By ‘Bree’ Brought to you by the Guernica/PEN Flash Series. This piece is from Guernica/PEN Flash Series from a Nigerian writer they encountered while working on a report documenting the effects of Nigeria’s repressive anti-LGBT laws. The current situation is so threatening the writer requested they maintain her complete anonymity. A different version of this piece appeared in Blessed […]
By Annonymous I recall packing for a trip when my heterosexual male friend reminded me, jokingly, to pack my vibrator. In a state of excitement ( because of the kind reminder) I dashed into my bedroom and pulled out my tiny purple vibrator – a birthday present from two naughty friends. This purple vibrator has […]
By Lungile You never ‘got in’ so don’t come out and don’t you dare try to justify why you need to be who you are. Fight to be equal instead, it’s imperative that humans understand that you too are human. Beautifully so. Teach them to co-exist, don’t force you existence into their lives, they don’t […]
By Lady Mango Well sisters, there are a lot of upsides to having sex with a woman. Of course the fact that you don’t have to worry about getting pregnant, that you can explore your love, lust, passions and get high between her thighs…but just like sex with men, the hottest sex is safe sex! […]
By MampuruLebo A boy was not my first. A boy did not take my virginity. Although a boy became the first to penetrate me, my first was a girl. Younger than me. She was the type of girl mothered by her sister and “fathered” by her own ideas of a father. Mothers disliked her. But […]
By Oulele To tell you about him, I have to tell you about her. It has always been you, it is still all about you. I am not fooling myself, this thing is a desperate attempt to change my situation. To write you down, wrestle you out of my imagination and put you in a […]
By Kare Kibaara I will see her tonight. She will be in a long skirt. As she comes my way, my knees will start knocking against each other and my palms will sweat rives. My forehead will be hotter than a flame but colder than ice to the touch. But not for long because one […]
By Ruth Achieng’ Our meeting…. It was so odd. Struggling with depression and having to hide from everyone else. It was hell. I felt very lonely even though I had “friends” everywhere. I wanted something more, I longed for something more, even though I would never have admitted this back then. To everyone, I was […]
By Dykeroad I had been introduced to- and promptly started chatting up- this young woman. My jokes were on point and my wit well timed, not too cocky not too cliche. In short, my game was on fire. Two days later (with my game still ablaze), we started to talk about sex. She told me […]
By Tatenda There was something about waking up that never quite agreed with her but she did it anyway, it was part of the contract of being human. This morning, like many others, she woke up smelling like somebody else and trying desperately to silence the accusatory voices in her head. Her only challenge was […]
