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The Love That Wasn’t Meant To Be

Nosa and I met online. I really cannot remember which of the sites now but it was in the era of Gaydar and GayRomeo. Yes, in those days, it took

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MY BANANA ISLAND GHOST

Banana Island Ghost had been generating such a buzz. The publicity for the movie was one of those highly financed movies in the film industry. And I hadn’t seen it.

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Kito Interrupted

It was some minutes to ten in the morning when I was coaxed by Mom to go and dispose of our garbage even though the bin wasn’t full. My house

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The Timeline Of A Lesbian

Originally published on nigeriangenius.com The year is 1994. I am born. I exist. The year is 1998. I’m a four year old girl. My family and I have just relocated

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The Question Straight Women Should Be Asking

My people, something I found totally hilarious happened a few days ago. First observation I made from it is that women these days have become really very wise. And secondly,

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THAT BOY FROM JIGAWA

“The suspects were said to have formed a disciplinary committee to deal with the deceased after they SUSPECTED him to be a homosexual. So on that fateful day, they decided

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Dancing The Mad Dance With Mr. Right-Now

They say those whom the gods want to destroy, they first make mad. I’d never taken any meaning to that saying until I met Ephraim. Our brief rela-fuck-ship of a

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Go Sit In The Back, Bitch

There’s a downside to being a gay man in this country where your presence and rights are not acknowledged. There are many downsides, but there’s one I want to point

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“Policing And Extorting Sexual Minorities Is Unacceptable!” – Olumide Makanjuola

Originally published on guardian.ng Recently, at The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs,) we put out a message about a spate of incidents by people attempting to extort users of the

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He And I

Being queer was not something I became one with until late in my teen year. There had always been tiny random feelings for other boys but not enough to make