such as The Montel Williams Show, The Dennis Miller Show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Tony Brown's Journal, and Anderson Cooper 360. He has also been featured on the cover of several publications including A&U, Out and The Advocate, and he was selected as one of Out Magazine's "Out 100" in 2004. He has also been featured or quoted in articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, VIBE, and Jet. He has also appeared on BET's "Being Mary Jane" in 2014. Some of the publications he has written for include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Village Voice, the San Francisco Chronicle, the St. Petersburg Times, The Advocate, Black Issues Book Review, and The Crisis. His syndicated column appeared in several newspapers across the country, including The New York Blade, the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, and the Houston Voice. Personal life Boykin's great-great-grandfather, John H. Dickerson, served as the grand master of the Colored Masons of Florida from 1889 until 1916. He was also the chairman of the 1912 Florida State Republican Convention. Boykin's great-grandfather, Horatio Dickerson, served in an all-black military infantry known as the Harlem Hellfighters (The 369th Infantry Regiment, originally formed as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment ) from 1917 until 1919. Boykin's grandfather, John H. Dickerson, Sr., served as principal of Campbell Street Elementary School in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1996, Boykin revealed his sexual orientation in the book One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America. In 2006, Boykin won a gold medal in wrestling at the 2006 Gay Games. Boykin met his biological father, John Dickerson, a chemist for Miami-Dade Pollution Center, in 2015. After the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in December 2016, Boykin attended Castro's funeral procession in Santiago de Cuba with his Cuban partner and watched the remains of the leader pass through the Plaza de Marte. In 2022, Boykin moved to Los Angeles but he also maintained his residence in New York City. He has two godsons whom he considers his 'sons'. Published works "One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America", Anchor Publisher, 1996, "Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays", Avon Books, April 1, 1999, "Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America", Carroll & Graf, December 13, 2004, "For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow