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NO LONGER IN LOVE
Today, I finally let go. I did it! The seemingly impossible, I deleted your number. You came into my life at the darkest time, when I had a crisis about
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Some days ago, my thirteen-year-old sister caught me having sex. It was the first time I’d leave my door unlocked when I had someone over. She wanted to take something
ROOM FOR CHANGE
It was a boring evening when I logged on to Twitter to alleviate said boredom. A funny video and meme later, I happened on a tweet that was talking about
GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION
My friend, Blessing, is someone I’ve known for years while growing up in Lagos. Even after I moved to Delta State some years ago, a new job and a new
IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE OKAY
Every single time I do a HIV test (an RVST), I spend the fifteen minutes before the result is out thinking about every nasty, skanky-ass, ball-slappingly-shady piece of sex I’ve
#RepealSSMPA: WHICH WAY, QUEER NIGERIA?
I just realized that if it actually comes down to Nigerian Queer people taking to the streets to gain our freedom, then we are UTTERLY FUCKED! Like for Real. Like
Dear Damola, The Gods Approve Of Me
Sitting on my couch and listening to the lyrics of Emeli Sandé’s Hurt, I try to smuggle my way out of every emotion I suffered through, out of every pain
John Pavlovitz: “If God Is Love, God Is For Same-Sex Marriage.”
Originally published on johnpavlovitz.com The Catholic Church doesn’t need to bless same-gender unions. The Southern Baptist Church doesn’t. The United Methodist Church doesn’t. No church needs to. God already
THE FIRST AND LAST TIME
He slid into your DM. Before then, he was someone you’d noticed on social media. He was a writer, and you were sapiosexual enough to appreciate him for that. But
TO EXIST AND TO JUST BE
So, one would think that it would be easy for us to give the very thing we are constantly seeking, right? Wrong. Let me give you some context. When the
