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Mandem, DL and Power: Masculinity as Control in the UK Black Gay Scene

What Masculinity Can’t Confront, It Tries to Control In parts of the UK Black gay scene—especially where “mandem” performance overlaps with down-low (DL) secrecy—conflict often shifts from open disagreement into …

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Why Black Gay Men Don’t Have to ‘Come Out’ Like Other Races

Introduction—Rethinking the Western Closet Paradigm Western culture often portrays “coming out of the closet” as a transformative experience for gay men—a narrative promoted by the media, popular culture, and mainstream …

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