You might think you know something. But it should go without saying, you know nothing. Think of an atom against the grand scale of the universe. Think of a second against the time's immense expanse. What you know is atomic. What you know is nothing. The little you think you know is nothing but a... Continue Reading →
When I am asked, when are you going to get married, my response tends to follow something along the line of, "I don't know. Marriage isn't something I think actively about." One thing I never add, and I've realised no one bothers to ask, is why I don't think actively about marriage. I now occupy... Continue Reading →
It can be helpful to begin at what lies at the heart of your question. The principle we are interested in exploiting, when questions for securing another person’s affection pour from our lips, is attraction. Most of us are intimate with the need to be attractive, if not for anything but for the person who... Continue Reading →
Being gay in this country is hard. And part of the hardship is having to pretend that the hardship is absent. A related source of difficulty, particularly unique for those without talent of pretending to be heterosexual, is the act of having to keep core parts of yourself from others. The preceding paragraph might come... Continue Reading →
The phenomenon of homophobia touches every aspect of a gay man’s life. Work, romance, religion, politics, the feelings of acceptance and belonging. From the casual remark of the unexposed bigot who utters “how man go dey fuck man” to the extreme case of gay men being thrown off roof tops to their deaths, homophobia manifests... Continue Reading →
Don’t fret. Avoid lifting up your voice in prayer. Make peace with this truth: All that you have been told about your sexuality has been a lie. When I discovered mine, I fretted. I immersed myself in what I have come to realise was confusion. It has to be said being confused isn’t a bad... Continue Reading →
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