Tag "Family"

Series (Fiction) 8 Comments

BEING BRUNO (Episode 8)

PAST Each generation has something to be thankful for. For your grandfather, it was the coming of the white men with formal education. For your father, it was Michael Jackson

Series (Fiction) 3 Comments

BEING BRUNO (Episode 6)

Previously on BEING BRUNO… * PAST If your life is represented on a bar chart, with the years that had gone by lined up on the y-axis, and how happy

Series (Fiction) 2 Comments

BEING BRUNO (Episode 5)

Previously on BEING BRUNO: Bruno is still dealing with discovering that he is HIV Positive, and has only told his aunt, Nnedi. But then his mother knows – Nnedi betrayed

Our Stories 14 Comments

OPEN CLOSETS WIDE SHUT

This is my position when it comes to dealing with family who know about your sexuality and, barring any forceful attempt to make you change, persistently work on your defenses

Editor's Desk 2 Comments

BE A TESTAMENT

Honestly, some families do not deserve the blessings of LGBT family members. A friend who I used to shag years ago suddenly resurfaced recently; called me and wanted us to

Series (Non-Fiction) 5 Comments

FROM FATHER, WITH LOVE

Son, The day you tell you, with all that uncertainty and fear filling your eyes, that you are gay will be the day this letter will be yours to read.

The Happenings 15 Comments

Homophobic Trolls are not happy that Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black are having a baby

It turns out that in 2018, a lot of people still aren’t happy about two men having a baby together. Yesterday, Valentine’s Day, Olympic diver Tom Daley and Oscar-winning screenwriter

Kito Stories 14 Comments

HIS COMING OUT STORY (Edition 7)

There was no ceremony involved in how my sister got to know that I’m gay. She asked me the question one day, out of the blue: “Kennedy, are you gay?”

Kito Stories 13 Comments

UNDER THE SKIES

Mother had requested that I go to the ATM to confirm a certain payment in her account that evening. It was a cool one, with the wind howling ferociously like

Series (Fiction) 4 Comments

Lights, Camera, Action!!! (Episode 3)

The first time I heard the word ‘lesbian’, I couldn’t breathe for a while. I was in Primary 3 and in love with a girl in my class, Hazel. It