Not all queers want to be queens: The dominant to precarious queer spectrum
By Kneo Mokgopa There are straight women who entertain and accessorise themselves with eccentric and loud gay men…
Gender & Identity,Sex, Relationships & Love
So, Are You Straight or Nah?: Understanding Heteronormativity
Sometimes in polite conversation you gotta use ten dollar words in a three dollar conversation a.k.a. you gotta…
On Gender Roles: “Sister, Who Is the Girl in Your Relationship?”
Helen’s right eye twitched when Amaka rushed ahead of her to open the restaurant door. It twitched some…
Whats in a dress?: Queer Femininity as Political
What’s in a dress? In our case as queer womxn and non-binary folx a lot. Whether intentional or…
Pre – Colonial Igboland: On Woman to Woman Marriage (Repost)
By Cosmic Yoruba Nwando Achebe writes that “woman-to-woman marriage in Africa has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality” (emphasis,…
The Children who started the fire Pt I
By Ashley Makue/ @AfroElleMag @Afrofiend Some children dry the leaves from watching the tree too long; sometimes trees…
So, I Let a Guy Fuck Me
By Dyke Road/@dykeroadbaby So I let a guy fuck me. It wasn't cloth-ripping or somewhat perverted. It wasn't hot in…
Pimping out my bisexuality: Confessions of tired brown bisexual
By a Tired Brown Bi Woman I have felt compelled to write this after I have heard the…
Let It Rain: Dead Snails on Daughter’s Windowsill Part I
[Content/Trigger Warning: abuse trauma] “How many really know what love is? Millions never will,” – Alicia Keys,…
A little longer: A plea for full existence
By Kenyan Annonymous Dear Family, This is one of those letters. Where you don’t know where to start…