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The Macos Threesome or Staged-Affection Triangulation in Black Queer Spaces

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 …

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Triangulation—A Black Queer Manipulator’s Ultimate Tool for Destroying Friendships

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 …

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

1. 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 …

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