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Home » masculinity

Tag: masculinity

Posted inArts & Culture

In Whiteout Conditions, grief permeates the past and present

by Rima Parikh March 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Tariq Shah brings poetry to his debut novel.

Posted inBlogs

What I learned about gay pride from the Mattachine Society

by Devlyn Camp June 22, 2018August 18, 2021

Gay pride is a daily protest.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’

by Derrick Clifton December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.

Posted inBlogs

Nora Chipaumire’s Portrait of Myself as My Father is a search for someone she never knew

by Matt de la Peña October 19, 2016August 18, 2021

The Zimbabwe-born performance artist explores the black male body and African masculinity in connection to her own identity.

"I feel like a small-minded bigot that my romantic feelings about Marcus are based on something as randomly distributed as a penis."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Disclosing trans status

by Dan Savage April 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on handling the discovery that your boyfriend is a trans man, and avoiding awkwardness in a threesome with a couple.

Posted inArts & Culture

No easy answers in David McConnell’s American Honor Killings

by Sam Worley April 3, 2013August 19, 2021

There are no easy answers in David McConnell’s American Honor Killings. That’s the best thing about it.

Tim'm West performing at the Center on Halsted on December 15
Posted inMusic

Tim’m West and the masculine mystique

by B. David Zarley February 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Tim’m West has shown that there’s more than one way to be a black gay man.

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