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Liveblogging "The Down Low Exposed"
Posted on 03/28/06 @ 11:00 pm


10:02 - All video footage in the intro and interstitial pieces is in Atlanta…Midtown between 5th and 8th street and on Cypress Street. Interesting choice.

10:04 - Scott Poulson-Bryant: dismayed

10:04 - Bill Duke talking about his movie "Invisible"

10:05 - Introducing…R.Kelly?

10:05 - The term "DL" is 10 years old…who knew?

10:06 - Deondray Gossett of DL Chronicles speaks briefly

10:06 - JL King "blows the lid off" the DL on Oprah in 2002

10:06 - Blurb by Dr. David Malebranche

10:06 - JL King: a posterboy for the DL lifestyle

10:07 - Lots of ATL footage! Damn!

10:07 - You know…JL King looks like a male "New York" from Flavor of Love.

10:08 - Brief blurb with transsexual "Trina". The first and last time you see her.

*** COMMERCIAL BREAK ***

10:12 - Lisa Durden investigating the "butch queen stroll"

10:13 - Lisa Durden: "That ain't that boy's uncle!"

10:13 - Don't label me as Mr. Down Low - cut to JL King's "Down Low" belt buckle

10:14 - Dr. Gail Wyatt: "[JL King]'s not comfortable with his own sexuality - just what is he doing?" Things that make you go hmmm….

10:15 - Camera shows King's books + SPB's HUNG

10:15 - JL King is now bisexual…but he's putting out a gay magazine?

10:15 - Brenda Stone-Bowdler (JL King's ex-wife): "I had 2 kids and it was perfect — he was romantic, we laughed, we cried"

10:15 - JL King, you shole iz ugly!

10:16 - JL King lost his friends, family, car, kids…and gained notoriety for coming out. What a consolation prize!

10:17 - Big Heifer Bitter One Terry McMillan — I like the gays…just not if they married to me, eatin' my food, spendin' my money, etc.

10:17 - Terry Mac: "The world knows my ex is gay - it takes no courage" and "I haven't done anything to be ashamed of — i know how much of a woman I am and I'll be glad when someone else knows…this is the last interview I'm doing about it" — Terry Mac thinks BET should be applauded

10:17 - Fast cuts to internet sites — Men4Now, Adam4Adam — Lisa Durden loves the dick!

10:18 - Adam4Adam gets a free 2 second commercial..

10:18 - Terry Mac: deceit and betrayal - you ain't trustworthy

10:18 - Fast cuts to bitter beret-wearing Terry Mac and homofabulous Jonathan Plummer

10:19 - Interviewer: "He says he still loves you." Terry Mac puts hands over face…pausing for silence…looks away from camera…wait for it…wait for it…wait for it…"He can keep his love. I wouldn't love a dog the way he calls himself loving me. […] You know what? Fuck him and his love." Oh snap!

*** COMMERCIAL BREAK ***

10:24 - Random ATL street dude: "God says it's not right - gays flipping the bible around to make themselves look good"

10:24 - Cut to Vision Church in ATL and Rev. Oliver Allen…cut to another church in ATL: "Homosexuality is sin…it is sin…"

10:25 - Lisa Durden talks on the gays struggle with the church and their lifestyle

10:25 - 1 Corinthians 6:9 - some random pastor misquotes the bibles in the name of sanctification…OK

10:26 - Why in the hell is "Truth Hurts" playing in the background? I forgot how much I liked this song.

10:26 - Rev. Allen: "The black church has created the riff of homophobia in the Black community." oh snap!

10:27 - Cut to a church group of youths talking about sex - fallout from the "DL" is opening up the communication about sex

10:27 - Random chick talkin' about double-takes on friends who might be trying to get at her

10:28 - Fact or Fiction? All or most BGM are on the DL — Terry Mac: "Most macho men are not DL — that's wrong." JL King: "Men should not be worried — I want my daughter to get married have kids and not run from men — not all men on the DL or dogs"

10:29 - Scott Poulson-Bryant: "The DL Phenomenon and the rate of AIDS…we need to talk about it!"

10:29 - Random dude: "Dudes in prison use anything for condoms…gloves…potato chip bags…" And I thought Vaporub as lube was rough!

*** COMMERCIAL BREAK ***

10:33 - Dr. David Malebranche: "In most prisons, condoms are not handed out."

10:33 - Random dudes on street and in a makeshift studio: "It's real — they beat him down and took him — 4 guys in prison — they ignore the rape thing in jail"

10:34 - Carrie Broadus: "These women are not the ones who people think would contract HIV - they contracted it through husbands, boyfriends, fianceés.."

10:35 - Dr. Robert Fullilove: "No one's done the study on someone getting infected from being in prison…we don't have the data"

10:36 - Precious Jackson: "Yeah, he didn't look gay — he had that thuggish mentality…I put myself at risk."

10:36 - Random dude: "There's some dudes who want to get locked up because they love havin' sex with men" The hell?

10:37 - Another random dude: "It's not your body that's gay…it's your mind. You ain't just get this bright idea…you ain't know you was gonna be 'Cupcake'"

10:37 - Dr. Gail Wyatt: "We need to change the system."

10:38 - Yet another random dude: "I don't think the prison culture is a DL culture — it's a survival of the fittest culture."

10:38 - Malebranche: "The prison system is an experiment if you're not given them condoms."

10:39 - King: "What 2 consenting adults do together is THEIR business. If they don't tell their spouse, then it's a crime."

10:39 - Phill Wilson, Black AIDS Institute Exec. Dir. - "If she can't share with her man an open honest talk, she probably shouldn't share her vagina with him." Tell it!

10:33 - Dr. David Malebranche: "In most prisons, condoms are not handed out."

10:33 - Random dudes on street and in a makeshift studio: "It's real — they beat him down and took him — 4 guys in prison — they ignore the rape thing in jail"

10:34 - Carrie Broadus: "These women are not the ones who people think would contract HIV - they contracted it through husbands, boyfriends, fianceés.."

10:35 - Dr. Robert Fullilove: "No one's done the study on someone getting infected from being in prison…we don't have the data"

10:36 - Precious Jackson: "Yeah, he didn't look gay — he had that thuggish mentality…I put myself at risk."

10:36 - Random dude: "There's some dudes who want to get locked up because they love havin' sex with men" The hell?

10:37 - Another random dude: "It's not your body that's gay…it's your mind. You ain't just get this bright idea…you ain't know you was gonna be 'Cupcake'"

10:37 - Dr. Gail Wyatt: "We need to change the system."

10:38 - Yet another random dude: "I don't think the prison culture is a DL culture — it's a survival of the fittest culture."

10:38 - Malebranche: "The prison system is an experiment if you're not given them condoms."

10:39 - King: "What 2 consenting adults do together is THEIR business. If they don't tell their spouse, then it's a crime."

10:39 - Phill Wilson, Black AIDS Institute Exec. Dir. - "If she can't share with her man an open honest talk, she probably shouldn't share her vagina with him." Tell it!

*** COMMERCIAL BREAK ***

10:45 - Two women comparing how long they've had HIV and/or AIDS. Another woman: "I lost my first husband and son to AIDS…I thought my life would never go on."

10:45 - Precious Jackson: "I'm another Black woman…I'm another statistic."

10:46 - Bill Duke: "That is irresponsible and an act of murder."

10:46 - King: "I'm thankful for not having AIDS, although I should I have it with how I've lived."

10:47 - Dr. Wyatt: "For women, the strength to go on comes from within."

10:47: Maria Davis: "I thought I was going to get married to this young guy in the Caribbean…but he was living two different lives. And I really seriously thought I was going to marry him."

10:48 - Carrie Broadus: "Women, bring your man to get tested. Men, bring your women to get tested."

10:48 - Malebranche: "Treat 'em as if they have an HIV or STD and get yourself tested regularly."

10:49 - Bow Wow? Charlize Theron? Eve? The hell??!?

10:49 - Random guy: "You can live with HIV, but protect yourself against it." John Legend plays in background…quick buts between women, men and street folks. Most in the ATL, right on the corner of Peachtree and Marietta. All of them say: "I get tested all the time; I'm clean."

10:50 - Wilson: "Black people need to be leading the effort for HIV/AIDS prevention and discussion."

*** COMMERCIAL BREAK ***

10:54 - Random chicks "I know lot of people who are on the DL." Terry Mac: "A lot of women need to be tested on a regular basis."

10:55 - Get tested. Know your status. It is easier than you may think. First, you'll have to sign a consent form. Then share your reasons for taking the test. It takes less than 5 minutes of your time. The wait can be anywhere from 20 days to 20 minutes. Nowadays, it's cheap, fast and efficient.

10:56 - People still think if somoene touches you you can get AIDS — Random woman "We make a mistake and a lot of us made the wrong mistake…a life mistake…I can touch my brother here because I love him."

10:57 - Foster safer sex relationships with open communication.

10:57 - Terry Mac: "I was angry…I was pissed off." Really? Girl please. Michelle Lopez: "I had to let go of the hate and anger…I have two kids."

10:58 - Bill Duke: "We need to have honest communication."

10:58 - Tolerance and self-acceptance, communication and practicing safe sex can and will save lives. Bill Duke: "If you are having unprotected sex with other men and you have a wife or girlfriend, you have a moral and ethical obligation to tell them because you care about them and you love them."

10:59 - Wilson: "It's not unprecedented for us to come together and move forward to a common goal."

10:59 - Gritty black and white shots…a cemetery…more random folks…the church, the kids…Terry Mac…Dr. Malebranche…ends on Phill Wilson.

10:59 - Executive Producer…JL King? Well I'll be snookered.

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