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$4.95 USA $5.95 CAN t l~r]J]II~l~1,!~J r ontents euc 10 Editorial I Dwight Powell 12 Commentary I Looking For Langston 14 GLAADILook at Where We Are On TV 16 Brave Soul SounlHII I Join in on the conversation and discussion - This month, Erik, Monte and Tim'm tackles dating & Relationships l'm,',Not 18 Mirror Check I From JuwanWatson 19 Grooming 1011 Cool tips on the do's and don'ts to grooming 28 Kevin Aviance I Get in the head of Gay this talented soul, "Just because you support Hot Stuff Michael K WDUams I HBO's something doesn't neces- Come and spend a 30 day with our sexy The Wire's Gay Gangster Chats With Clik sarily mean that you partic- hot stuff model of ipate. I'm not gay. I like the month. 32 Fashion Essentials I Fall for big men. What would I do Fashion Essentials This Fall with a woman?" , ,\ & !'f .' .• 36 Entertainment I Check out what new on the big screen f 30 37 DL Confidential Fashion What Would Feature I Sex Intrigue & Fashion Langston 82 Patrick 1_ Polk I Creator and Co-executive producer of LOGO's hit series Say? Noah's Arc chats with Clik Frank Leon Roberts explores what 89 Bot Stull Langston might think about the new sa Eva •••••e Diva Black gay Renaissance 66 Saan Out I We offer a delightful Grooming 101 This issue of Clik Magazine offers dozens of grooming tips including 8 crucial tips for getting that perfect shave. Deondray GosseU & Quincy LeNaar Producers of the DL Chronicals Photographer: Voyuer Photography Cover Design: Dwight Powell pictorial review ofThe Ummah Fund White Attire Affair in Wash, DC VOL7 tiSSUE 9 • CLK - 4 - www.clikmagazine.com -W- 8 ~ <Q@b JAGUAR ASTON MARTIN l I N C 0 l N MERCURY mazaa' ford.com II I MAG A Z N E Editor-In-Chief Dwight S. 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Call your experienced include nausea, fatigue, healthcare provider immediately. fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, rl abdominal pain and myalgia. Changes in vlramune® 'A viral load less than 50 or 400 copies depending on the test used. (nevi rapine) tA 14·day lead- in period of VIRAMUNE once daily has been shown to reduce the frequency of rash. tablets / oral suspension Copyright © 2005, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All rights reserved. 103/051 VR·8515CR·3 f?i\111 Boehri~ger www.viramune.com IIll1hv lngelheim CORRECTION: After printing the August issue of Clik we noticed a MAJOR problem with Patrick Ian Polk article. What might have appeared as typos in that article really weren't. Please allow me to explain. Our proof reader used a feature in Microsoft Word called TRACK CHANGES. As she made corrections to the article, the errors are simultaneously posted in a sep- arate column to tne right. After the article was proofed and correct, it was emailed to our office to drop-in the designed layout. Prior to dropping-in the article in, I was supposed to have accept- ed or rejected her changes - unfortunately neither was done, resulting in both the cor- rections and the error printing side by side. This was extremely embarrassing for us Order Here Or Online @ www.clikmagazine.com 12 Issue for $20. Allow 10-14 days for first issue to arrive Payment must be sent with this form. Orders are not processed with out payment Name _ and I'm sure frustrating for you. Please Address _ know that the article was reprinted in it's entirety in this issue of Clik Magazine. City State ,Zip _ Thanks to all of our concerned readers that also brought this HUGE mishap to our Email _ attention. ~ Telephone (Optional) _ Humbly Yours, Dwight Powell Please mail with $20.00 to Clik Magazine Editor-In-Chief 1001 N Federal Hwy., Suite 305 Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 I VOL7 I ISSUE9 • CLi( -10 - www.clikmagazine.oom BRIEF NOTES TOWARD A HISTORY OF THE PRESENT between this generation and the one that preceded it. What would Melvin Dixon say ifhe knew his nov- els were more likely to be featured on the syllabus of an graduate literature seminar at an Ivy League school than at a book club organized by and for twenty-somethings black gay men? It is just me, or can anything with a colorful book cover and a catchy, "sexy" title pass as black gay literature nowadays? Even though I'm not wishing for some old elitist "talented tenth" bullshit rhetoric that says the only people that are worthy of writing novels are those with master's degrees in creative writing, i am little uneasy with the quality of a lot of what ends up in print by black gay men nowadways. Why is that so many young black men and so much of today's black gay culture seem confined to refer- ences points which only go back six or seven years? Case in point: with absolute and all due respect, something seems wrong to me when we have black gay men's books clubs that don't feature anything written past 1999.