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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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Soul Trak Outdoors and All Its Greatness
From the steep hills of West Virginia University, to the bustling city of DC, I have watched my dear friend Tyrhee Moore grow and expand his knowledge of the outdoor world to positively impact the lives of others around him. Last year Tyrhee started his organization, Soul Trak Outdoors. Soul Trak is a nonprofit organization […]
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Mental Health and the Outdoor World
Do you remember being a kid? It seems like just yesterday I was running around outside, care free, just living and enjoying life. I remember the sense of being connected to the world around me. I wasn’t afraid to get dirty outside and refused to be inside on a nice day. I played tag, football, […]
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Why is it important to talk about race?
We currently live in a society where people are either sensitive to racial issues or desensitized to them. We often hear the negatives about the topic of race, but how often do we sit and have general conversations about race? Why is it that we avoid talking about something that both history and society deem […]
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Self-Care: Why is it important?
Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t take a lot to care for oneself. One area that I tend to see that people lack is maintaining self-care. What is self-care you ask? Merriam-Webster defines self-care as, care for oneself. That’s right, it is honestly just taking care of yourself. We tend to become so wrapped up […]
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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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Black Youth Mental Health Matters Too
While scrolling through social media, I ran across an article titled “Researchers unclear why suicide is increasing among black children.” I begin to read the article and learned some troubling facts about how the rate of suicide has increased amongst black youth. It then dawned on me, I’ve worked in several schools and not once […]
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Black Men: Your Feelings Matter Too
To my Black brother, your feelings matter too. Too many times have we been told in our youth, “boys don’t cry.” To, “get up” or “suck it up” because that is what men do. It is these very instances that have led to us holding on to our unconscious ideologies of hyper masculinity. The concepts […]
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Statistics
The Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health reports that, African Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the general population. The most common disorders are major depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), suicide (young African American men), and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is also reported that […]
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