Each time we fail to protect the weak and vulnerable in our society, we lose a part of our own humanity. 20,000 people marched for human rights at the 18th International AIDS conference in Vienna.
“Say My Name” is a short film and contemporary Black gay love story. Set amidst a gritty urban backdrop of ‘street’ reality, the story kicks off when ‘rude-bwoy,’ Ricky, ignores his undercover lover, Chris, while hanging ‘on road’ with his crew because he is afraid of being ‘outed’ as a black gay man.
At the tender age of 14, I developed an unusual appetite for sex that did not cease until recently at 25. My friends tease me and often say I have the mentality of a man when it comes to sex…There were not enough HIV commercials to scare me from fulfilling this sexual appetite; nor did the thought of pregnancy.
Never did the Brothers Grimm or The Arabian Nights tell tales of beautiful princesses who gave it all up for love and a bungalow in Kent. Then again, these stories were written long before Stephanie Benson was born.
Whether this new organization would ultimately lead to the emergence of a new religion that embraces gay rights, or a strong political lobby group, is immaterial. Either way, the time is right for gay Africans to get actively involved in their immediate political, religious and socio-economic environment.
Prosecutors in The Hague are looking to subpoena international supermodel Naomi Campbell as witness against Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia who is currently on trial for “crimes against humanity.”
The real reason why black men are hardly ever seen in sex shops has little to do with a deep-seated respect for women. Nor is it to do with a strict moral upbringing, argues Shirley Brooks, as she goes out in search of the answers.
Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting is barbaric. Few subjects can make my face contort in horror, nor make my blood boil with anger, than FGM/C. There is no reason for it.
Bill Clinton should have apologized to Hillary about Monica and to the rest of America, only about the misuse of government premises. And Tiger Woods needn’t have apologized to anybody, except Elin, and that too whenever he was ready.
What say you? Is the idea of romantic love and monogamy a myth of Western cultures and a set-up for certain failure?
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Couldn't Love You More by John Martyn
