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Pink PantherOctober 21, 2023
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The Beautiful Gift Of Having A Queer Sibling

I do not remember when it happened, but I remember how cold the couch felt the night I took my…
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Pink PantherApril 12, 2023
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AT WHAT POINT ARE THE HOMOPHOBIC HURTS OF FAMILY ENOUGH?

“I will love you till the day that I die,” Gabrielle Union’s Inez says to her son, Ellis (played by…
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Pink PantherFebruary 3, 2023
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BLOODLINES

We’d been seeing each other for about a year; Sagir and I met in October 2021, and the relationship was…
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Pink PantherFebruary 2, 2023
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The Trauma Of Being Dike

I had a dream this morning. A very weird dream that woke me up. I am back in Enugu, at…
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Pink PantherMay 22, 2021
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IN THE CLOSET

You were 5 when you had your first closet. Dark hardwood with a light brown varnish, it became your sanctuary.…
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Pink PantherApril 14, 2021
3 1,603

GIRL UNINTERRUPTED (Part 2)

So, Thunder told me he was Muslim. Honestly, I was bummed because I didn’t see my parents accepting that. I…
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Pink PantherJanuary 31, 2021
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NOT TODAY, SATAN

The more I live and get on with adulting in my father’s house, the more I am faced with the…
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Pink PantherJanuary 4, 2021
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A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER

I come from a small, middle class family. Growing up, I always knew I was different, considering how I preferred…
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Pink PantherDecember 23, 2020
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SAVE ME FROM HELL

I am a 25-year-old gay Nigerian living with sickle cell disease, and it has been a journey. I grew up…
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Pink PantherOctober 31, 2020
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“Family Can Make Or Mar You.” – Kenny Brandmuse

Last Sunday, October 25, Kenny Brandmuse made a social media post that was so heart-aching, it must have resonated with…
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