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Mask'd Confessional
by AIDS United
Mask’d Confessionals is a podcast by and for Black gay men, creating space for candid conversations about HIV, sex, pleasure, chemsex, substance use, loneliness, relationships, bodily autonomy, and community care. Hosted by Bishar Jenkins and Micah Marquez, the series explores the realities of Black gay men’s lives without reducing our experiences to risk, stigma, or pathology. These are honest conversations about desire, connection, survival, agency, and the things we do not always get to say out loud. Produced by AIDS United as part of the Pipeline Collaborative, Mask’d Confessionals invites Black gay men to take the masks off, speak freely, and be fully seen. New episodes release October 14, October 28, and November 11, 2026.
Episodes
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The Pleasure Is All Ours
Send us Fan Mail What does it mean for Black gay men to claim pleasure on our own terms? In the first episode of Mask’d Confessionals, Bishar Jenkins and Micah Marquez open up a candid conversation about desire, intimacy, sexual agency, condoms, HIV, connection, and what it means to feel truly...
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The Masks Are Coming Off | Official Trailer
Send us Fan Mail What happens when Black gay men take the masks off? The sex. The drugs. The pleasure. The loneliness. The love. The things we want but don’t always say out loud. Mask’d Confessionals is a new three-part podcast by and for Black gay men, creating space for candid conversations…
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The Masks Are Coming Off | Mask’d Confessionals Trailer
Send us Fan Mail What happens when Black gay men take the masks off? The sex. The drugs. The pleasure. The loneliness. The love. The things we want but don’t always say out loud. Mask’d Confessionals is a new three-part podcast by and for Black gay men, creating space for candid conversations…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Mask’d Confessionals is a podcast by and for Black gay men, creating space for candid conversations about HIV, sex, pleasure, chemsex, substance use, loneliness, relationships, bodily autonomy, and community care.
Hosted by Bishar Jenkins and Micah Marquez, the series explores the realities of Black gay men’s lives without reducing our experiences to risk, stigma, or pathology. These are honest conversations about desire, connection, survival, agency, and the things we do not always get to say out loud.
Produced by AIDS United as part of the Pipeline Collaborative, Mask’d Confessionals invites Black gay men to take the masks off, speak freely, and be fully seen.
New episodes release October 14, October 28, and November 11, 2026.
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AIDS United
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