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- WH JOCKSTRAPS HTG THE RUNWAYS, FASHN IS SAYG GAY LOUD AND CLEAR
- BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
WH JOCKSTRAPS HTG THE RUNWAYS, FASHN IS SAYG GAY LOUD AND CLEAR
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Right before we crossed over to the new year, E Wilbek, founr of Native Son — the platform created to spire and empower Black gay and queer men — released the platform’s annual list that highlights 101 Black gay and queer men, who are igng change and creatg greatns across several dtri cludg bety and fashn.
As streetwear proliferated to the mastream, also acquired nnotatns of hypermasculy, part due to s associatn wh male-domated skate culture, and the homophobia that appears hip-hop. And yet, Jam Flemons, alongsi Shayne Oliver, Pierre Davis, Stoney Michelli and Uzo Ejikeme, are proment queer Black signers shapg ntemporary streetwear, each ntug a long tradn of queer Black creativ’ five impact on the fashn first signer to lk streetwear wh the nway was Willi Smh, a Philalphia-born gay Black man, whose label Williwear generated $25 ln per year and sold off the racks at Macy’s and Bloomgdal the late 1970s to 80s.
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