A Queer Lent
Text published on HackNScript, Queer and Blogging, March 12, 2014 A Continuous Lent Lent is a time of self reflection and personal denial, but for me as a queer person it can be a...
Category: Testimonies and experiences
My brother is gay
My brother is gay, and I don’t see anything strange about him. I personally don’t think brotherhood should be affected by sexual orientations.
Gay or straight I don’t mind, we are brothers that’s what matters to me. I believe the rest should not have a place in a family. Though outside it could be challenging.
My different way of loving
There are and will always be a shadow in our relationship, that is the price we are paying but it doesn’t make us less happy.
Marriage between two women in Africa. It was part of culture and tradition
If a woman was rich, in communities that allowed polygamy, she could also afford more than one bride.
I couldn’t fit in the picture
It was enough to get away a little, to have the courage to dare beyond conventional limits.
Queer Narratives from Kenya: I am a male-to-female transgender
I am a male-to-female transgender. I’ve always felt different since I was young. I never identified as male, ever. Growing up, I never knew my real parents. I’ve been in different foster homes – three of them so far. It’s been tough. The first foster family thought I was a girl. When I was eight or ten, I started exhibiting feminine characteristics; growing breasts and hips. My foster parents were afraid. They said, “This is an omen. Hatumwezi”.
Christianity and homosexuality in Africa: the experiences of Christians homosexuals
When people look at you in disgust, that you even ask yourself if you’re still at church. I don’t know if Christians don’t realise that they all have their own sins, it’s just that we don’t know about them (John, male).
They never tried to understand me as a person, they just saw demons and starting bombarding me with Bible verses (Zandile, female).
It pains when people treat you like less of a person for something that you didn’t even choose yourself, you’d think Christians would be more compassionate (Asanda, female).
African churches and LGTB need to have a dialogue
“Our cultures have an important place in the society so to fight for rights should be done through dialogue”. Jimmy, a missionary brother says during the interview he had with us about his life...
Love won’t fail us
The title “Love won’t fail us” in regards this letter means that Dunny went through all the mess because of love but kept on going. “In this letter, it looks like love betrayed me...
How to Be Gay and Safe in Nigeria
Last Sunday, at a weekly literary gathering in Kaduna, a bearded dark macho guy openly said, smiling with a perfect row of white teeth, “I am homophobic, so writing this story was very difficult for me” as if he expected the audience to give him a standing ovation.
I had to confirm what he had said by asking him to repeat himself, which he did in clearer terms. I couldn’t even wait to hear his short story.