Randy Boyd’s Halftime Show
Scoring touchdowns despite the oddsby j. brotherlove
Poz Magazine spotlights author Randy Boyd, a five-time Lambda Literay Award Nominee, who continues to thrive and dream, despite having the AIDS virus for 23 years. At 46, he muses on his life:
“In the first half, I felt like a big black unathletic fag, a disappointment to my sports-loving family. In the second half, I evolved into an openly gay author living with AIDS, using the gift of writing to tackle homosexuality in sports.”
Read more on his blog with a link to a pdf of the Poz article. Also, read the Outsports interview in which Boyd discusses his gay sports novel, Walt Loves the Bearcat:
“Walt Loves the Bearcat is meant to resemble an amusement park ride that starts with familiar modes of transport (airplanes, cars, golf carts). Eventually, during the ride, the transport gets faster, the journey blurrier, the wheels come off and next thing you know, we’ve taken off from the rollercoaster tracks and are soaring through space, beyond our wildest imagination, which is exactly where the sports world needs to go in order to accept all athletes, regardless of who they fall in love with.”
Spotlight on Lynne d Johnson
Giving propsby j. brotherlove
Web pioneer Lynne d Johnson gets a choice feature on AfterEllen. Not only is she a pioneering voice in the blogosphere, but her contributions to advancing Web 2.0 technologies, product reviews and the intersection of African American culture keeps her in demand as a valued conference panelist and speaker.
The piece, written by Cheryl Coward covers Lynne’s life and impressive list of contributions in hip hop, social media and feminism. Surprisingly, Lynne is pretty private when it comes to speaking about herself. But there are plenty of quotes from myself, Karsh, Angela Benton, Clarence, Twanna Hines and Anil Dash. If you don’t know; now you know.
I’m especially honored to call her a friend, colleague (and client).
Keep doing your thing, woman!
May 1, 2008
Wishing you the bestby j. brotherlove
The Masculinity Project
Challenging the myths of the black manby j. brotherlove
Black Public Media (in collaboration with the Independent Television Service and the Ford Foundation) has launched The Masculinity Project, a collection of multi-generational voices to explore the question: What does it mean to be a man?
From the Intro Video:
Read the full post.“We’re like in this… box. In order to be in that box you have to be strong. You have to be tough. You have to have a lot of girls. You gotta have money. You gotta be a player, or a pimp. Y’know, you gotta be in control.You have to dominate other men, other people. Y’know if you’re not any of those things then y’know people call you soft, or weak, or a pussy, or a chump, or a faggot. And nobody wants to be any of those things. So everybody stays inside the box.”
Some ‘Words’ About Anthony David
Answering reader mailby j. brotherlove
Contrary to popular belief, I am not an expert on all things Noah’s Arc. Nor do I have an inside track on the behind-the-scenes status of the movie. However, I get questions like the following all the time and decided to post the answer here in case other readers had the same question (especially since it involves one of my favorite independent artists).
From Joe:
Read the full post.Could you please tell me what the Seal song is that was playing when Ricki and Genito are in Ricki’s store talking about the I Love you text? This was on season two… Thank you for the information. Was a coo song!
Hanifah Walidah Goes Abroad
And captures it on videoby j. brotherlove
It’s always enlightening to get a global perspectives on living as LGBT of color. I’ve been enjoying Hanifah Walidah’s video posts chronicling her travels in Amsterdam for the Crime Jazz Festival and touring with the Brooklyn Funk Essentials.
In Episode #3, Hanifah and the band tour through France and Italy. Episode 4 finds the crew in Sicily and Spain where Hanifah enjoys gelato, bikes through side streets and indulges in some seriously thick “hot chocolate” all while fighting a fever.
Read the full post.
If it walks like a blog and quacks like a blog, it’s a blog, baby!
Randy Boyd’s Halftime Show — Scoring touchdowns despite the oddsSpotlight on Lynne d Johnson — Giving props
May 1, 2008 — Wishing you the best
The Masculinity Project — Challenging the myths of the black man
Some ‘Words’ About Anthony David — Answering reader mail
Life’s observations from j. brotherlove.
Tim’m West brings The Front Porch to Atlanta — Answers Q&A regarding eventAll Eyes On Me: The j. brotherlove Interviews — Spotlight reversed for a change
‘Dirty Laundry’ Cleans Up & Folds In NY — But let’s focus on the positive
Interracial Porn, Fetish & Politics — Resolving sexuality with activism
HIV Status A Growing Wedge For Gay Men — Creates another division
Reviews, meditations and criticisms from an arts junkie.
If you think Erykah is Weird… — You ain’t heard nothin’Tempest In A Tearoom (plus Sex 2.0) — A review and preview of sorts
Homo Hip Hop, Lesbian Duo KIN Get Busy — Queer independent artists stay focused
Swimming With Steve Yockey’s ‘Octopus’ — A review of his post-modern gay play
A Preview of Kortney Ryan Siegler’s film, still black — Documenting black transgender men
Excerpts from selected poetry and stories.
National Blogging Online 2007 — still/here; most days*sunday morning made — me a poet
A Parable Named Easter Jones — A girl in Jemsion, Alabama dresses up
Black Magic — Calling the mysterious power of black women
new — Because the “old” just ain’t good enough