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Finding love in an online place: Queer digital dating on the African continent

Politics & Lifestyle

Finding love in an online place: Queer digital dating on the African continent

Dating in this day and age can be a total nightmare. With so many ways to connect, it…

If Stay Right Here review: won’t get you wet but will make you feel

Politics & Lifestyle

If Stay Right Here review: won’t get you wet but will make you feel

By Keletso Mopai A few months ago, I posted something contentious on Facebook, out of frustration and annoyance.…

For I had sinned

Love & Relationships

For I had sinned

By africanfire2442 “As I do every other person." This was a default answer to a question I had…

Listen: Whats it like to have another queer in the family (podcast)

Podcasts & Video

Listen: Whats it like to have another queer in the family (podcast)

We sat down with Mbali the Baby Queer aka. yllw.sunflwer on Instagram and Amanda the Great (manda_hodge on…

Don’t sex the ex: Nana D’s rules for breaking up and staying apart

Afro Sexual Wisdom

Don’t sex the ex: Nana D’s rules for breaking up and staying apart

By Nana D Just over two months ago, my three-year-old relationship came to an end. Or more accurately,…

#BaeSoBlessed: The perils of posting your love online

Afro Sexual Wisdom,Love & Relationships

#BaeSoBlessed: The perils of posting your love online

Lunch with Bae. #SoInLove Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are filled with posts like this. Instagram is an especially…

‘There is Not Rule Book’: A Conversation on Queer Love

Love & Relationships

‘There is Not Rule Book’: A Conversation on Queer Love

By Bel South In this open and honest conversation with two women Bel South explores the various faces…

Existencia Lésbica Afrocolobiana

Politics & Lifestyle

Existencia Lésbica Afrocolobiana

Por Audre María Lorde Matamba Hace varios meses, me di a la tarea  de   localizar al mayor número…

On coming out and the ‘Impostor Syndrome’

Politics & Lifestyle

On coming out and the ‘Impostor Syndrome’

By Bongi Sibanda A little positivity to begin If there ever was a contest for negative thinking, and…

Kintsukuroi: A Lesson in Breaking

Love & Relationships

Kintsukuroi: A Lesson in Breaking

By Bakang Akoonyatse The greatest creation I've ever made falls out of me at 18—my life's work dies.…

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