In a provocative special edition of The Mocha Lounge, Rob and Ramon take on the scapegoating of black voters in California in the wake of the passing of Proposition 8, talk to openly gay pastor Joseph Tolton in New York City about homophobia's roots in the church, and try to figure out what's next for the LGBT community in the continuing struggle for marriage equality.

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In the second episode of The Mocha Lounge, co-hosts Rob and Ramon talk about Darryl Stephens' Instinct Magazine cover story, lament the absence of actual gay men on the cover of gay male magazines, and offer up an early mini-review of Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom. (Note, Logo is releasing Noah's Arc and is also AfterElton.com's parent company.)

Our two co-hosts then discuss this week's "Under the Radar" pick, cult ballroom culture documentary Paris is Burning, and talk about some sobering developments among gay men of color in the "What's New with Us" segment.

To wrap it all up, last week's inaugural "What's the Q?" is finally answered by the guys with some help from last episode's viewers, and a sure-to-be-controversial topic is brought up for discussion heading into Episode 3.

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In the first full episode of The Mocha Lounge, host Rob Smith introduces his new co-host Ramon Johnson (whom you may know as About.com's gay lifestyle writer) and kicks off the vlog's features.

This week's Must List discusses the fellas of Shirts & Skins, which cause Rob to Catch a Case. In What's New With Us the guys discuss the black men behind the developments regarding gay marriage in Washington DC, Massachusetts and New York (go Governor Paterson!) and tip off an upcoming panel for black gay men in NYC.

And finally the guys kick off What's the Q?, where they ask questions that they want you, the viewers, to answer. Shoe's on the other foot, fellas!

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In The Mocha Lounge video blog, I Want to Work for Diddy also-ran and AfterElton.com blogger/writer Rob Smith (and an as-yet uncast co-host) will take an in-depth look at gay men of color in the media and beyond.  The vlog will include interviews, questions, reviews, rants, and raves centering around fine, fierce, and fabulous gay men of color in politics and pop culture.

In this first installment, Rob discusses his vision for the vlog and all of the segments he hopes to include. 

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