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Lessons Learned From ‘She Called Me Woman’
I just recently finished reading the collection of stories by Nigerian LGBT women, the book titled She Called Me Woman, and I went through a whole gamut of emotions while
You Are Doing Yourself
If people could read minds, what would be in the papers about you? Me, I’d have done whatever it’d take to disappear every time I think. You know why? Because
Not Fats, No Femmes: Exclusion Within A Community Fighting For Inclusion
Deleting the Grindr app from my phone was possibly one of the most self-care actions I’d done lately; the app had simply lost its allure for me. it has become
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER
My aunt (my mother’s sister) got married and settled down in the town where I was growing up. Because my brothers and I grew up having a closer relationship with
A LOVE AT SEVENTEEN
Let us start from seventeen and the brown of Adam’s eyes that captivated me. They were a well of honey I could feel myself slipping into each time I looked
Hate Begets A Man
There were two things he hated most passionately – abortion and homosexuality. And because he was born so awesomely brilliant and had such extreme work ethics, he chased the profession
Shooting Her Shot
So this happened. Finished from work, I and three of my male friends decided to go hang out at a pub. They wanted to get beers. I wanted them to
A Moment Of Silence
Nigeria is failing us as a nation. There have been prayers for this nation, but that is not the answer. God is not the answer. This is on us, on
MONEY DOESN’T BUY EVERYTHING
He looked very moneyed. His cologne was easily the richest I’d ever perceived; it had to be a mixture of the rarest spices. His house looked like he had successfully
“HOW I RESIST” Is Now An Anthology You Can Download
“Since 2014, the conversation around queer people has refused to die down. In an era of peak television from Hollywood, where one can—in every show—expect to find at least one
