I no longer needed to hide myself for fear of being harmed, shunned, put in jail or worse being murdered. I didn’t worry for the safety of my family as much due to me expressing my innate nature because I knew that the law was begin us and no one had the right to harm or hurt us. Then on the 26th of June, 2015 when the supreme court made that historic decision on gay marriage, I decided that I no longer wanted to be African. Being African was backward, it was not progressive, it was homophobic and I did not want to be a part of that. This period of time was difficult because despite being born abroad and having lived abroad for a considerable amount of time, Nigeria and Africa was all I knew. I grew up in Nigerian community and culture and I loved most of it. I did not understand why I had to choose between being gay and being African. I didn’t understand why all I saw about my home was barbarity, pain, and poverty all of which I might have experienced in mild shades but none of which I identified with myself or my
I no longer needed to hide myself for fear of being harmed, shunned, put in jail or worse being murdered. I didn’t worry for the safety of my family as much due to me expressing my innate nature because I knew that the law was begin us and no one had the right to harm or hurt us. Then on the 26th of June, 2015 when the supreme court made that historic decision on gay marriage, I decided that I no longer wanted to be African. Being African was backward, it was not progressive, it was homophobic and I did not want to be a part of that. This period of time was difficult because despite being born abroad and having lived abroad for a considerable amount of time, Nigeria and Africa was all I knew. I grew up in Nigerian community and culture and I loved most of it. I did not understand why I had to choose between being gay and being African. I didn’t understand why all I saw about my home was barbarity, pain, and poverty all of which I might have experienced in mild shades but none of which I identified with myself or my