Tag "Marriage"

Our Stories 15 Comments

HE THAT FINDETH A WIFE

“The first thing that is taken away from us as LGBTQ people is our spirituality, is God. ‘God hates fags.’ No, He doesn’t. Stop it.” – Billy Porter   They

Our Stories 41 Comments

IN HER HUSBAND’S BED

A friend who knew that I have a thing for older men gave me Nduka’s Facebook ID and asked me to add him up. He’d spoken to Nduka about me

Fiction 2 Comments

KITO DIARIES PRIZE FOR WRITING: NOT AT THE WARFRONT

Darkness. Total darkness. Not a single light in sight. It was like a continuous descent into a bottomless dark pit, and then she stopped falling and slowly crawled up the

Fiction 4 Comments

KITO DIARIES PRIZE FOR WRITING: WHERE HAPPINESS IS ALL THAT MATTERS

When you get to Ifem’s late husband’s compound, you will see a crowd. Men, women and children will be gathered in front of the compound. They will be like balls

Dear KD 35 Comments

Dear KD: I Have Questions about Coming Out and Marriage

Remember my kito story, and how my mum asked me if I was gay and how I’m yet to give her an answer? Well, for a long time after that,

The Happenings 29 Comments

Wife Finds Out That The Man Her Husband Invited To Be Quarantined In Their Home Is His Lover

It turns out that while other people are maintaining social distance from their lovers, a Nigerian husband is inviting his own lover into his marital home so he can get

Dear KD 2 Comments

The Proposal: Is There Any Woman (Gay or Straight) Who’d Like To Have A Kid With A Gay Man?

I am a 33-year-old guy who is gay and wants to have children of my own. But I am faced with the challenge of marriage, because I don’t want it.

Series (Non-Fiction) 35 Comments

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS (To Tell Or Not To Tell: Part 2)

Because I am an unabashed fan of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, as I’ve always done in previous episodes, I’ll start this one by dropping this gem of a quote: “There are

Series (Non-Fiction) 24 Comments

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS (To Tell Or Not To Tell)

“I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is just as obvious to everyone else.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   In the past, whenever

Our Stories 16 Comments

MY HAND IN MARRIAGE

Okay, I’m tired. I’m really, really, really tired of my family trying to set me up with husbands. Sometime last year, I made it clear to my parents that I