“It’s Never Too Late” Spring is now in the air, and I am excited to have my first male/male romance novel, The Right to Be: A Christopher Family Novel, launched. As with the previous five novels in the series, it will be available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. For those who have been following my Old School [...]
Breaking News! Major CBS, NBC, and Fox television markets across the country have featured the story of my personal and professional journey. In interviews with these media outlets, I discuss my complicated childhood; how I’ve overcome obstacles, converting my vision into reality; what drives me to shine a bright light on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse (IPV/A) through education [...]
“The Unimaginable” Guest Writer: Bishop Hartsel Clifton Shirley Emile Alphonse Griffith was born February 3, 1938, in St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands. In his teenage years, Griffith worked at a hat factory. On one particularly steamy day, the owner allowed him to work shirtless. That owner, a former amateur boxer, noticed Emile’s promising physique and took the [...]
Mark the date: Friday, April 16! That’s when a brand new installment of WYATT!, my rapidly growing and compelling radio show, drops! The podcast can be found on both YouTube and Spotify. The special guest for this episode of WYATT! is Mr. Killian Knox, a Southern gentleman who’s making quite a name for himself in the Gay/SGL (same gender [...]
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 [...]
