Category: Testimonies and experiences

A Queer Lent

Text published on HackNScript, Queer and Blogging, March 12, 2014 A Continuous Lent Lent is a time of self reflection and personal denial, but for me as a queer person it can be a...

My brother is gay

My brother is gay, and I don’t see anything strange about him. I personally don’t think brotherhood should be affected by sexual orientations.
Gay or straight I don’t mind, we are brothers that’s what matters to me. I believe the rest should not have a place in a family. Though outside it could be challenging.

My different way of loving

There are and will always be a shadow in our relationship, that is the price we are paying but it doesn’t make us less happy.

Queer Narratives from Kenya: I am a male-to-female transgender

I am a male-to-female transgender. I’ve always felt different since I was young. I never identified as male, ever. Growing up, I never knew my real parents. I’ve been in different foster homes – three of them so far. It’s been tough. The first foster family thought I was a girl. When I was eight or ten, I started exhibiting feminine characteristics; growing breasts and hips. My foster parents were afraid. They said, “This is an omen. Hatumwezi”.