Category: Boys of Color
The Real Locker Room Talk: Men Don’t Need Cheerleaders—They Need Witnesses
Let’s stop dancing around what everybody can feel but few want to say: [...]
He Harmed Who He Harmed — Not Who He Told the World He Wanted
People keep acting like a man’s sexual identity is a cha [...]
His Truth Does Not Need a Permission Slip — Even When It Makes People Squirm
There is something deeply cruel happening in our conversations about s [...]
When Identity Becomes a Shield: Who We Protect When We Pretend Everyone Is Equal
The Lie We Tell to Stay Comfortable
People say:
“Rape is rape, i [...]
When Identity Becomes a Shield: Why Accountability Must Stay Human-Centered
This is a tender area. Many people tense up the moment sexual violence [...]
Why Don’t We Talk About Black Men Who Survived Childhood Abuse?
There are stories we rarely let breathe.
The stories [...]
Before You Judge, Listen: Black Men’s Medical Trauma Is Real
I'm not just speaking from a place of advocacy to victims. I'm speakin [...]
Black and Missing Foundation and Washington Association of Black Journalists Release Groundbreaking Media Guide for Reporting on Missing Persons
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(Hyattsville, MD) – Th [...]
Celebrity Trials, Silencing, and the Spectacle of Misogyny
Let’s talk about what we should be learning from these celebrity cou [...]
They Know Exactly Who They Are
We like to believe—many of us—that if people only knew the truth abo [...]
Calling Out the Undermining of Women and Children’s Rights
"We are living in times so strange that truth sounds like conspira [...]
10 Rights Every Child Deserves Without Compromise
Children Have the Right to Set the Following Boundaries:
Bodily [...]
Revisting the Silencing of Silenced Women and Girls: R Kelly
When the groundbreaking documentary Surviving RKelly [...]
24 More Phrases People Use to Try to Silence Survivors of Sexual Violence
Updated on 4/11/22 from 7/14/2016I now know why my Granny, Grandma Mon [...]
Building Human Rights on Truth (slide)
“This was Mississippi, where for years whites shot blacks for an [...]
Men Can Stop Rape!
In earlier years of this blog, I did more work that included mal [...]
Braid the Ladder: Beautiful Non-Conforming Black Hair
By the way, unity does not come from
everyone being the same.
T [...]
When Deception Increases Risk for Children
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New Survey: 1 in 10 Men Have Carried Out Sex Offenses Against Children
Here we go again......another truth that has been ignored becaus [...]
At the Intersection of Surviving and Healing Racial Trauma
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