Everythg about the recent viral famy of Yaf Mack is sane—om the actual gay porn threome he participated to his cisn to addrs , which brought the vio far more attentn than would have received if he had jt ignored s existence. Perhaps the most sane thg, though, is this quote that Mack, a 35-year-old profsnal boxer who holds some regnal tl, gave to the Philalphia Daily News’s Jenice Armstrong to exonerate himself:
Contents:
- OPENLY GAY BOXER YAF MACK FIGHTS HOMOPHOBE
- FORMER PROFSNAL BOXER YAF MACK ADMS HE IS BISEXUAL AND HE WASN’T DGGED WHEN HE MA A GAY PORN FILM
- PROFSNAL BOXER YAF MACK CLAIMS HE WAS DGGED GAY PORN VIO
- PHILLY BOXER WH 10 KIDS WHO WAS OUTED AFTER GAY PORN ROMP ADMS HE’S GAY
OPENLY GAY BOXER YAF MACK FIGHTS HOMOPHOBE
Yaf Mack's story is both utnary and spiratnal, pecially as he succsfully mov forward wh his life as a proud gay Black man. * gay boxer yusaf *
People have even bee famo bee of sex tap; however, the emergence of a gay sex tape featurg an Amerin profsnal boxer is totally new and uncharted Mack, a profsnal boxer out of Philalphia, has fought several former world champns, cludg Alejandro Berr, Glen Johnson and Carl Froch.
FORMER PROFSNAL BOXER YAF MACK ADMS HE IS BISEXUAL AND HE WASN’T DGGED WHEN HE MA A GAY PORN FILM
The fight for equal rights turned physil a Philalphia barber shop earlier this week when openly gay boxer Yaf Mack cid to stand up to a man who had been attackg him onle. * gay boxer yusaf *
He has also publicly stated that he is “bisexual”, and then later stated that he is “gay”. He not only forc the public to reevaluate perceptns of what a gay man looks like and acts like, but he also unrm Black gay male stereotyp and simplistic notns of sexualy and masculy. We n learn a great al om the velopment of events that led to his own admissn that Mack is, fact gay, cludg the forc at work around Black masculy, homophobia and Black Male Image as a CommodyThere are enomic, terpersonal, and soc-historil fluenc around how Ain Amerin men learn to nceptualize their mascule inti.
Historilly, Black gay athlet are not weled wh open arms and “g out” n be trimental to on reer, pecially wh spher (basketball, football, hip hop, etc) that are viscerally culturally ristant to alternative inty is important bee Yaf Mack has had to weigh the sts and rewards of g out for several years, which many people were affected, cludg his 10 children and fiancée. There are very few posive exampl of openly gay Black male athlet or entertaers, pecially gay Black boxers.
There is no blueprt for a Black gay athlete and the rare exampl that do exist do not offer any fort. One’s inty acts as currency many s, where gay performers are urged to nceal their sexual inty bee n their reers or where productn pani e one’s inty to prof very problematic ways.
PROFSNAL BOXER YAF MACK CLAIMS HE WAS DGGED GAY PORN VIO
THE former profsnal boxer who claimed he was dgged when he ma a gay porn film has admted he ma the story up, and he is actually bisexual. * gay boxer yusaf *
Black men have long been forced to nceal their sexual orientatn bee homosexualy ran unter to the image of Black manhood and masculy. Consir Yaf Mack’s ial rponse to mors that he was gay. Sexual accs to women and prows signify that a Black man is, well, a man, which acts as a veil to protect Black men who may be gay om gay mors.
The dynamics nnot Importance of Agency In Comg Out Studi show that the aftermath of g out is posive for gay men and lbian women, allowg people to embrace their sexual orientatn, tablish muny, and be te to themselv. It is hard to believe that Mack thought this film would never see the light of day, but more importantly, if one is participatg a gay sex tape bee he/she is strapped for sh, speaks to the lack of agency around his abily to strategilly and safely e out. He won’t be nsired a hero and he will not get a page the history books bee race and sexual orientatn operate a matrix that works and looks very differently for Ain-Amerins, particularly gay Black men the arena of sports.
PHILLY BOXER WH 10 KIDS WHO WAS OUTED AFTER GAY PORN ROMP ADMS HE’S GAY
* gay boxer yusaf *
We have moved forward society, but we have not moved towards a more acceptg space for Black gay athlet by any stretch of the imagatn.
This fact is not lost on Yaf Mack’s stggle to embrace who he is at a time when he is at the end of his reer as a boxer (retirg last year) Mack’s story is both utnary and spiratnal, pecially as he succsfully mov forward wh his life as a proud gay Black man. The forc of Black masculy, heterosexism and homophobia all work as terlockg systems of opprsn the se of Yaf Mack, ditg that we still have a very long road ahead of as we untangle the gridlock of race, class and genr.