To celebrate gay black history month 2025 The HaPenis Project would like to feature the work of African American photographer, Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004). […]
Black History
God Legba
This is the African god Legba. In West African Vodun, particularly among the Fon people of Benin, Legba is revered as […]
Man in Polyester Suit
Robert Mapplethorpe’s Controversial ‘Man in Polyester Suit’ Photo Sold for $478,000 in 2015. The image was part of Mapplethorpe’s “X Portfolio” […]
Othul Xhosa
Hi, I am writing this from a very rural village in South Africa, I am really the only gay in this […]
“Black Brothers #2”
“Black Brothers #2” by Sierra Domino is a notable piece in the history of African American homoerotic art, produced in 1983. […]
A Cure 4 Racism
Four Black Men with their penises exposed would fill a cathedral. They would be unable to leave the cathedral until their […]
Black Inches Sept. 2007
“Black Inches” was an adult magazine that gained prominence in the 1990s and the 2000s. Published by Specialty Publications, the magazine […]
Ajamu X
Dear Seb, I have gathered a few photos by my friend the photographer Ajamu X, that you probably won’t see in […]
Black Magick
The one thing people fear the most is the penis — the black man’s penis.” Robert Mapplethorpe. I, as a black […]
Bill By David
David Martin took these great images of Bill Edwards in the desert near Arizona State University. Martin kept extensive records of […]