There is a “pandemic within a pandemic.” What this means is that COVID-19 has dramatically exacerbated incidences of both domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse (IPV/A). We know that DVA involves heterosexual couples. But exactly what is Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse, or IPV/A? This term describes the physical, sexual, emotional and/or [...]
“Do You Have Your Membership Card?” Guest Writer: R. L. Norman We were sitting at my home in the living room having a nightcap. In the olden days, a nightcap was another name for a booty call after a date. And we’d just returned from a date. We went to dinner at a rooftop restaurant that [...]
Mark the date: Friday, April 9! That’s when a brand new episode of WYATT!, my fast-growing and compelling podcast, returns to the airwaves! The podcast can be found on both YouTube and Spotify. Special guest for this installment of WYATT! is Mr. Wes Morrison, a gentleman who has activism in his blood—and DNA! “Out and Proud,” Morrison’s a passionate [...]
(Isaiah Shade, Class Comics.) Isaiah Shade. He’s big, bold, and built (like a brick house!). And as “Shaft,” by Issac Hayes, states, he’s one “bad mother (Shut your mouth)!” Shade is one of the many sensual and steamy “hawt” erotic comic creations of Mr. Patrick Fillion, who, with his life and business partner, formed the publishing company, Class Comics. [...]
“Believe in Dreams” Guest Writer: W.D. Foster-Graham Thank you, Wyatt, for the wonderful opportunity you have given me to be one of your guest columnists. Not only is this my 20th post with you, but it is also my second anniversary in that capacity. Indeed, February 2019 marked my debut as the Old School New Kid. As such, [...]
“Pretty Baby” Guest Writer: Bishop Hartsel Clifton Shirley Throughout the Great Migration (1916-1970), roughly seven million Blacks from the southern United States traveled to the North, Midwest, and West to escape racism, seek work in manufacturing cities, and obtain better educational opportunities. Bronzeville, an area of Chicago near Hyde Park, attracted a Black gay population—which snowballed. The relative sexual [...]
“Lookin’ Thru the Looking Glass” Guest Writer: R. L. Norman As I sat there, I just stared into space, oblivious to my situation for a brief moment. I felt like I was in a dream; as a matter of fact, a dream that was a nightmare that I wanted to wake up from. I just stared [...]
On this Friday the 19th, the new episode of the WYATT! podcast is all about the Big Boyz! My special guest is Mr. Tony “Teddybear” Harper-Zuniga, a prominent leader of the Big Boy Community. For years, Mr. Harper-Zuniga has been at the forefront of education and awareness about big boy culture. We will discuss what the community is [...]
By Wyatt O’Brian Evans PROLOGUE. Yo! As y’all know, I’m Wyatt O’Brian Evans, author of the hawt, sexually-charged and action-filled series of novels entitled, “Nothing Can Tear Us Apart.” The latest installment is “FRENZY!” Check out: wyattevans.com/nothing-can-tear-us-apart-frenzy-book/ Now, due to popular demand, I’m re-presenting a fast-paced, tension-filled and sexxxy short for yo’ reading “pleah-zure!” Entitled “Ferraris and Football,” it’s the saga [...]
“Didn’t You Know” Guest Writer: W.D. Foster-Graham My brothas and sistahs, it has been a pleasure to see The Right To Be: A Christopher Family Novel (my first full male-male romance novel) come to fruition. Then again, when you’re doing something you love doing, it’s not work. Following your passion surely has its rewards; since my last column, [...]
(This article has some adult sexual content. To note: none of the images are of Jase, the interviewee.) “As I said before, and I’ll say it again: love can be so, so…well, over-rated.” As you’re aware, I pen a continuing series about a Man of the Evening (MOE). It’s a raw and revealing portrait of [...]
“On the Field” Guest Writer: Bishop Hartsel Clifton Shirley HUT ONE! HUT TWO! HUT THREE! HIKE! Whispers. Secrets. Conceal and hide! So goes life if you’re gay in football. And enthusiasts of one of America’s favorite pastimes rejecting homophobia appears to be as complicated and difficult as it is for bigots to reject racism. Roy Franklin Simmons was once [...]
