Tag "Friendship"

Our Stories 29 Comments

GOOD ENOUGH. JUST NOT FOR ME

He has told me to stop communicating with him, especially via text messages and phone calls. This I respect and have kept to, without any grudge. I met Nonso on

Series (Non-Fiction) 14 Comments

The NYSC Diaries

For me, the news of the state I’d been posted to for the National Youth Service Corps, otherwise known as Now Your Suffering Continues, left me with mixed feelings. Confusion,

Series (Non-Fiction) 43 Comments

SUITS AND TIES (Part 11)

He was employed at my workplace on a contractual basis, as a member of a team of consultants. They were programmers employed to automate a particular process in the company.

Fiction 7 Comments

A Best Friend Scorned (Part 2)

Previously on A BEST FRIEND SCORNED… * I’d begun my pursuit of Vince two nights after going over the plan with Cassi. I gained access to a VIP section at

Fiction 6 Comments

A Best Friend Scorned

My friendship with Cassi Monroe began in ninth grade. Before that point, she’d never noticed me because I was the scrawny gay nerd and she was the popular princess. The

Our Stories 14 Comments

TURN THE LIGHTS ON

Every moment of my life, I am confronted one way or another by the reality of the feelings I have that are unlike what is the norm. My earliest memories

Our Stories 105 Comments

Thirst Goes Before A Fall

I have always had the hots for Dera right since secondary school. He was the embodiment of macho. Girls flocked around him, boys wanted to be his friend. And I

Our Stories 24 Comments

My Boyfriend Is Obsessing Over My Closeness With My Friend

Three years ago, a new staff was employed where I work. While making her acquaintance, we discovered that we not only live close to each other, but we were also

Opinion Pieces 12 Comments

Opinion: Why Gay Men Need Straight Friends Too

We often hear that straight people need educating about what’s going on in the LGBT community. There’s a constant narrative about what we can do to widen our heteronormative society’s

Opinion Pieces 8 Comments

GETTING TO KNOW MY BEST FRIEND WHO’S GAY

FOREWORD: Another ally speaks the message of love. Her name is Sally Dadzie, and what she has to say is very compelling. Check on it. * When I met him,