My Life – Avery Ware

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 itContinue 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 aContinue reading “My Coming Out Story”

I Am Not Your [Respectable] Negro

So lately I’ve been accused of being “too harsh” and “too mean” to bigots by more than one person. The irony of the statement astounds me every time I hear (or read) it. Sometimes I reply to the criticism (if you can call it that), and sometimes I let it ride. But so it isContinue reading “I Am Not Your [Respectable] Negro”