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Contents:

• GAY DATG MICHIGAN
• 10 GAYT BLACK CI AMERI
• ‘BOYS COME FIRST’: AARON FOLEY’S DEBUT NOVEL FOLLOWS THREE MILLENNIAL GAY BLACK FRIENDS DETRO
• INVISIBLE NO MORE: BLACK GAY MEN OVER 50 ARE FDG THE SILVER LG
• NOVEL 'BOYS COME FIRST' PICTS THE TRIUMPHS AND STGGL OF THREE GAY BLACK LENNIALS DETRO
• BLACK, GAY AND GRAYG GRACEFULLY LOVE
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS DETRO, MI
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

GAY DATG MICHIGAN

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10 GAYT BLACK CI AMERI

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‘BOYS COME FIRST’: AARON FOLEY’S DEBUT NOVEL FOLLOWS THREE MILLENNIAL GAY BLACK FRIENDS DETRO

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INVISIBLE NO MORE: BLACK GAY MEN OVER 50 ARE FDG THE SILVER LG

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NOVEL 'BOYS COME FIRST' PICTS THE TRIUMPHS AND STGGL OF THREE GAY BLACK LENNIALS DETRO

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What do look like on the si of a iendship between three lennial gay Black iends takg on their early 30s Detro? AJ Walker: He hop his own inty as beg black and gay n give a firsthand perspective that n provi valuable sight and an thentic experience for rears.

Aaron Foley: I felt was really important to have three characters, as this book, who are fully formed, nfint, gay, black men who love who they are, serve to be loved out loud and reprent themselv to the fullt. AJ Walker: Foley mak a pot to note that his book is not all about the trials and tribulatns of the black, gay, urban muny.

BLACK, GAY AND GRAYG GRACEFULLY LOVE

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Bridgg the gap between the Obas and younger Black gay men is a key iative for “The Silver Lg Project’s” immediate future, pecially the face of ageism and risg HIV diagnos Metro Atlanta. Reid’s advice to young Black gay men who may wre off men his age group is “to keep on livg.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS DETRO, MI

Ruth Ellis Center (REC) has tablished a natnal reputatn for qualy and novatn providg trma-rmed servic for lbian, gay, bi-attractnal, transgenr and qutng (LGBTQ+) youth, and young adults, wh an emphasis on young people of lor, experiencg homelsns, volved the child welfare system, and/or experiencg barriers to health and is their missn to create opportuni wh LGBTQ+ young people to build their visn for a posive future. The new novel Boys Come First by Aaron Foley follows three gay Black men tryg to navigate their thirti, hookups and reer stggl amid a changg cy of is also a Senr Edor wh PBS NewsHour.

Interview HighlightsOn why he cid to center the story on Black gay men. Lynn Harris and Bryan Washgton and so on and so forth that have wrten about Black gay men. On how lennial gay men fall between two very different generatns.

Especially for lennial gay men, you know, there was a time where wasn't always safe to e out. I thk for lennial gay man, for like the on the middle, here, we're kd of that pot where 's jt like, okay, we're not que the activists, but we're not also, you know, at that pot where we uld have e out when we were like 13, 14, 15. Interview TranscriptSophia Saliby: The new novel Boys Come First by Aaron Foley follows three gay Black men tryg to navigate their thirti, hookups and reer stggl amid a changg cy of is also a Senr Edor wh PBS NewsHour.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

I jt had to go ahead and do I saw that you origally planned to make the story about three women stead of gay men.

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