This empowerment center will provide support services to help identify linkage-to-care gaps and resources for the traditionally underserved Black LGBTQ+ residents of Central Arkansas and advance HIV testing among those residents as well. 06:47 Black men, black men, gay men, have fun with each other.
Utopia Health and Wellness is designed to educate, celebrate, and empower Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people through culturally-specific, innovative programming and the creation of safe, social spaces. Several highly skilled and talented representatives of the LGBTQ+ community serve on the executive board, bringing more than 50 years of combined expertise to the table, including nonprofit community services, social justice, public education, and mainstream healthcare. The 12 photos in the solo show are of black men and boys existing, according to Cathey, 'outside of the binary.' 'In making these images,' he said, 'I was longing to depict my story of. Recently, the ARBGM Forum decided to expand these efforts even further by means of a brick and mortar empowerment center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Its Black leadership has demonstrated how an equitable approach to providing and distributing resources can improve quality of life for Black and brown members of the gay community. Since its inception in 2017, the Arkansas Black Gay Men’s Forum (ARBGM Forum) has deeply impacted the underprivileged and underserved in Central Arkansas.
