BY JEFFREY C. KING, THE SAGE
This edition of MESSAGE is dedicated to BLACK PRIDE and JUNETEENTH at the intersection of FREEDOM, our theme for 2025.
FREEDOM can never be taken for granted. The privileges we call (rights) have always been challenged by the greedy sociopaths who seek to control. Their, (MORE) will never be enough. Their insatiable appetites to dominate, overrule their sensibilities to short circuit their moral compass. The war we fight is of a spiritual; nature. Like a virus it continues to grow as people suffer in silos.
The violence waged against Black, (Black LGBTQ+) people is first to mis-define, mystify and stigmatize who we are as a people. Secondly to secure the buy-in from other weak-minded individuals who are willing to go-along to get-along, and ultimately to get us to believe these misnomers about ourselves.
To be Black and LGBTQ+ in America is a gift. Learning to navigate and negotiate this gift requires a lifetime of spiritual commitment. Although we have been under attack for centuries, we can never be cancelled. We are more than resilient. We are chosen and our purpose on the planet includes elevating universal beauty, grounding divine intelligence, uplifting joy and manefiesting super creativity.
Black Gay Men’s Wellness month 2025 is committed to re-defining our freedom to live, prosper, love, and give back to ourselves, those we love and the communities we live it.
Jeffrey C. King
is Founder and Executive Director
of In The Meantime Men’s Group.
