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Sam Smith’s Non-Conformation And The Unwitting Prejudice Of LGBT People

Sam Smith revealing that he is non-binary as regards gender norms caused some ripples both here and on the social media. With both LGBT individuals and heterosexual people abounding with

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Will Gay Sex Ever Stop Being A Crime In Nigeria?

I remember sometime in 2013, when my learned friend and I were exchanging ideas on the possible legal defences open to people who face criminal charges in court for same-sex

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WE FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE

I look back on my life since this year started. I can’t say I do not find the view so unreal. It’s like a dream. You know it’s a dream

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I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 14

I remember when I was 14. This was the age when I was sent off to live with my uncle by a mother frustrated by my unquenching homosexuality. (Read my

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WHO WANTS BIG D**K? (A Story)

There comes a time in every parent’s life (I imagine) when (s)he is confronted by the reality that the outside world has contributed to his child’s education with knowledge he

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GRANDMOTHER’S GOODBYE

I met Michael on Grindr in August last year. I was in school, Nsukka, at the time for my induction ceremony, and he was in Ebonyi State University. He thought

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Are There Any Men For Good Boys Like Me?

“Are there any men for good boys?” I asked a friend, Larry, who is an older man. “Good boys like me.” Larry replied, “You don’t want to know what older

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SIDE TO SIDE (Part 2)

Previously on SIDE TO SIDE… * As much as I hate talking about it, I have come to realise that my interactions, actions, art designs and reactions to things, however

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SIDE TO SIDE

I pulled up my sweatpants, put on my shirt, reached for my sport shoes and pulled them on. I put my phone in my pocket and picked up my keys.

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A Very Nyama-Nyama Hookup

I was on holiday and decided to go to my sister’s place in Ibadan. On that day, the children had gone to school and my sister and her husband gone