og yn y ▁throughout ▁the ▁gay ▁community , ▁reject ing ▁the ▁ag ency ▁that ▁some ▁gay ▁men ▁feel ▁to ▁fond le ▁women ' s ▁bodies , ▁recogn izing ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁ther apy ▁and ▁address ing ▁one ' s ▁emot ional ▁well - be ing ▁in ▁the ▁Black ▁community ▁( as ▁opposed ▁to ▁self ▁medic ating ▁or ▁pushing ▁through ), ▁emb rac ing ▁the ▁" permission ▁to ▁get ▁better : ▁' He aling ▁is ▁our ▁birth right ', ▁and ▁over coming ▁the ▁v estig es ▁of ▁H IV / A ID S ▁pan ic ▁and ▁tra uma ▁from ▁the ▁medical ▁industrial ▁complex ▁in ▁the ▁Black ▁community . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁he ▁helped ▁lead ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Hospital ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ' ▁study ▁into ▁impro ving ▁H IV ▁treatment ▁among ▁young ▁Black ▁and ▁Lat ino ▁men ▁( H Y M ). ▁His ▁writing ▁has ▁appeared ▁in ▁numerous ▁publications ▁including , ▁The Body . com , ▁Ess ence , ▁Every day ▁Fem in ism , ▁The ▁Atlanta ▁Journal ▁Constitution , ▁Cass ius , ▁and ▁Sh ond aland . ▁As ▁a ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁H uff Post , ▁he ▁has ▁challeng ed ▁the ▁power ▁dynamics ▁between ▁sex ▁roles ▁in ▁same - gender ▁relationships , ▁writing ▁"... because ▁a ▁“ bottom ” ▁still ▁means ▁weak , ▁and ▁“ top ” ▁still ▁means ▁power ▁— ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁call ▁to ▁become ▁clearer ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁outside ▁of ▁checked ▁boxes ▁on ▁Gr ind r ▁or ▁stats ▁listed ▁on ▁Jack ed ", ▁demanded ▁that ▁Black