Avery W.

The Truth About The “Hoe Phase”

Yesterday I was on the phone with my ex. He is happily in a new relationship that he was telling me all about. It was nice to here the excitement and the fervor in his voice as he talked about his partner. After he was finished he asked me about my love life and what itContinueContinue reading “The Truth About The “Hoe Phase””

My Coming Out Story

I was raised in the church, the Black church, the Black Baptist church. I half-jokingly and half deadass serious say I was born on a church pew. I was one of those kids that was in church 4 out of 7 days of the week. I’m a PK, as we say, a preacher’s kid. My mother is aContinueContinue reading “My Coming Out Story”

4 Reasons Why Black Queer Men Code-Switch

This week, The Advocate, a popular LGBT publication, posted an article about Insecure’s newest ostensibly gay character, Ahmal (Issa’s brother), and code-switching. When I seen the article come across my feed, I was glad that someone was finally addressing it. When I first saw the episode, I clocked the code-switching immediately and just knew thatContinueContinue reading “4 Reasons Why Black Queer Men Code-Switch”