Trailer: 'In My Own Image - Healing Black Men Who Love Men'

Reposted from Facebook by Keith R. Green

This is indeed powerful and so long overdue. I eagerly anticipate the full-legnth documentary!

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This trailer is for the upcoming documentary 'In My Own Image - Healing Black Men Who Love Men.' The film features the voices, experiences and transformations of 40 young adult and adult same-gender-loving (SGL) Black male leaders from throughout the country. According to the men involved this experience changed their life forever.

Tomorrow in Illinois - Get Your Civil Unions On

via ChicagoPride.com, by Kevin Wayne

County clerk offices around Illinois will open early Wednesday to accommodate civil union registrations

Wednesday, June 1, will become a landmark day for gay rights in Illinois as the state's civil unions law takes effect, allowing both same-sex and heterosexual couples to enter into civil unions granting them many rights already afforded married couples.

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Black Gay HIV Positive Dating and Disclosure

via Black Gay Men's Blog

The Black Gay Men’s Blog advice column, Ask Storm, kicks off with a letter from Wes, a 26 year old black gay male living in Oakland, who has been dating a guy for a month and is worried about disclosing his HIV positive status.

Dear Storm,

I am a 26 year old black gay male in Oakland, CA and I need some advice on how to deal with the situation I’m in. I’ll try and make it brief. I have been HIV positive for 2 years, but really only started dealing with it a year ago. The first year was a mixture of shock and denial and I basically went to work, came home drank, smoked blunts and locked myself away. Hardly any socializing, no sex etc. About a year ago, I started slowly dealing with my HIV status, went to the doctor, got on meds etc. I started to accept that I was HIV positive and would have to deal with it for the rest of my life. One thing I definitely wasn’t looking forward to was dating and having the HIV talk.

Anyways, about a month ago I went to a spoken word event and met this sexy-azz brother. It was instant chemistry and we were both very comfortable with each other, like old friends or something. We went for drinks after the event and then he asked me back to his place. We were having such a great time, convo flowing, lil buzz going and I hadn’t felt so good in so long. The minute we kissed, it was over, I was like a thirsty mofo, hungry to be touched, like I had come alive again and the next thing I knew we were naked having hot sex. As much as I hadn’t been touched for ages, he wanted me just as much and there was no awkward first time sex, which sometimes happens – it all just flowed. 

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Ed Negron's 2011 IML Scrapbook - The FINALE - Part Eight

Parting is such sweet sorrow. Here is the final batch of 2011 IML leather lusciousness via Ed Negron.

He took nearly 300 pics this weekend -you can see many of them in posts over the last few days here on the LifeLube blog.  And, you can check them ALL out on LifeLube's FB page.

Thanks Ed for taking us there each and every day - MWAH! Or should we say, SMACK!

Yes, there's MORE: Ed Negron's 2011 IML Scrapbook - Part Seven

The inspiration continues.... More photos from the 2011 IML via Ed Negron (pictured in the first pic below). This is just a sample, see the rest from this latest installment of fresh pics here, on LifeLube's FB page.

Pecs and Personality! Part 6 of Ed Negron's IML Scrapbook

Check out more P&P in the Facebook album.

 

Ed Negron's 2011 IML Scrapbook - Part Five

More photos from the 2011 IML via Ed Negron... See more in his LifeLube album on Facebook.