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24 09, 2016

Hot Tea and Ice 8

By |2016-09-24T10:00:01-04:00September 24th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

“Grown Folks’ Friendships”  Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins    Greeting and Salutations, Hot Tea and Ice Sippers!  Sending wishes, and hope fall is doing right by you. For many of us, it is time to move away from shorts and open-toe shoes to sweaters and sturdy footwear. Nights are getting longer, temperatures are dropping and before you know it, store aisles will be [...]

20 08, 2016

Hot Tea and Ice 7

By |2016-08-20T10:00:21-04:00August 20th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

“Age Is Just a Number” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins       Greeting and Salutations, Hot Tea and Ice Sippers. I hope this month finds you all in good spirits--and staying cool. As for me, I’m coping with the heat by drinking plenty of cool beverages--some of them adult--and trying not to exert myself too much. I believe that a true lady shouldn't appear slick from sweat by simply walking [...]

2 07, 2016

Conversations With The Duchess 3

By |2016-07-02T10:00:24-04:00July 2nd, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

"PRIDE: A Celebration of Liberation" Guest Writer:  Carlton R. Smith      President Barack Obama has just designated the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York City as the nation’s first national monument to LGBTQ rights.  As you know, The Stonewall Uprising is largely regarded as the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ movement for civil rights.  And our PRIDE celebrations grew out of that [...]

24 06, 2016

Hot Tea and Ice 6

By |2016-06-24T10:00:25-04:00June 24th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |3 Comments

“The Power Of Pride” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins       Greetings Hot Tea and Ice Sippers!   Hope you are staying cool in this summer heat. Although I consider myself a proud daughter of the South, even I sometimes find the rising temperature a little bit too much to take. Days of ninety plus weather leaves me praising the person who invented air conditioning—and mastering the art [...]

13 06, 2016

Sex In Prison, Part Two

By |2016-06-13T13:48:45-04:00June 13th, 2016|Categories: blog|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

Welcome back! In “Sex In Prison, Part One,” I presented the recent study entitled “Incarcerated Black Men Report Sex in Prison, Posing Challenges for HIV Prevention and Treatment” that gave this sobering conclusion: Black men, who are vastly over represented within our prison system, comprise a high percentage of HIV-positive inmates. And according to that study--conducted by the Columbia University School of [...]

4 06, 2016

Conversations With The Duchess 2

By |2016-06-04T09:00:24-04:00June 4th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , |1 Comment

"I Am a Survivor!" Guest Writer:  Carlton R. Smith      For my second column, I was trying to think of a theme that would be of compelling interest to my new readership.       Then, I had an epiphany:  how about sharing my story, my journey of being a longtime HIV survivor.     As of March of this year, I quietly celebrate 30 years of living [...]

27 05, 2016

Hot Tea and Ice 5

By |2016-05-27T10:00:27-04:00May 27th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

“No Confetti Required” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins      Greetings and salutations, Hot Tea and Ice Sippers! Happy belated Mother’s Day and early Father’s Day to those who fall in those categories. Also, we observe a moment of silence and loads of respect for those who served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice. We honor you all on Memorial Day.      Along [...]

3 05, 2016

“The Comeback Kid”: How Your Abuser Wins You Back

By |2016-05-03T09:00:58-04:00May 3rd, 2016|Categories: blog, ipva|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

     So finally, you’ve managed to make your “Great Escape” from your abuser.  (Great Escape is the term I’ve coined for my LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse workshops and seminars.)  And after he/she fully absorbs that you’ve indeed found or reclaimed your backbone and guts, the counteroffensive begins in earnest with “plastic” pleas that include, “I really didn’t mean it,” “I was [...]

29 04, 2016

Hot Tea and Ice 4

By |2016-04-29T13:57:39-04:00April 29th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

“It’s Not How You Got Them, It’s How You Keep Them” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins             Greetings and salutations, Hot Tea Sippers. Hopefully, temperatures are warming up in your neck of the woods, and you are getting ready for short sleeves, shorts, and sundresses. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s just something about shedding layers that leads people to consider adding a “plus one” to their [...]

27 04, 2016

Reginald A. Flemming:  Inventive and Compelling Filmmaker on the Rise, Part Two

By |2016-04-27T12:21:34-04:00April 27th, 2016|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |1 Comment

     Meet Reginald A. Flemming!  He’s the emerging writer, director and producer of gay-themed short feature films.  His current and popular series, A First Time For Everything (AFTFE), is a provocative and thought-provoking work.     I’ve had an extended sit-down with Mr. Flemming, exclusively for the Huffington Post Queer Voices.  In Part Two of this series, Reginald discusses what drives him, the continuing [...]

4 04, 2016

The Myths of IPV/A

By |2016-04-04T10:00:18-04:00April 4th, 2016|Categories: blog, ipva|Tags: , |0 Comments

     As a journalist and public/motivational speaker, one of my signature issues is Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse (IPV/A)--the term used for domestic violence and abuse within the LGBTQ community.  Sadly and too often, this demoralizing, heinous and horrific behavior is “swept under the rug”--particularly when it involves gay/SGL (same-gender loving) men.      The misguided belief that “Oh, you know…boys will be boys!” [...]

25 03, 2016

Hot Tea and Ice 3

By |2016-03-25T08:00:24-04:00March 25th, 2016|Categories: guest|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

“It’s All About March-amorphosis” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins     Greetings and Salutations, Hot Tea and Ice sippers near and far!  I hope your spring sprung in the best way possible; and, if you plan to partake in Easter festivities, your basket will overflow with good things.    This month marks a transition into a new season. Time to put away the coats and [...]

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