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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
