Our Stories
NOW YOU FOUND LOVE
You’ve found love, now what next? The fairy tales always end with the tag line “…and they lived happily ever after”, but when reality hits, you realize that’s the biggest
TOO GAY TO BE STRAIGHT
Every now and then, I get friends who, when they visit me, ask: “Do your neighbours know about you?” And for awhile, my response was always: “I don’t know. I
THE SECOND CHANCE
My hands shook as I typed this, and several times, my phone almost fell out from the grasp of my nerveless fingers. I was feeling a bit tired and worn
That Piece About The Psychology of Hateful Words
Originally published on advocate.com Remember as a kid when you got teased at school or by a sibling, maybe the neighborhood bully? They would say something only the dark and
TRAPPED
I had just finished secondary school and due to some misfortune with JAMB (my surname was wrongly spelt), I was to retake the exam. At this time, my aunt asked
The Doomed Love Story of the Muslim Woman Who Fell In Love With Another
Originally published on abiyamo.com When Sanjida Akter left home to study, she met the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. The only problem – her
Under Construction: Kitchen Sink
…because a kitchen sink to you is not a kitchen sink to me. It hardly is black and white. Happy or sad. Good or bad. Okay or not okay. Much
Have You Seen My Childhood?
Here’s a little story that I’d like to tell, about a kid who had it all… Yup – the good, the bad, and the OMG. The other day when I
A TALE OF THREE BROTHERS
Okay, so this might seem like the usual ranting. Or maybe I have just been unfortunate in the game of love. Maybe I have been meeting the wrong set of
The Straight Roommate
There was something about KCee. This I knew from the first moment I saw him. His charisma was just different from your typical first year student’s. Bearded, funky, overly confident
