Our Stories

Opinion Pieces 10 Comments

What About The Gays In Our Parents’ Generation?

You know how you’ll start thinking one thing, and then it’ll cascade and before you know it, you’re ending up in a different thought process than the one you started

Our Stories 14 Comments

THE WAIT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE

It was a really hot day with the scorching sun seemingly hanging just two feet above my head, reminding me of the reason why I need to make paradise, because

Our Stories 6 Comments

THE OGBANJE YOU SEE

Well, this is a first. A hookup comes over to my place. I go to meet him at the junction, and as we walk back to my house, he glances

Editor's Desk 11 Comments

A NIGERIAN FROM GRINDR

We met on Grindr. His name is X. After a brief conversation, we moved to WhatsApp. We conversed for a bit there, firming up our acquaintanceship. When I mentioned that

Our Stories 13 Comments

THE WORLD IS A VILLAGE

2017. To be honest, it had already been a rather dramatic year for me. There were quite a number of discoveries I made about myself. It was the year I

Our Stories 11 Comments

TODAY, I SAW FIREBOY DML

Today, I saw Fireboy DML. He had the cutest smile and the most interesting winks I had ever seen. I watched him walk through the backstage, with his security and

Editor's Desk 3 Comments

THE ZOOM CALL

The meeting was on an afternoon Zoom call. I was part of a group who’d be getting interviewed for a segment that’d be put on a virtual pride event in

Our Stories 13 Comments

HE THAT FINDETH A WIFE

“The first thing that is taken away from us as LGBTQ people is our spirituality, is God. ‘God hates fags.’ No, He doesn’t. Stop it.” – Billy Porter   They

Our Stories 5 Comments

A BRAVE NEW WORLD

I was quite effeminate growing up. And I was mostly comfortable being around girls; I didn’t like male company because I knew how mean boys could be. Added to the

Our Stories 8 Comments

THE DEMONS OF LAGOS (Part 2)

Previously on THE DEMONS OF LAGOS… * WHITE RICE Zed and I met two years ago, when we were both vacationing somewhere in the Middle Belt. We went on a