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Contents:
- FOR A DE, CLIK MAGAZE ROSE TO BLACK GAY PROMENCE. SO WHY DID IT END?
- EBANMAN EMPOWERS, ENLIGHTENS, AND ELEVAT BLACK GAY/QUEER MEN
- ABOUT XY, US’S #1 GAY MENS PRT MAG
- HOW GAY BLACK MEN FOUND NNECTN AND EROTIC EXPRSN THROUGH MAGAZ
FOR A DE, CLIK MAGAZE ROSE TO BLACK GAY PROMENCE. SO WHY DID IT END?
EBANMAN shows the profsnal Liftyle of mature Black gay men wh Bs, Travel, Arts & Entertament, and Communy Voice. * black gay magazine *
Before the digal explosn of Black gay blogs and social media the mid-2000s, CLIK, a glossy full-lor monthly magaze created specifilly for the Black gay muny domated as the publitn of choice for a . Powell tells The Reckong that s early days, there was a perceptn of CLIK solely beg a bar magaze as was wily distributed nightclubs Montrose, Hoton’s gay neighborhood.
Obvly, they were also gay bookstor, which there were so many back then.
” But acrdg to Powell, there were no magaz available Montrose or specifilly at “Rasls, ” Hoton’s sgle Black gay bar (at the time) that reflected the liv of s clientele. And like a moth to a flame, Hoton’s Black gay muny flocked to the magaze. ” But the late 90s, before the LGBTQ+ movement had achieved wispread social acceptance and many of s current legislative ws, Powell says gettg a person of lor to appear a gay magaze was nearly impossible, but CLIK beme the exceptn.
EBANMAN EMPOWERS, ENLIGHTENS, AND ELEVAT BLACK GAY/QUEER MEN
June is LGBT Pri Month, and one Black gay uple is on a missn to add a ltle lor to LGBT reprentatn prt magaz. * black gay magazine *
“Puttg somebody or somebody wantg to be a gay magaze did not happen, pecially a person of lor. That’s the gay mec of everythg, ” Powell says. ” “Every gay bookstore this untry had CLIK Magaze.
ABOUT XY, US’S #1 GAY MENS PRT MAG
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Lynn Harris, the st of the groundbreakg seri “Noah’s Arc, ” to gay filmmakers Mrice Jamal, Qucy LeNear, and Deondray Gossfield, to the unfettable duelg vers of Jonathan Plummer and thor Terry McMillan after their public divorce and famo Oprah Wey Show terview followg Plummer’s g out as gay; Powell’s edorial cisns and lack of experience this area were often met wh cricism. He tells The Reckong the magaze had a profound impact on the possibili he viewed for himself as a Black gay man. “I grew up a small town and even though I knew other Black gay men existed, I felt alone.
It showed me I uld be Black and gay (and open about ) while still pursug my reer and life dreams. I was so imprsed by the qualy of the ntent and the look and feel of the magaze that I did my senr pstone project about the past, prent, and future of Black Gay Media.
HOW GAY BLACK MEN FOUND NNECTN AND EROTIC EXPRSN THROUGH MAGAZ
“I was so imprsed by the qualy of the ntent and the look and feel of the magaze that I did my senr pstone project about the past, prent, and future of Black Gay Media. "Publishg this magaze has been a dream e te; to honor, regnize, uplift and highlight the Black Gay Experience Ameri.
This magaze me OUT around a time when Black Gay men were ashamed, hidg, and greatly unrreprented. ” A major change that Powell says didn’t make sense for him to ntue publishg the magaze was the dramatic shift om prt to the surge digal media, specifilly the abily for popular Black gay blogs to publish stori stantly, whereas would take a month for rears to receive the rmatn om the magaze.
Instead, Powell turned his attentn to “Sizzle Miami, ” a Black gay circu party he found 23 years later, CLIK Magaze remas a source of pri for s -founr and edor--chief.