NPOWER365 App Launches in Atlanta, Offering a New Digital Lifeline for Black SGL Men

In a city where Black same-gender-loving men have long carried both the brilliance and the burden of community care, NAESM Inc. has unveiled a new tool meant to honor that lineage of survival.

On Nov. 10, the Atlanta-based nonprofit officially launched NPOWER365, a wellness and social app designed exclusively for Black Same-Gender Loving men, offering what they describe as a “lifeline” for connection, belonging, and year-round care.

The launch marks more than a technological milestone. It signals a shift in how Black queer communities tend to one another in an era when isolation, stigma, and uneven access to healthcare remain urgent realities.

NAESM, which has spent over 35 years championing health equity for LGBTQ+ people, is positioning NPOWER365 as a bridge between culture and care, technology and tenderness, a digital space rooted in the belief that we deserve wellness not just in crisis, but in every ordinary day.

According to the press release, the app was built as a comprehensive resource hub, offering direct referrals to affirming mental health services, HIV and STI testing, and PrEP navigation, all through NAESM’s trusted network of providers. But its purpose extends beyond clinical access.

NPOWER365 is intentionally designed to remedy the quiet loneliness many Black Same-Gender Loving men experience, even in a vibrant city like Atlanta. With features such as community forums, one-to-one messaging, and a dedicated community feed, the platform invites users to speak, gather, and be witnessed in a space where their identities are neither questioned nor commodified.

For many, that alone is revolutionary.

The app’s local events calendar further roots NPOWER365 in Atlanta’s cultural heartbeat, ensuring that users remain connected to Same-Gender Loving gatherings, wellness workshops, nightlife, and community initiatives. Privacy protections are built into every layer of the platform, honoring the reality that safety, digital and physical harm  is still fraught terrain for many Black queer men in the South.

What makes this launch especially important is its grounding in health justice. The disparities facing Black Same-Gender Loving men are not abstract statistics; they are lived pressures shaping daily life. Higher HIV rates, barriers to mental healthcare, and the persistent social isolation that stems from racism, homophobia, and economic inequality all converge to create a landscape where community-centered tools are not optional, they are necessary.

NPOWER365 responds to that need with a simple, powerful premise: Care should meet us where we are , on our phones, in our neighborhoods, in our longing to be less alone.

The images included in the press release reinforce this ethos. A vibrant tree blossoms in the full spectrum of color, its roots extending like reaching hands, a visual metaphor for the community the app hopes to nourish; rooted, expansive, and alive across the fullness of the Black queer spectrum.

NAESM leaders emphasize that the app is not meant to replace in-person community, but to fortify it. By creating a digital environment where Black Same-Gender Loving men can access trustworthy support without fear, judgment, or surveillance, NPOWER365 becomes part of a larger movement to build ecosystems of care that are culturally grounded and technologically accessible.

In a moment when queer and trans communities across the country face political backlash, shrinking public health resources, and rising violence, NPOWER365 feels like a counter-gesture, a declaration that Black Same-Gender Loving men deserve abundance, joy, and unwavering support. It is an offering born from decades of work, carried by elders and organizers who knew connection could save lives.

The app is now available for download. And for the men it seeks to serve, it arrives not just as another platform, but as a quiet promise —you are not alone, and you are worth being cared for, every single day of the year.