CategoriesFirst Love Our StoriesIt’s your birthday and for some reason, I decided to break the silence and send you a happy birthday message. I am so sure you will ignore it. I am lazing around the house when my phone vibrates. It’s a message from you. “I still remember how you smell, your scent.” I read those words […]
CategoriesFirst Love Our StoriesWe are excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions from the public for this platform. We believe that it is important to amplify the array of voices and experiences within our LGBTQ community. Like all human beings, LGBTQ individuals exist in the spaces intersecting multiple identities that include race, religion, socioeconomic status, gender […]
Now that the controversy about the manner in which this year’s Oscar best winner was given its award has died down, it gives a chance to reflect on the meaning of a film that is exquisitely profound in its beauty and performance. When Moonlight won, it was deservedly celebrated as a historic win for a […]
Acceptance matters to me. I want acceptance from family, friends, colleagues and society. Somehow, seeking validation from people has driven me this far and is still driving me. I knew I was “unconventional” when, at 8 years of age, I saw a man and woman kiss on TV and felt tingles in my pants—and it […]
…”You no see that guy, see the way he dey do like woman, Waka like woman, talk like woman, he go be gay o”. This is practically what each and every effeminate gay guy in Nigeria experience one time or the other in their life. Words like these tends to tear down our spirit, it […]
Privacy is vital to my sense of self. It is as important as breathing; each breath may be my last. So I am acutely aware of how difficult it must have been for Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, the world’s richest company
