TOUCHED BUT NOT EARNED
Who are you to come and go as you please? I am not a fulfillment of your 2 AM fantasies, I am a soul residing in a body that transcends your morality. I am a gem. Continue Reading
Pride
Roundtable 2.0 - LGBTQ+ Equality & Acceptance in Liberian Communities
On June 20, 2020, Sleepless in Monrovia (SiM) held its second Roundtable Event. This was SiM’s first virtual event and it was on the topic “LGBTQ+ Equality & Acceptance in Liberian Communities,” It was an integral part of SiM’s yearly celebration of Pride Month. The panelists for a SiM Roundtable are: i.) an expert well versed in the topic at hand ii.) author(s) of SiM with a published piece on the topic, and iii.) representative(s) from SiM’s administration. Continue Reading
Dear Mom, I am Gay!
I wish things were easier, but it is worse that we are Muslims, and Fulanis at that. Sometimes I daydream and ask myself, “What if I told her and she accepted me?” but then I come back to reality. Knowing how religious you are, it might probably kill you because you’d think something is seriously wrong with me. Continue Reading
99% + 1% = 100%
Do you think it’s easy to stand up against the Bible? Oh, that’s how our religious communities make us feel when we talk about homosexuality. It’s supposed to be forbidden. Every sin is a sin but being homosexual is a ”disgusting sin.” That’s what most people are taught. Continue Reading
I sin, You sin, We all sin
I was raised in a home where we considered ourselves Christians. I say ‘considered’ because that’s how surface it was. We tried to follow some of the things we knew and learned but no one was asked, instructed or forced… Continue Reading
RAINBOWS IN THE DARK
My grandfather always said, “to understand the journey of life, you need to know oneself,” but who am I? Can I be more than one thing? A Human? An abomination? A disgrace? Love personified? What exactly is love? Who sets… Continue Reading
People be Gay, Get Over It
“What you eat doesn’t make me shit” – Unknown This has been my mantra for most of my life and I think a lot of people would do well adapting it. There are about 8 billion people on this planet… Continue Reading
