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What Tamar Braxton’s comments about men not wanting sex reveal about compulsory (hetero)sexuality
Tamar Braxton has issued a non-apology following some recent comments in which she declared that men who lay beside women for several nights without initiating sex are secretly gay. On Instagram, she posted the following: The text reads, “The truth is ladies that these dudes out here really do be gay!! It ain’t enough money, […]
Why bisexual people don’t owe anyone disclosure of their sexuality
By J.R. Yussuf Today marks the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. A main goal of this celebration is to help create an environment where living openly and honestly is possible. But while coming out can be incredibly validating, a […]
Angola removes colonial-era law that prohibited homosexuality
On January 23, Angola, a southern African country, removed the “vices against nature” clause from its law, which has been understood as a prohibition on same-sex relationships.
Comic: I’ll believe The Lord is against homosexuality when he tells me
by JeCorey Holder
On being too queer and not queer enough: Finding space for my asexuality
I don’t know for sure if my family knows I’m not straight, and yet I suspect they somehow knew before I did. My family, who policed my lack of femininity growing up, and punished me for being a Tomboy. Who teased me for being a “Plain Jane.” Who asked for years when I was going […]
Black youth need more than public health strategies that read sexuality as diseased and immoral
By Jallicia Jolly In the aftermath of National HIV Testing Week in the US, it is crucial that we talk openly and honestly about what it means to live, love, and sex while being Black and young. As an HIV tester and counselor, I am well aware of the conversations about “safe sex” that populate […]
White sexuality is a breeding ground for racial violence
Content Warning: racialized sexual violence, Jeffrey Dahmer, dismemberment, necrophilia, cannibalism, hebephilia This is perhaps the most gruesome thing I have ever written, and I ask you to bear with me. It’s an extension of my discussion of erotic race play, which I assure you, I had not intended to return to so soon. In my […]
“I’m not gay no more”: on Andrew Caldwell, static sexuality & gender expression
In 2014, Andrew Caldwell was introduced to the world via a viral video in which he proclaimed his deliverance from homosexuality at an annual COGIC convention in St. Louis. “I was already fighting for deliverance,” he told me in an interview two years later. “That night I said, ‘God, if you’re real, I want you […]
Wiz Khalifa, Kanye West, Amber Rose and the Slut Shaming of Black Female Sexuality
By Arielle Newton On a track with Juicy J called “For Everybody,” Wiz Khalifa, the estranged husband of businesswoman Amber Rose, rapped about how he “fell in love with a stripper” but “fell out of love quicker.” He opines that hoes don’t “pay attention to love anyway,” because they’re “only concerned with what the haters say” and need Instagram and reality TV to decipher their […]
Chilli launches petition against cyber-bullying amid charges on her son’s sexuality
TLC member Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas has launched a petition against MediaTakeOut.com and other reporting entities to leave children of celebrities alone. The petition comes on the heels of an article written about the star’s son.
Morehouse College releases ‘Body Issue’ to highlight abuse, black sexuality
“The Maroon Tiger,” Morehouse College’s student newspaper, has released their version of ESPN’s “The Body Issue” in response to apprehension of HBCUs when discussing issues related to black sexuality and bodies. Out of the college’s 146 year existence, just last year the institution started to open up about black sexuality by adding a LGBT studies course to its curricula.
Mister Cee Stars In PSA After Revelations About Sexuality Surface
Last week, Radio personality Mister Cee resigned from his position as a DJ at New York’s Hot 97 amid allegations that he had solicited sex from a transgender person.Now he’s released a PSA promoting sexual freedom and safety.