Category: Identity
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Read: But wait . . . did he just call me ‘Daddy?
I never really got the ‘Daddy’ thing. I generally dated guys who were of a similar age to me while looking to older black gay men as potential mentors; gathering hints as to how to navigate growing up in a racist, hetero-sexist, unequal city. Looking for clues as to how my life might be in…
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Read: 30 years with HIV – celebrating life
On World AIDS Day BlackOutUK is compelled speak our truth. There’s guaranteed to be a wealth of statistics quoted throughout the day by professionals about Black Gay men. Over the last 40 years we have experienced the loss of dozens of friends, and lovers and a mother; among the earliest casualties of this global epidemic.…
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Read: Watch This Space – The N Word Podcast
We feel as though there is a gap in media for Gay, Black, Masculine Men. According to mainstream media we just don’t exist
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Read: I won’t settle for Gary and his cats
I’m tired of trying to fit in. I am who I am. A strong, independent, picky head black man.
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READ: The Awokening of Kevin
I’ve met gay men who think they can behave in a certain way and say what they want around me, because they are dating a person of colour.