Tag "Love"

Our Stories 12 Comments

A LOVE AT SEVENTEEN

Let us start from seventeen and the brown of Adam’s eyes that captivated me. They were a well of honey I could feel myself slipping into each time I looked

Our Stories 8 Comments

HE IS SHE

I knew her when she was a he. All strikingly handsome, tall, curly black hair, brown eyed, lean and toned, a Somali-Canadian; strutting down the Esplanade in shockingly-bright clothes –

Fiction 6 Comments

The Lies You Told

You listen to the sounds of the evening: the crickets chirping, the frogs croaking, the birds’ evensong. You drown your feelings in the peace you get only from nature. Peace

Fiction 16 Comments

The Siren Call

There is a wisdom that comes from having your heart broken more times than the number of beers you’ve downed in your lifetime. It’s like Archimedes and the damned crown.

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

Dear KD 25 Comments

Dear KD: What Do I Do With What My Boyfriend Just Told Me About Our Relationship?

My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost a year and half. We’ve never had sex. Not once. At first, we were just taking our time, to be sure

The Happenings 4 Comments

Kenyan Binyavanga Wainaina to marry his Nigerian partner in South Africa

“Nothing has surprised me more than coming to love this person,” Binyavanga says. Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has proposed to his long-term partner after dating for more than five years.

Fiction 4 Comments

A World Of Men Looking For Love

Yemi wanted love – or so he called it in his head – but every day, he woke up to a world that judged the kind of love he wanted.

From The Net 5 Comments

Tweet of the Day: Believe in Love for the Nigerian Gay Man

The general consensus is that love is not a thing in the Nigerian dating scene, a sentiment that was emphasized by this conversation previously posted here on Kito Diaries. But

Our Stories 16 Comments

A Medley Of Opinions About Love And Relationship In The Nigerian Gay Community

So, a couple of days ago, I posted my response to a friend who wanted some answers about love and relationships. Before I arrived at my response, I brought the