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R.A.W stands for "Real Authentic Words" and I am honored to be a part of such powerful video series campaign. I was asked to film with other Black gay men who I genuinely respect and admire! Watch below!
From Afropunk.com
“We plan to award 5-8 scholarships to Graduating Black Gay Men who are interested in attending Historically Black Colleges. It is our way of ensuring we contribute to the intergenerational mobility of our community.”
As an openly Black Gay man, I have often found myself starved for fairer depictions of who I really am, in the media. Television has done our entire community a disservice by only portraying Black Gay men as accessories. Per the machine, we are merely relegated to #bestie, #fashionqueen, lace-front connoisseur or confused "down low" brotha'. In fact, we are MUCH more than the caricatures we've been privy to seeing on television. We are executives, policy makers, CEOs of our OWN companies, prolific writers, activists, artists, AND athletes. We are more than our sexualities and should be treated as such.
Read more at http://www.afropunk.com/profiles/blogs/feature-black-gifted-and-whole-non-profit-launches-initiatives-to
From Ebony.com
“Guy Anthony is a man who wants to make a difference. We all do to a degree, but Guy is taking his dreams a step further. ”
"I’ve never felt so right about something in my life and I feel right about this," he said when talking about his non-profit, Black, Gifted & Whole. "I prayed about this, I meditated and I just do the work."
The organization, founded just a few months ago, seeks to help young Black gay men matriculate to institutions of higher education, particularly HBCUs.
"I went to a performing arts high school in Detroit, Michigan," Guy said. "I was out of a very bad neighborhood, a very bad city. I really wanted to do things that were not necessarily cool to my friends and I wished that I had a mentor that reflected the life that I was living, you know like a gay man. As someone that was molested and sexually assaulted, I knew early on what my sexuality was. Growing up in a very religious family -- obviously homosexuality is not smiled upon, so a lot of the depression that I suffered and post-traumatic stress trauma that I acquired over the years became something."
Guy felt suffocated, and made the decision to attend the University of Michigan. He did not see people who "looked like him," and there were no coalitions that represented what he wanted to do for the LGBT community.
In his words, he knew he had to lead.
Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/wellness-empowerment/black-gifted-and-whole-creating-a-voice-for-gay-men#ixzz3sSsgqnZb
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USCA (United States Conference on HIV/AIDS) is the largest AIDS-related gathering in the U.S., bringing together thousands of workers representing all sectors and every front of the war against this disease—from case managers and physicians, to public health workers and advocates, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and policy-makers. Check out some of my favorite moments below!
Read MoreIn the U.S., an estimated 1.2 million people are living with HIV, according to the CDC. New infections are down from the peak in the 1980s, but the epidemic is nowhere near over. HIV/AIDS has affected millions of people around the world. In this country, gay men have been hardest hit.
Today on For the Record: HIV then and now. Two survivors, from two different generations, tell their stories. Click the audio link on this page to listen to the full conversation.
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