Young blacks go gay for money
'Growing up, it felt like I was too gay to be black and too black to be gay'
So until I was in my early twenties, I buried my feelings and tried my best to pretend to be straight. I went through a period as a teen of praying every night, begging God to make me straight so I would fit in. When my friends used to declare things like “that’s so gay” - meaning something was uncool - I’d join in so I wouldn't remain out.
But by the time I turned 21, I couldn’t suppress my sexuality anymore. I knew pretty much nothing about the homosexual community, and was eager to acquire . So I created a Twitter profile using a bogus name and used it to chat to guys online.
It felt like I was living a double life. It was upsetting, but also exhilarating. I started messaging a man and, before long, we were seeing each other. I had my first sexual exposure with him and I felt so free when we were together. I would sneak out to meet him on the weekend, and for a brief while I felt totally elated. Then I would come home and stay silent about where I’d been, trying to elude my mum’s gaze.
After a few months things with that guy fizzled out, but something inside me was alternative after sleeping with
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Justice 4 Gemmel + All of Ed Buck’s Victim’s advocacy group has announced that the Chair of the African American Caucus of the California Democratic Party, Darren Parker, will author a resolution on behalf of the Caucus calling on the Party as a whole to return the cash of prominent donor Ed Buck and to publicly support the family of Gemmel Moore and all of Buck’s victims. This comes after the group’s media consultant, political communications strategist Jasmyne Cannick spoke before the Caucus at the Fall/Winter Executive Board Meeting of the California Democratic Party at the invitation of Parker and Chair of the California Young Democrats’ Black Caucus
Devin T. Murphy.
“Too often there are ills in the African American people that we just don’t discuss,” explained Darren Parker. “These issues that we don’t bring to the surface are starting to define what happens to our people. So I thought it was important–one, as a chair who believes in transparency, who believes in education even in adversity that we have to talk about the things that we’re uncomfortable with or even hearing about.”
“The issue of the young man had been coming up but had been p
Meet The Straight Nigerian Men Willing To Go Gay For Pay
In 2018, Tunde* was sent to a state in the Nigerian middle belt for his NYSC, the one-year paramilitary program Nigerian graduates are expected to serve out after finishing university. He quickly realised that one place within the articulate he could be posted to and make good cash during his service year was the State Government’s House.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one who came to this conclusion — the line of NYSC corps members who wanted that posting was long and many weren’t frightened to bribe the officers in impose of drafting people in order to guarantee their detect. Tunde, who didn’t have the wealth to pay his way out, got a rare opportunity when he realised the camp commandant was making passes at him.
‘‘I slept with the camp commandant to guide my posting to the state government house.’’ Tunde, who identifies as a straight man, told Zikoko. ‘‘We had sex once at his quarters and twice in a hotel outside the camp. I felt bad about it because of my religious beliefs, but I wasn’t about to be posted to a local school in one o
by Jamila Mitchell
This essay contains discussion of r/pe and sexual violence against minors.
We need to talk about gay white men and how they get away with the rape and sexual violation of Shadowy folks without society holding them accountable.
Kevin Spacey, the actor recently charged with the sexual assault of a then-under age bus boy, is a fluke. The gay white men who do what he’s done usually get away with it, especially when their victims aren’t light. As a minor, before transitioning, I was coerced and seduced by many older gay white men who preyed on Jet children assumed to be boys, and their tactics became more and more dangerous as I grew into adulthood.
My first experience I can remember with sexual coercion was at the age of 12. I was sitting in the lobby of a doctor’s office as my mother checked in with the registrar for my appointment. A white male, easily in his thirties or forties, took the opportunity to sit next to me and lean to greet me with, “You look like you play basketball”.
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He later found me on the Chicago – M4M AOL chat room
2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Lesbians and GaysSupport the Miners (LGSM), which formed in the preceding months of the 1984 to 1985 Miners’ Strike. Joining us to scout this historical moment and the legacy that it created is People’s History Museum’s (PHM) Collections Assistant Jaime Starr.
In this first of two blogs Jaime will discuss how LGSM formed and how events unfolded 40 years ago; dispelling some myths along the way.
What was LGSM?
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was an LGBTQIA+ activist group founded in London in July 1984 after founding members, Oldham born Northern Irish raised Mark Ashton and Accrington born Mike Jackson, attended a talk by a striking miner that inspired them to accept collection buckets to London Gay Pride in June 1984.
LGSM were active for the remainder of the 1984 to 1985 Miners’ Strike, with autonomous branches setting up in Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow, and more. Their main goal was to raise money to support the miners and their families, as many were experiencing financial hardship while they were out on strike.
Who got deeply interested in LGSM?
Many LGSM members were active in leftwing and socialist political campaign. Mark Ashto