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Why This Whole Chris Brown Thing Is A Joke

Remorseful McGee The Chris Brown/Rihanna domestic violence incident was the biggest teachable moment in Black American sexuality in 2009 and we failed miserably. Yes, we all failed: the music industry, the fans and Chris himself. The ensuing aftermath was the best opportunity to have a honest conversation about race and gender relations in the United [...]

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Suicide, Sick Systems and Survivor’s Guilt

image from questionable topic I really want to talk about all these LGBT youth killing themselves, but considering there seems to be a new suicide almost every day it’s hard to figure out where to start. Let’s see if I can provide a useful framework to help shape the upcoming posts on the issue (puts [...]

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Quotes of the Week (Special Edition) – Bishop Eddie Long Sexual Coercion Lawsuit(s)

On Tuesday, two Georgia men sued megachurch pastor Eddie Long alleging he coerced them to have sexual relations. It hasn’t even been a full 36 hours and not only are the interwebs ablaze, but now a third lawsuit has been filed. We’re going to keep a close eye on this story, but I wanted to [...]

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When Comedians Become Medical Experts

(An open letter to Barbara Walters) Dear Ms. Walters, Hi, my name is Tony. I have a background in journalism, but have been doing social science based HIV/AIDS research for the last seven years (mainly concerning gay/bisexual men of color). Making sure accurate and current information about sexuality reaches the general public is so important [...]

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Vote on Special Edition New York City Condoms

I am constantly amazed at the number of people who don’t use condoms when they have penetrative sex. Do people not care because HIV isn’t the death sentence it used to be?

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Quotes of the Week: Special Tiger Woods Edition

You knew it was coming. The story that has consumed mass media all over the world for the last week or so. There is so much to talk about with this Tiger Woods scandal, it’s hard to know where to start.

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World AIDS Day 2009

Is there a generation gap when it comes to HIV/AIDS and gay men? That’s the question examined in this week’s thought provoking cover story for NY based NEXT Magazine to commemorate World AIDS day.

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Quotes of the Week: Special Morehouse Edition

Story time! I graduated high school in the Top 10 of my class. Not an easy feat considering this was when my parent’s divorce was coming to a head. I spent my freshman year at Penn State, then ranked a top 20 university (nationally). After that first year, I could no longer go (for various [...]

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Dangerously In Love With Food

I knew there was something that was bothering me about the death of author E. Lynn Harris!

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White Men Have Sex with Horses Too

When was the last time a white man having sex with an animal made national news? Can’t think of anything? Me neither.

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