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Call for Submissions: First Love

We 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 […]

No Moonlight Here

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 […]

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What matter most to you, and why? by Yinka Ade

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 […]

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Timi Leo- You are a Gift, Tell them

…”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 […]