Spiritual You

TUV MAGAZNE IS CELEBRATING THEIR 6TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THEIR ANNUAL WORLD AIDS DAY ISSUE "WE ARE BIGGER THAN HIV!" Pays homage to the lives of individuals living and thriving positively as well as those who have joined the fight to end the HIV epidemic. "The fact that the Southern Region ...
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On today we pause to recognize that not all LGBTQ children are able to call their mom on Mother's Day. Some of these relationships were severed by the parent(s) because of their childs sexuality. TUV Magazine has been intentional about creating space to open the dialogue for parent(s) to have ...
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"Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams. Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising every time we fall." S.A. Sachs_ & Confuscious The 2020 May-June Vibrate Higher Issue is dedicated to Living with a Purpose. We believe that People who live a life of purpose have core beliefs and ...
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The year is 2008. It is early spring. Lights up on a confused, depressed, sexually free, angry, yet well-mannered and respectful little black boy from Arkansas, struggling to find his identity during his second semester of college. For 18 years, he lived uncomfortably as those around him made decisions about ...
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TUV Magazine obtained an exclusive interview with physician and sexual health activist/researcher Dr. David Malebranche. We asked questions about the HIV & AIDS epidemic and the rate affecting Black men who sleep with men, The Usher Raymond Herpes rumor, and many other health complexities occuring in our society today.  Dr ...
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Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen, III is the Presiding Prelate over the United Progressive Pentecostal Church Fellowship, also the pastor and founder of the Vision Church of Atlanta, GA. Foreword by Bishop O.C. Allen: Preachers are known for giving illustrations, so I will use one: Every piece of clothing is held ...
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On Sunday June 19th The City of Memphis, honored Cathedral of Praise Church of Memphis with a Proclamation.  The Proclamation noted the achievements and importance of the work Dr. Darnell Gooch, Jr. and his congregation is doing for the City of Memphis through Ministry work. The Proclamation highlighted the specific ...
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In the wake of all that Christianity brings, I believe it is safe to say that claiming to be Christian is beneficial while simultaneously unfavorable, which in this case sounds oxymoronic, if you would ask me. Among the benefits that Christians gain is a life filled with blessings. However, among ...
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“Where would you have me to go? What would you have me to do? What would you have me to say and to whom?” -Marianne Williamson How many of you have ever asked yourself, “What is the Purpose of my Life?” For me, this question had been an obsession of ...
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It was their motivation to bolster understanding of what it means to be Black, Gay, and Christian that led Tonyka and Jonita McKinney to participate in the BET documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. In the film, the couple was interviewed during the days ...
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