these men and you will take on
the name of a female. You do not go by the name Roderick
because that's considered disrespecting any man that's on
the facility."

Gang members humiliated Mr. Johnson and other inmates for
sport, in scenes reminiscent of the abuse at the Abu Ghraib
prison in Iraq.

On March 17, 2002, according to Mr. Johnson's court
filings, members of a gang called the Mexican Mafia forced
him and a mentally ill man known as Alazar to masturbate
each other in the shower. They repeatedly forced Alazar to
insert his finger into Mr. Johnson's anus and then to lick
his own finger.

Thinking back on his ordeal in prison, Mr. Johnson said:
"It broke my spirit. It broke my pride."

He grew up in a large farming family in Marshall, in
northeast Texas. His cousin, Sharon Bailey, recalled, "We
all went to church together, with my mother driving me,
Roderick and his sister to Sunday school each week."

He joined the Navy at 17, visiting Thailand, Singapore and
Japan on the U.S.S. Alamo. His troubles started after he
was discharged, he said, when he burglarized a neighbor's
house in Marshall in 1992. He had fallen under the sway of
a boyfriend who ran with a bad crowd, he said.

The crime earned him a 90-day sentence and 10 years of
probation. After serving his sentence, he went on to hold a
series of decent jobs, but drug use and the resulting
probation violations put him back in prison.

A Texas prison, he said, is no place for a gay man.

"You've got rednecks here in Texas who run these prison
systems," Mr. Johnson said. "A black man suffering,
especially a gay black man suffering, is right up their
alley."

At a deposition in 2002, a lawyer for the prison officials,
Deven Desai, questioned Mr. Johnson's religious faith, an
issue with no obvious connection to legal claims in the
suit.

"How do you as a Christian man balance your homosexuality
with your Christianity?" Mr. Desai asked.

"I really don't feel that I'm any different from anyone
else who serves God," Mr. Johnson answered.

The doctors say he has post-traumatic stress disorder, and
he receives disability payments from Social Security. He
shares a room in a private boarding house for former
prisoners, hard by the highway.

He takes antidepressants and goes to counseling to get
through the days. The nights, he said, are harder. "I'm
trying to keep my sanity," he said.

SOURCE:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/national/16rape.html?
ex=1098928453&ei=1&en=605737a7a6eb18b9

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Don't.......

2004-10-16T06:25:57Z

I cross posted this to another tribe......

To both my Black and White peeps, males and females and all inbetween......

Please DON'T
assume because I am Black I listen exclusively to gangsta rap...I prefer HIP HOP and those in the know KNOW the difference

Please DON'T
assume because I DON'T exclusively listen to gangsta rap that I listen exclusively to "white music". I too am guilty of labeling music white and black but music a colour has not....If the beat moves me then I'm there. If the lyrics have meaning to me I'm there. I can chill to Beyonce ....I can chill to Celine....depends on my mood and does NOT make me less of an AFRICAN AMERICAN.

Please DON'T
Compare me to NELLY. I am originally from the east boogie....a part of Illinois where me and mine ORIGINATED "thurr", "hurr", and all that other country grammar that he had the incentive to cash in on. It's in our blood and generations before us talked like that as will generations after. Unfortunately since the king of U City (where Nelly lived)hit it big people think its a made up dialect. Ain't haten' on the man just saying for those that don't know, yes those of us from that area do really speak like that. It's part of who we are. Proud of it but we are not trying to be Nelly. We are just being who we be.

Please DON'T
Tell me I am wrong for dating outside my race. I am the rainbo coalition as my bro would say. I've Fucked White,Black,Asian,Latin and all inbetween. If the hole is tight and the mouth is wet you can holla. Yes like many I do have my preferences but I have NEVER just flat out turned a man a way JUST because of the colour of his skin.

Please DON'T
Tell me I am going to hell for loving a man. God is omnipotent. He knew when he created me who I was going to be, what choices I was going to make and who I was going to love. I REFUSE to believe that a being of such great power would put me here just to watch my life play out when he already knows how the show is going to end. I don't know his plan but at least for me I beleive hell is not part of it.

Please DON'T
Qoute any verses from Leviticus to me about how I am a sinner until you remove the shrimp from your plates and mouths-

"Lev 11:10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you"

Please DON"T...all you young brotha's think that when you first come out you HAVE to put on a dress. Just because your gay does NOT mean you HAVE to emulate a woman. Young ladies...just because your a lesbian does not mean you have to be HARD. I see so many young folks comming out that fall into this mind set . Just BE YOU!
If you DON'T know what that is it will eventually come to you but don't play dress up becasue someone elses talks you into it or you THINK your supposed to due to OUTSIDE forces. LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF FIRST and if you truly feel it then go for it.

And finaly to all those that read this...PLEASE DON'T take it personally

Peace-

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Gay Pop Stars

2004-10-07T22:10:58Z

is the world ready?
http://www.anthonyantoine.com/AA_theartist.htm

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LiquidFire Productions Presents:

2004-09-30T01:21:47Z

liquidFIRE Productions
presents the debut of
Coming UP, Coming OUT!
Lesbian and queer women of color performing arts festival

Coming UP, Coming OUT! is a multidisciplinary performance festival
that showcases the Bay Area’s hottest emerging-to-professional lesbian and queer women of color artists -- singers, musicians, dancers, spoken word artists, performance artists, comediennes, bands and more! Be prepared to be entertained, enthralled and empowered by these dynamic and talented women as they bring you the very best of their repertoires in two outstanding programs.

In Program 1, the line-up includes singer/songwriter,
~Kaylah Marin with her band Soulography --bass player Bill Hager and beat composer Will (Sharkie) Eskridge – in a musical collaboration guaranteed to titillate your senses;
~Chavé Alexander, a jazzy, sassy songbird that will thrill you with her honey-kissed voice while she tap dances her way into your heart;
~Ashley Brockington, a diva-in-the making will sing, dance and shimmy her way under your skin; and
~Sistas In The Pit –Anita “Pa” Lofton, Kofy Brown and Ieela
Gant-- with their unique blend of Funk, Rock n Soul stamped SEXY ROCK… BLACK GIRL STYLE will totally blow your mind!

In Program 2, the line-up continues with Kreatibo members ~Cynthia “Uni” Blancaflor and Lolan Buhain Sevilla performing spoken word, poetry and song that cut so deep you are rendered defenseless;
~Anissa Primus Alston, a natural-born actress, singer and poet –a rising star that commands your full attention and reverence; and ~Carolyn King a talented comedienne who delivers live, hot, joke-on-joke action with no harmful side-effects.

Program 1
Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 16:
Kaylah Marin (singer/songwriter), Chavé Alexander (singer/dancer),
Ashley Brockington (performance artist extraordinaire) and Sistas In The Pit (3-piece rock band)

Program 2
Saturday, October 9 and Friday, October 15:
Kreatibo (Pin@y artist collective), Frances Sedayao (dancer), Anissa Primus Alston (singer/actress), Carolyn King (comedienne)

SHOWTIME: 8:00 pm

PLACE: Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission Street, SF CA 94103,
415-554-0402

ADMISSION: $10 – 15, Sliding Scale

RESERVATIONS: 415-861-8208 or liquidfirehot@hotmail.com
To volunteer: liquidfirehousemanager@yahoo.com

Veronica C. Combs
Director
liquidFIRE Productions
135 Eureka Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 861-8208
liquidfirehot@hotmail.com
www.liquidfirehot.org

I'm listed under my real name Chavé :) I have 15 minutes to tease and titalate so you know you wanna come!

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Gay Rappers

2004-09-16T18:32:44Z

Check out info my bro sent me on Deadlee...An Out Gay Latino Rapper. http://www.qvmagazine.com/qv28/deadlee.html

what ever happened to caushun? did he ever release his Cd(s)?

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Hey Buckwheat!

2004-07-21T19:55:55Z

So My Bf (who is white) and I went to St Louis Mo. this past weekend (I'm originaly from E. St Louis IL which is about 10 min away from st louis) to visit my brother and mother. Bf & I did the mum thing and it went well (she wasn't feeling extra holy that day) and we, with my bro decided to get something to eat. We went to a restauraunt called Clementines (2001 Menard in the Soulard area)which is a gay restaurant,
with the hopes of gettn some as I like to call it fried ravioli. Maybe calling it that is the bit of ghetto in me. I called before going and inquired to if they had it. I was informed that yes they had "TOASTED" raviloi, which is the proper name. SO off we went. We got there, sat down and the "fun" began.
Our waitress in all her Carnie Wilson after the surgery glory was giggling and laughing with the people at the table behind us. The table that had from what I could see was ALL "white" When she came to us she said Hi. No smile, no charm, no charisma. We said hello. We ordered and of course asked for "toasted"(yes I was proper this time) ravioli. She took the order and few moments later came back and said they were out. My bf smiled and sighed and said "All the way from chicago and no ravioli." She responded in the most mediocre of tones by saying "well you can get that from anywhere. there are other restaurants". I kinda cut eyes at my brother to give him the "thats strike one look"
Well to cut to the chase the service from her was horrible. She barely checked on us and when she did the performance was half ass. She spilled things, she didnt smile, she did not give a "your welcome" to our thank yous AND she was noticelbly two different people. When at our table she never made any eye contact or had any kind of personality. Try to flag her down she would never look our way. IT was obvious she would wait on us when SHE was ready. The table behind us she laughed and talked. Worse part our table was one of 3 full tables in the place. No one else was around until a couple came in after us. I even noticed that this couple that came in about 30 minutes after us, got better service AND got their food faster than we did. We waited for about 40 minutes before our food came and they got theirs about 5 mintues after us. I even told my bf that I do believe that maybe she doesn't want to wait on the dark people..and he of course was gonna get the "guilt by association treatment"
Well needless to say I must have been right. The service was bad enough that my bf did the one thing that all waiters/tresses dread. We paid the bill and he left a penny tip.
Now to be fair I will say that since the table had crayons and paper we did leave a couple of tiny comments. We did not use foul language and I cant say what my brother wrote word for word but I can say there was no cussing involved. We did not call her names or anything like that. I myself remember writing...."The service was as hot as summertime in alaska"
So we paid and we left...as we got half way to the car I hear the words "HEY BUCKWHEAT!" We looked back and she threw the penny yelling "Take your penny back to chicago you assholes"
At that point I took two steps, and then said..."oh hell naw" and went back in.
I spoke to the manager and told her everything that happened. The manager kissed my ass so hard her lips should have been chapped. I told her frankly I felt the meal should be free. THe waitress at this time chimed in how rude our comments were and how we had no right to leave her a penny. I told her that Maybe if she did more to make us feel welcome and her service wasn't so bad she would have gotten more than a penny. I even told the manager what comments we wrote and the waitress confessed to running out and calling us assholes. I of course reminded her that her exact statement consisted of using the term "Buckwheat". I explained how we did not call her out of her name, how her using the term "buckwheat" was racist to say the least and told the waitress that working in a gay restaurant she should be able to handle some cattiness. At that I went so far to tell her that being a waitress period she should know that someone somewhere is going to leave her a penny at some point, espescialy being so horrible at her job, and that if she can't handle it then she needs to go back to waitress school. What she did was unprofessional and uncalled for regardless of how she felt about getting a penny. THen I told the manager that it also doesn't say much for her establishment when the waitress can run out and yell such things to paying customers. Now, I'm not a violent person but I will throw blows if I have to, and I'm not an instigator. Also I don't beleive a man should hit a woman BUT this waitress had me angry to the point that I really honestly felt like smacking her, so me being semi nice and wanting to hurry up and leave before I would do something to put me in jail I told the manager that because we did eat and the food was ok and that she either seemed genuinely apologetic or good at faking it I would accept half off our bill which she promptly gave me. The waitress did NOT apoplogize and just kept telling me there are other restaurants and "you and your people" don't have to eat here. I took a step towards her and "clutched the pearls" and backed up. Guess the look on my face said it all cuz she went to the kitchen and said nothing else.
After I left I was then angry with myslef because I thought. Why be nice..I should have gotten all the money back. I also thought that I should have not been concerened with being "proper and diplomatic" and gone ghetto on her ass and really cussed her out like I wanted to. I tried not to cuss (though a couple of words may have slipped out) but not one time did I call her the cocksucking cunt bitch that my mind kept saying I should call her. Part of me wished she was a man so I could smack the words from her lips and not feel bad for hitting a woman. The thought even crossed my mind to do it anyway and just say I thought she was a drag queen. I don't like it when I get like that.My brother & bf told me to let go which eventually I did. Bf got me to laugh and stop clenching my teeth when he leaned real close and with a serious look on his face grabbed my crotch and said "Do you need me to ride that bad boy so you could relase some tension baby?" We both laughed and I declinded the offer...for that moment anyway <wink>
It's just hard to believe that something like that would even happen these days and yet when it does I unfortunately am not surprised.

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(pin dropping)....

2004-05-07T23:18:30Z

wow, it's really,really quite around here. whats' up people? how are you folks doing? anything new? just wanted to say hi and see whos' out and about...

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connecting with other brothers...

2004-03-14T02:34:37Z

how does one connect with other brothers without it being just sex? Maybe I'm crazy for this but looking online seems to be a good way to reach more folks for long-term dating and the like, it would be cool to chill with someone whos' looking for love and not just a quickie. How has it been for you guys? any luck? am I crazy for even looking? help?

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Puff..Puff..Pass..

2004-02-25T20:00:51Z

Hi,I know there are more queer black stoners out there lurking! If you folks know of any otber stoners invite them to join so we can get this smoke out underway, join us at Queerstonermellowgrove.tribe.net

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