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The Aries: JP Saxe ft. Julia Michaels “If the World Was Ending”
Dear Aries, Oh you, where do I even begin? You were the best boyfriend I have ever had and by far the nicest. You showed me more attention than I could ever dream was possible. You are so pure and full of light. I do not honestly think you have one ounce of bad in […]
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The Gemini: Deniece Williams “Silly”
Dear Gemini, “Oh love, stop making a fool of me.” Loving you caused me to miss out on a lot of good men over the years. The memories of your sweet caress and gentle touch were hard to ignore. In my mind, I was waiting for you to finally see me and acknowledge that I […]
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The Scorpio: Jazmine Sullivan – Tragic
Dear Scorpio, You, sir, are the spawn of satan and a part of the reason I decided to seek therapy. You are by far the most toxic man I have ever met in my life. You actually remind me of the Pisces but far worse. It took me a while to notice that you had […]
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The Pisces: Keyshia Cole “I Should’ve Cheated”
Dear Pisces, I used to think that you were the worst guy that I had ever met. Now I realize that we were just young and dumb. You were my first love. I trusted you with my heart, as that was a piece of me that I have never given to any other man so […]
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Waiting to Exhale: A Series of Letters
If you know me, you know I am a huge movie buff. I am sure you guessed by now that the title of this post came from none other than the iconic Black film Waiting to Exhale, based on a novel written by Terry McMillan about four African-American women and their relationships with men. I […]
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Masculine or feminine? Why not be both?
I found myself watching Moonlight again while reflecting on my own struggles with masculinity throughout my life. Masculinity seems to be a big theme in my life right now, as I have recently identified that I am both masculine and feminine all at the same time. Now, getting to this point was the biggest struggle. […]
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The “Gay Agenda”
You’re probably questioning why I put a picture that says white fragility on a blog post titled, The “Gay Agenda” huh? It will all make sense in due time. Do you know what it is like to grow up and not see yourself accurately represented on media platforms? Then to finally find the one person […]
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The Normalization of Sexual Assault in the Gay Male Community
I’ll start off by proposing this question, have we in the gay male community allowed for heterosexual abnormalities to become our normalized behaviors? Now this may be an unpopular opinion coming from a man, let alone a gay man, but it is one I feel that is necessary to be discussed. Society in the past […]
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Mental Health and a Black Gay Man
When people hear mental health, they often associate it with disorders and behaviors. Well, mental health is much more broad that just that. Mental health is also insecurities, oppression, fear, and anxiety. Mental health is trauma by subjection to the actions and thoughts of others. Mental health is the infestation of the denial towards unpopular […]
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