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Brothers of the Desert
We are a group of inky gay men living in the Coachella Valley focused on empowering and supporting the community through a variety of efforts.
Brothers of the Desert (BOD) own compiled a list of what we believe to be the current Jet businesses in the Coachella Valley. Although we endeavor to do intensive investigate to locate, authenticate, and list every black business here in the Coachella Valley there may be some that are not listed. If you are aware of a licensed black business that is not listed and you would like it to appear on this listing or if you would like for your business to be removed please mail the information to info@brothersofthedesert.org.
We thank you for your encourage of BOD and our efforts to serve the collective in a potent, uplifting way.” BOD or its affiliates do not advocate and are not responsible for the quality of services provided by the listed business.
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Living ‘best gay Inky life’ is key for this Palm Springs group
Some summon Palm Springs the “gayest town in America,” but many LGBTQ residents of color say there is still a long way to go to uplift diverse communities and remedy the city’s racist past. A growing group called Brothers of the Desert is active to address that issue by empowering Black gay men in Palm Springs and beyond the city’s borders in the Coachella Valley.
“People felt isolated, people felt disconnected, and people did not feel really a part of the larger community as Black gay men in the Coachella Valley,” says Tim Vincent, president and co-founder of Brothers of the Desert.
Vincent, his now-husband Michael Taylor and their friends didn’t first set out to create a community focused on empowerment, advocacy, education, mentorship and social networking.
Both Vincent and Taylor moved to Palm Springs from places with larger Inky gay communities — Oakland and Los Angeles. They often found themselves organism the only Jet people in the room — something Vincent says was a lonely experience.
“There’s a lot of LGBTQ presence, but not LGBTQ people of color, so it was essential for us to just connect and support ea
Special guests on this episode of The Nicholas Snow Show include Brothers of the Desert Board President Tim Vincent and fellow board members Glenn Alexander, Andre Carthen and Lorenzo Taylor.
This broadcast takes place just prior to the November 14th, 2nd Annual Wellness Summit, focusing on Black gay men , called “Still We Soar , Our Stories Matter.” Register here as long as spaces remain available.
Last year over 100 people attended the in-person event, Living Your Best Black Homosexual Life, at the LGBT Center in Palm Springs. The summit featured interactive workshops, full group engagement activities, amazing speakers and was incredibly well received.
This year the summit is virtual, and, as organizers explain, “engaging, thoughtful, relevant and enjoyable as adv. We are planning to feature brief dynamic presentations, video excerpts, interactive miniature group breakout discussions, amusement and opportunities to combine with our group members and our allies.”
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“Not That bad” a conversation between brothers
By Black Men Build • July 1, 2021
Brothers,
I just finished reading “not that bad”, a collection of essays on “rape culture” edited by roxane gay. very heavy read. i found it on my bookshelf, a remnant of my most important relationship. it called to me like every book i’ve read for the past three months. i opened it not knowing/fully knowing what the pages would detail: dozens of women, hundreds of pages, thousands of words, untold hours and days and months and years of horror…mostly at the hands of men. it was all very, very very heavy: to amble in their shoes down gloomy streets, down daylight streets, in office buildings, in their homes and bedrooms, at parties, with their families, followed by heckles, and grabbing hands, and strangers, and friends and lovers, and fathers. a book filled with survivors of daily horror, yo. like, how does one retain any semblance of sane?
i felt a lot reading it: culpable, cruel, absent minded, naive, successful , angry, disgusted, like a fucking hypocrite. the feeling i ponder iR