Tag "Life"
SURVIVING DARKNESS
I read a Facebook post made by a friend about how he recently went through depression, and his story struck a chord inside me. Because I could relate very much
THE NEW NORMAL (Rebrand in Progress)
Buzzzzzzz…..buzzzz….click-clack… Stuck again! I tried to stifle a giggle as the barber wrestled his clipper from the jaws of my hair. This was the third time in the last five
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
THE ORIGINAL SIN (A Kito Story)
I met Moet (the name he introduced himself to me with) on Grindr. I was in Enugu and he was in Port Harcourt. We were chatting off and on for
BECAUSE OF TOMORROW
I was 8 the very first time I prayed. I mean like really prayed. It wasn’t for lost crayons or primary school squabbles or anything. I had been having these
THE NEW NORMAL (Happy Week, Happy Life)
Coffee. I got a whiff of it as I walked through the front doors of the LUTH Cancer Centre. I glanced to my left and noticed there was a table
A Gay Father Resents His Son For Having The Freedom (To Be Out) That He Never Had
I have no idea if this Reddit story is old or recent, but it is such a compelling storyline that I felt I had to share. In what appears to
Be Okay With Your Sexuality Defining You
Gay people are often pestered with this denigrating opinion, sometimes from heterosexual people and other times from fellow queer people, about “letting our sexuality define us.” There is often this
THE NEW NORMAL (The World Is My Oyster)
“Ninety-three thousand naira… Hmmm…” I was staring silently at the first invoice for chemo, and I was a little dazed. “I hear chemotherapy can be expensive,” Hawk said. “But are
THE NEW NORMAL (New Life, New Me)
It touched me, my chest. I am on the ground. “How did I get here?” I look down and I see there is a stain where it touched me. It’s
