African and Black Queer Experience and Public Education
In close-knit Black queer communities, triangulation refers to a manipulative strategy where a person avoids resolving an issue directly with someone and instead pulls a third party—or several third parties—into …
The Macos Threesome or Staged-Affection Triangulation in Black Queer Spaces Read More
Editor’s Note: This article discusses gossip, relational aggression, social-control manipulation, exclusion, and reputational harm in Black queer communities, with particular attention to Black queer friendship networks. It focuses on observed …
Triangulation—A Black Queer Manipulator’s Ultimate Tool for Destroying Friendships Read More
Content note: This article discusses social exclusion, reputational harm, gossip, public shaming, minority stress[5], and some references to group sex and chemsex-adjacent social spaces. Introduction: When Harm Does Not Need …
The Role of ‘Runners’ in Distributing Harm in UK Black Queer Spaces Read More
Reputational Damage as the Pro-Max of Social Freeze-Out Social freeze-out is not simply “being left out.” In close Black queer communities, it describes a deliberate pattern of exclusion, silence, gossip …
The ‘Triad’ of Reputational Destruction in UK Black Queer Spaces Read More
The Mechanics of Social Isolation in Black Queer Spaces Social exclusion in UK Black queer communities often follows a predictable and escalating pattern that may not be obvious to ordinary …
5 Stages of Group Exclusion: How UK Black Queer Men Freeze Out a Target Read More