Tag "Self Discovery"

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MY HOMOSEXUAL JOURNEY

I was your typical born-again teenager. Pious looking. Academic. I didn’t speak to girls if I could help it. I simply loved the Lord! I went to a Christian secondary

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THE TRUTH

They say you leave a piece of you in everyone you date and break up with. They say you keep leaving pieces of yourself till there is nothing left inside

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THE ROAD TO SELF DISCOVERY

‘’Mimi! Mimi!” my aunt called from her bedroom. I was in the sitting room, watching Power Puff Girls. “Yes, aunty!” I screamed and ran out of the room to her.

Profiles 24 Comments

Marlon James’ Journey To Self Discovery

Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.

Series (Fiction) 72 Comments

Those Awkward Moments

“Why are you gay?” A long time ago, someone asked me. “Why? Why are you gay?” It wasn’t even the kind of question that left wriggle room for doubt. He

The Happenings 38 Comments

Straight Guy Realized He Was Gay After An Episode Of ‘How To Get Away With Murder’

It all started with an episode of How to Get Away with Murder. 24-year-old Reddit user, fly_idol, had just broken up with his girlfriend of two-and-a-half years, when he flipped

James' Journal 43 Comments

JAMES’ JOURNAL (Entry 26)

January 1 I’ve always had a hunch That putting sentences On different lines When they could have all been on the same line Turns a rather bland sentence Into poetry

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The Letter To My Family

Dear whoever reads this, Yes, I am 20 and I am leaving, to be happy. Of course you’ll say, being gay is not being happy, but you won’t understand. You

From The Net 40 Comments

Tweet Of The Day VI

What are your thoughts on Bisi’s reply? I thought it was brilliant, but I know there are peeps here who believe otherwise about the self discovery of sexuality.