1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1682+ words) African and Black Queer Experience and Public Education Imagine realising that your community's unwritten rules about who is desirable, acceptable, or "too much" were never truly its own. In British Black queer life, intra'community exclusion'when a group singles someone out…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1577+ words) African and Black Queer Experience and Public Education A 2023 study by T. J. A. Winder found that some Black gay men use shaming language'particularly "bottom-shaming," or mocking the receptive sexual role'to emasculate other men and "shore up" their own masculinity. Published in Gender…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1267+ words) African and Black Queer Experience and Public Education In 2026, the meaning of personal social capital for Black gay men is changing. This article maps five emerging currencies of personal social capital for Black gay men and grounds them in London-based…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1700+ words) African and Black Queer Experience and Public Education In many gay spaces'including Black queer contexts'shaming and humiliation can quietly become entertainment: a room laughs while someone's dignity gets turned into a joke. I developed ARM for this reality. ARM is…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (837+ words) African and Black Queer Experience and Public Education In 2026, the labels "top" and "bottom" have moved beyond simple descriptors for sexual roles or preferences to become social signals that can shape expectations, power, and safety even before two people meet…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1727+ words) Building queer futures through story, culture, and community. Dating as a Black gay man in London can feel like navigating a maze of contradictory expectations. From the apps that reduce men to bodies and labels, and conversations where people type…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1487+ words) Building queer futures through story, culture, and community. Across the African diaspora, a spiritual migration is taking place. Many Black queer men are moving away from religious spaces that have historically harmed or excluded them, turning instead toward African Traditional…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1186+ words) Building queer futures through story, culture, and community. It can feel like hard-won victories slipping away. LGBTQ+ elders are facing a new crisis: the return to the closet in old age. After surviving criminalisation, police raids, the AIDS epidemic, and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1179+ words) Building queer futures through story, culture, and community. While other definitions exist, in queer discourse and LGBTQ+ digital spaces, the term "hood" often takes on a specific, troubling meaning. "Hood" in gay culture refers to a "street guy" or "thug…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (757+ words) Building queer futures through story, culture, and community. A queer Nigerian man in London posts a Pride video of himself and his new partner on Instagram. He's shirtless, smiling, singing along to Afrobeats, wrapped in a flag he was never…...