Tag "Family"
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 older brother’s phone and did the invasive thing of going
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 Jeremy Pope), the 25-year-old who’s just graduated from Marine boot
BLOODLINES
We’d been seeing each other for about a year; Sagir and I met in October 2021, and the relationship was particularly based on sex. No commitment other than whenever any
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 the home of some of my family’s friends — the
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 wasn’t really bothered by it, because I think he’s Muslim
NOT TODAY, SATAN
The more I live and get on with adulting in my father’s house, the more I am faced with the reality that my parents will never let go of their
A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER
I come from a small, middle class family. Growing up, I always knew I was different, considering how I preferred male relatives visiting us to the females. I remember vividly
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 feeling ashamed of myself, feeling like something was wrong with
“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 lots of (especially queer) people, because the post was shared
BREAKING FREE
Right from a young age, I was effeminate and thought that I wanted to be a girl. I was very expressive in my effeminacy, and in many ways, I think
