He walks in
Pink flip-flops.
You can call them sandals.
He wore
Tight tank tops.
You can all it a "muscle shirt."
He sings
Beyonce songs.
You can call it ... weird.
He dances to
"YMCA."
You can call it ... weird too.
He watches
"Love" movies.
You can call them "chick flicks."
You can also call that ... definitely weird.
He
Loves to love his girlfriend?
You can call it ... different.
But he is
Just happy.
He is not 'undercover'
On the 'down low'
In the "closet"
Or bisexual.
He is a rare gem:
A man
A boy
A male
Who escaped societies beliefs.
He did not follow what "they" said was manly.
He found hope in himself
Discovered happiness in his choices.
So now
They call him ... joyful.
Because
He
Is
Gay.
Devin T. Robinson X is a South Florida'based activist who focuses on educating young people and African-Americans about HIV and AIDS through performance art and his acclaimed one-man performances, which have been staged throughout the United States and overseas. He also is the founder of the group AIDS Awareness Poets. His work has been profiled in national magazines as well as on MTV, NBC, UPN, and BET television networks and on National Public Radio. Robinson is working on a film version of his one-man show God, Me...HIV? which he plans to screen on World AIDS Day.
