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Contents:
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST GAY MALE NFL COACH
- EBANMAN EMPOWERS, ENLIGHTENS, AND ELEVAT BLACK GAY/QUEER MEN
- FOR A DE, CLIK MAGAZE ROSE TO BLACK GAY PROMENCE. SO WHY DID IT END?
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST GAY MALE NFL COACH
Gay history is Black history. * black gay men magazine *
It might seem surprisg that such an enavor would beg prt, and ed, Med Magaze, another newer publitn aimed at black gay men, is onle-only.
But a few other high-productn, high-ncept queer men's prt magaz have buted the last few years, like Gayletter and Cakeboy. Although all three take a more tersectnal approach than most old-guard gay men's mags, The Tenth is the only one explicly by and for people of lor. '" Gayletter's Abiezer Benez relled siar experienc when he worked as art director at Uptown, a black women's magaze.
So far, for The Tenth, the one exceptn has been the gay-iendly hospaly brand Ace Hotel, whose Los Angel venue hosted the January lnch event for the new issue. Black gay men have always ma history.
EBANMAN EMPOWERS, ENLIGHTENS, AND ELEVAT BLACK GAY/QUEER MEN
* black gay men magazine *
The history of Ameri would not exist whout Black gay men.
They've served as civil rights lears, revolutnary artists, labor anizers, scientists, policians, and tors, and their impact has touched every part of this still, many Black gay men are fotten, and erased om history, wh their acplishments beg washed away. But Amerin history is Black history, and is Black gay history. So we've put together this list of jt some of the important Black gay men who have changed Ameri and the World.
FOR A DE, CLIK MAGAZE ROSE TO BLACK GAY PROMENCE. SO WHY DID IT END?
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He fought for civil rights for Black Amerins, as well as labor rights and gay rights the '80s. Baldw is one of Ameri's greatt wrers, as well as a powerful activist the civil rights and gay rights movements. When he released his send novel, Gvanni's Room, 1956, s them of gay social and self-acceptance Black muni were somethg never talked about such a public way.
Kev Maxen, a strength ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, has e out, beg the first openly gay male ach men's U.S. profsnal sports. * black gay men magazine *
His wrg on Black gay and bisexual men has paved the way for queer wrers of all typ, and his mark on culture will never be and Rt were two of the only out gay men promently volved the Amerin civil rights movement.
He was arrted for "homosexual activi" 1928 and was stripped of his posn at The Crisis. Acrdg to legend, Dupree was at a nightclub lled Footsteps when some gay Black men started throwg sha at each other.
Wh the ballroom muny, Dupree walked as a "butch queen drags" which was generally unrstood to be a gay man wearg feme garments -- some might term this nonbary or genr nonnformg today. While the Harlem Renaissance was filled wh Black gay wrers, Nugent was one of the few who was publicly out at the time. His outspoken pictns of homosexualy sometim ed him to fall out of favor wh other, more discreet ntemporari, but his wrg and art, cludg the short story "Smoke, Lili, and Ja, " on terracial male sire, have stood the tt of time.