Derek J is joined in this episode by Journalist & Writer, Tim Pulliam. Tim is a news anchor for ABC news and has received several awards for his craft. Tim is also open publicly about his sexuality.

However, in this open and honest episode Derek and Tim discuss how while Tim was aware of his preferences around age 4, he was unable to make peace with them and be public until his mid 20's.

While many public facing figures give off that being open and honest is well perceived, Tim had a hard time because of the way society responded to his behavior.

In high school Tim continued to date women in efforts to clarify or hide what he was uncertain about. It wasn't until Tim found a group of like-minded people in his mid 20's that he felt comfortable owning who he was and his sexual preferences.

Tim's honesty in this episode is just a snippet of a black males experience knowing that he is different, but feeling as if society will not except him or love him for who he is.

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