He Ain’t Heavy: Imagining Safety Together as Black Gay MenLast month, in the span of one week, I had three distinct encounters with friends and loved ones, all fellow Black gay men, where each one…Oct 9A response icon5Oct 9A response icon5
To Be Aging, Gifted, Black, and GayIt starts with one gray hair.Oct 26, 2024A response icon1Oct 26, 2024A response icon1
“You’re Still Single? What’s Wrong With You?”While scrolling through social media recently, I came across a post from a fellow Black same gender loving (SGL) man that caught my eye:Oct 8, 2023A response icon7Oct 8, 2023A response icon7
Striving = Death: The Scourge of Familial Silence on Black Gay MenHyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after his body was found in a park in McLean, Virginia on…Feb 3, 2022A response icon7Feb 3, 2022A response icon7
Memory“I’m really sorry to reach out like this, David, but I’m worried about my brother. I think he has AIDS.”Nov 29, 2021A response icon1Nov 29, 2021A response icon1
Medical Racism and Black Distrust of the COVID-19 vaccines: Not Just TuskegeeWe are over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve months of bumbling and anemic federal responses regarding personal protective…Mar 3, 2021Mar 3, 2021
Dear Black men: We can all be SuperheroesI went for a colonoscopy at the ripe young age of 49, a little over two years ago. I wasn’t experiencing abdominal pain, weight loss…Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
White Lies, Black BoogeymanDuring my second year of medical school, we had a weekly course on medicine and humanities. In it we tackled various social topics and how…May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
The Real Racial Disparity: COVID-19, the Surgeon General, and Public Health Messaging“Wash your hands more often than you ever dreamed possible. Avoid alcohol, tobacco, and drugs and call your friends and family, check in…Apr 22, 2020A response icon2Apr 22, 2020A response icon2
