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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home

The book comes out online on Aug 8 and in Bookstores on Aug 13....

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Thursday, August 16, 2012 - Keith Boykin Book signing/reading Reception
Author Keith Boykin’s new book, For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough, addresses longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American and Latino communities, and more specifically among young gay men of color. The book tells stories of real people coming of age, coming out, dealing with religion and spirituality, seeking love and relationships, finding their own identity in or out of the LGBT community, and creating their own sense of political empowerment. For Colored Boys is designed to educate and inspire those seeking to overcome their own obstacles in their own lives.

BMK will be hosting the official book release reception at The BMK Center from 6:30pm-8:30pm. (Invitation to come soon) The event will be limited to only the first 50 people who RSVP. HIV testing offered, giveaways, Refreshments, meet and greet the BMK staff. You can get more info on the book and Keith Boykin here: http://www.amazon.com/Colored-Considered-Suicide-Rainbow-Enough/dp/1936833158 .

For more info, contact bmk@batf.net

The book was launched in the wake of numerous "young Black men literally committing suicide in the silence of their own communities" such as Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Jaheem Herrera, Raymond Chase, Joseph Jefferson and others last summer. (From Rod 2.0)

This Anthology will have pieces from Rod McCullom, Darian Aaron, Jamal Brown, Topher Campbell, Wade Davis, Kenyon Farrow, L. Michael Gipson, James Earl Hardy, DeMarco Majors, David Malebranche, B. Scott, Rob Smith, Kevin E. Tayor, Craig Washington, Tim'm West, Nathan H. Williams and Emanuel Xavier. The anthology will include nine poems. In addition to Keith Boykin, the editors include young filmmaker Mark Corece and author/scholar Frank Leon Roberts. (From Rod 2.0)

In 1974, playwright Ntozake Shange published For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. The book would go on to inspire legions of women for decades and would later become the subject and title of a hugely popular movie in the fall of 2010. While the film was selling out movie theaters, young black gay men were literally committing suicide in the silence of their own communities.

When a young Rutgers University student named Tyler Clementi took his own life after a roommate secretly videotaped him in an intimate setting with another young man, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry to inspire young people facing harassment. Their message, It Gets Better, turned into a popular movement, inspiring thousands of user-created videos on the Internet. Savage's project targeted people of all races, backgrounds and colors, but Boykin has created something special "for colored boys."

The new book, For Colored Boys, addresses longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American and Latino communities, and more specifically among young gay men of color. The book tells stories of real people coming of age, coming out, dealing with religion and spirituality, seeking love and relationships, finding their own identity in or out of the LGBT community, and creating their own sense of political empowerment. For Colored Boys is designed to educate and inspire those seeking to overcome their own obstacles in their own live

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

James Fortune & FIYA - Hold On (feat. Monica & Fred Hammond) (MUSIC VIDEO)

Love this song and the video completes it...

Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm (Explicit)

Does Nicki still live up 2 the hype...

All Black Kings Go To Heaven Documentary

Hey folks NEED YOU to SUPPORT my good friend Ricky Day as he launches his new project " All Black Kings Go To Heaven" below is more info on it and how you can help. Thanks a bunch guys...

What if those ads you see for American lifestyle apparel brands were more diverse? What if you could see young men of color in a setting other sports, music and the evening news?

My name is Ricky Day. I'm a New York based visual artist and photographer. I believe that self is a performance and that notions of self are developed in direct relationship to the images and information provided to us via the media, religion & our respective peer groups and families. I am interested in exploring & examining the power of fine art & pop-culture to inform the development & performance of self while demonstrating the transformative power of change.
In my portrait series All Black Kings Go To Heaven (ABKGTH), I use a commercial fashion inspired photographic portrait style & mock ad campaign to examine the objectification of the black male & its effects on the performance of self as well as to celebrate the beauty, humanity & strength of men of African descent. This series incorporates still photography, works on paper, video and paintings.
Your support will help me to create a body of work that looks and feels like advertising campaigns for major brands, but with an important twist, men of color and their dreams and aspirations will be it's subject.

We need your financial support to help make this project a reality

The project consists of large scale photographic portrait prints that look and feel like advertisments and in-store display images, a video, and a pop-up exhibit! Your generous donations will assist me in creating a body of work that will enrich lives and changes perceptions.
Your support for the project will be rewarded with unique perks that include personal thank you's on the project website, limited edition prints, promotional items and even sitting for a professional photoshoot with yours truly!
If we don't reach our entire fundraising goal, this project WILL be completed and exhibited. It simply means it will be scaled back a bit in terms of it's scope! We are committed to creating and sharing this work with the world.

The Impact

Your contribution will make a difference in several ways:

You will help me to change our collective conditioning and to alter the perception of young men of color in a way that empowers them to live up to their full potential and inspires the rest of us to focus on what we have in common as opposed to our differences.
You will help me to create works of art that reveal beautiful truths about who we are as human beings
You will help me to provide a wonderful new perspective from which to view young men of color.

Other Ways You Can Help

Not everyone can contribute, but that doesn’t mean you can’t help:
Remember Indiegogo has some pretty powerful share tools! Use these to spread the word to your family, friends, co-workers and to attract others who'd like to support the project! Help me to make a difference in our collective lives by empowering and celebrating our youth.
Thank you.
Ricky Day

Miguel - Adorn

New music video from Miguel "adorn" get into it

Monday, July 30, 2012

ADTV STORIES: RICHARD W

Get into another story from ADTV getting to know the cast of ADTV....

Sunday, July 29, 2012

"Dear Dad" Documentary

What is "Dear Dad,":

“Dear Dad,” is a documentary that peeks into the lives of your friends, brothers, cousins, co-workers, sons, and uncles. You'll meet 10 diverse same gender loving men living in "Black Gay Mecca"; Atlanta, GA. “Dear Dad,”aims to give same gender loving men a platform to tell their varying yet universal stories about their relationship with their father and how it has shaped them as men. We'll meet these men, learn a little about who they are and what they do. Then, we'll delve into their relationship with their father (good, bad or indifferent). They'll read their "Dear Dad," letter and decide if they will send the letter to their father. A follow up project entitled "Dear Son," will be produced for those who decided to send their letters.

For more info on the project and to help fund it log on too:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1166363009/dear-dad

Saturday, July 28, 2012

KEN DAHL - "GETCHU A MAN"

Get into Ken Dahl gotta love him as i do get into his new video and purchase his new album via Itunes entitled "GPS"....

Can You Feel What I’m Saying? by:James Earl Hardy

Message from J.E.H: “Can You Feel What I’m Saying?”, my first short story collection, will be released in September. Will be posting an excerpt and other info shortly!

The Back Cover Copy:
“Whether it’s the maintenance man making a much needed house call (Booty, By Jake), a 40-year-old “born again” virgin falling in lust with his 20-year-old former student (How Stanley Got His Back In Groove), a porn star trying to stay aroused–and awake–while filming his final movie (The Last Picture. Show.), or a blind man proving that sight isn’t a prerequisite for bringing another pleasure (Can You Feel What I’m Saying?), Hardy serves up seven scandalous tales, imbued with his trademark mix of politics and passion, that are guaranteed to turn you on–and off.”

Speaking Truth Jared Paul Shuler: Be your Muse

I've been sayin this for year about JPS and i will say it again I love this bro as always he is speaking the truth, I am glad to know him personally over these last 7-8 yrs and is one of the few folks I look up 2.

Friday, July 27, 2012

NYC Black Gay Pride Events Aug 17-19 2012

Its Goin down in a few weeks NYC Black Pride Weekend will be crazy and the promoters are holding nothing back as they reveal their lineups for the weekend... Below is Angel X Marketing Group and Elite Society NYC and you can purchase tickets at www.elitesocietynyc.com