Queer for Christmas: A Guide To Surviving and Thriving The Holidays
The holidays can be a lot. For everyone. Not only are you probably dropping ALL the coins because…
Gender & Identity,Politics & Lifestyle
Compulsive heterosexuality: Maybe you are born with it. Maybe you are a little queer
Here is a question for you: re you straight or is it just compulsory heterosexuality? In a lot…
Politics & Lifestyle,Sex, Relationships & Love
Summer Dungeon Nights
By Coily Era “Lub dub, lub dub, lub dub.” I could hear the workings of her heart as…
Gender & Identity,Politics & Lifestyle
To girls whose thighs touch
Artwork by SheRoxLox By SheRoxLox/ @sheroxlox (This post was first posted in 2016 but we thought a throwback was…
Sliding into the DMs: On checking in and community care within Black feminism
A few years ago, on the way to a conference of feminists I remember sitting at my boarding…
Politics & Lifestyle,Sex, Relationships & Love
Activist, Kilifi or Celesbian?: A (Non-Exhaustive) List of Types of Lesbians/Queer Women
Hands up if you want to know what type of lesbian you are! Well we got you. As…
Love & Relationships,Politics & Lifestyle
Exorcising the heteronormative ghost from Afropolitan futures
By Dr. Anima Adjepong Some time back, I was re-watching Nicole Amartefio’s creative show, An African City. The show follows…
Shame Is Not A Cure: So-called conversion ‘therapy’ practices in Kenya – A look at the GALCK+ report
Conversion Therapy. When people think about this phrase they often about some archaic practice that happened ages ago…
Fat Gurl Culture – the truth about being a black fat femme
By Ntombi’Zodidi Mazana I want to start off by saying this - I use the word “gurl” instead…
Revisiting the essay ‘Homosexuality is ‘unafrican’ in pre-colonial history’
By Cosmic Yoruba I wrote the essay, “Homosexuality is “unAfrican” in pre-colonial history” a couple of years ago. Thanks to HOLAA!,…