Breaking News! I’ve just been appointed to the National Trauma Education and Policy Board, as LGBTQ Community Chair. This is a true privilege and honor. A critical part of the National Trauma Education and Policy Board’s mission is to increase awareness and to educate the public about the impact and consequences of all forms of trauma. The board also helps craft and recommend appropriate policy initiatives to assist [...]
Yo. I’m hittin’ the airwaves again! On Saturday, November 28, it’s the amazing debut of WYATT! , my new eponymous podcast. My new internet radio show spotlights, explores, and dissects relevant, timely, and critical issues that impact gay/SGL (Same-gender-loving) gentlemen—with a focus on ethnic men of a certain age. Of course, WYATT! resonates with the LGBTQ Community at large and its Allies. Noteworthy and accomplished guests [...]
It is one of the most sordid and shocking chapters that has ripped through U.S. history. As a result, it’s hush-hush. Unspoken. Not talked about. Sooty and soiled, it’s secreted way back in the dark corners of the closet of American history. And the entrenched unwillingness to acknowledge it has resulted in a paucity of research. This period of depravity is shrouded [...]
"Before Pose" Guest Writer: Bishop Hartsel Clifton Shirley Pose is the current television program that unapologetically displays the lives of gay, lesbian and transgender individuals. For some of us, it’s just short of sacred as it helps to reveal the hidden lives, pains, heartbreaks, and joys of a segment of the population all too often overlooked, ignored--and even worse--forgotten. Mainstream television has [...]
I’ve made it my ongoing--and fervent--mission to continue to shine a bright light on a certain demoralizing, insidious and horrific cycle of behavior that continues to be a growing concern within the LGBTQ Community. This is Part Nine of the ongoing series that will address this potentially life-threatening cycle of abuse. It’s purple month! “Yeah? Really? Well, what’s it all about?” [...]
“After years of being beaten and emotionally abused, I managed to gather the strength and courage to leave him. I thought that finally, I was in the clear! But how wrong I was… “He beat the crap out of one of my buddies--to find out where I was! And before you know it, he ‘popped up’ on me, and…” These are the [...]
On Friday, October 30, WYATTEVANS.COM Guest Writer Mr. R. L. Norman returns, making his considerable and unique presence known with his Column entitled, “Honey, Let Me Tell You Something!” And this time out, R. L. interviews Ms. LaToya Hankins, the popular and renowned Lesbian author and poet. It’s a colorful and revealing portrait of the talent--who’s also an activist. Trust and Believe: [...]
Did you know that there was once a time when Native communities not only accepted gays and lesbians--but revered them because they embodied two spirits: male and female? Believe it. And, I explore this suppressed and nearly-forgotten truth in the latest The W.O.E. Report, my exclusive column in the current edition of Baltimore Gay Life. Here’s a link to the online version [...]
“Closeted Pride BS”Guest Writer: Bobby Smith Gays, Lesbians, Transgenders, Queers, Genderfluids, Bisexuals, Pansexuals, and Same Gender Loving people are no longer just the whispers coyly cultivated on lips shielded by mischievous hands. Freedom to Marry, an American coalition committed to winning and keeping the freedom to marry for same-gender couples, reports that 20 nations have approved the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. American [...]
Since more than NINETY (90) Nations are making WYATTEVANS.COM the Go-To-It Destination for News, Features and Entertainment for the LGBTQ Community and its Allies, I’ve had to “crank up the heat!” Hey: it’s only fitting! To that end, on this FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, I welcome yet another Special Columnist to WYATTEVANS.COM! He’s Mr. BOBBY SMITH, who for more than two decades has [...]
“After years of being beaten and emotionally abused, I managed to gather the strength and courage to leave him. I thought that finally, I was in the clear! But how wrong I was… “He beat the crap out of one of my buddies--to find out where I was! And before you know it, he ‘popped up’ on me, and…” This is [...]
Since more than Eighty (80) Nations (Thus Far!) are making WYATTEVANS.COM the Go-To-It Destination for News, Features and Entertainment for the LGBTQ Community and its Allies, I’ve had to “crank up the heat!” Hey: it’s only fitting! Therefore, on Friday, September 25, WYATTEVANS.COM Guest Writer Mr. R. L. Norman returns, making his considerable and unique presence known with his “Honey, Let Me [...]
