How could anyone be so perfect? I mean I haven’t seen angels before but I’m sure this person I was staring at was related to one.     Standing five foot four with a body size of thirty-eight, thirty, forty-two was my Greek goddess. Her walking through the hallway with the air of confidence caused both male and female heads to turn.      I attended history class not for the lesson but to fawn over...

     I used to think I was messed up in the head, I mean look at the society. You don’t see people like me moving around, holding hands happily like straight couples do. I thought it was a taboo to be this way. Well that was until my mum told me love could be cruel sometimes and if I listened to what the society said, I would remain unfulfilled tell the day I dropped.       ...

  What is Pride Day? On a hot summer’s night in  New York on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village, which resulted in bar patrons, staff, and neighborhood residents rioting onto Christopher Street outside. Among the many leaders of the riots was black, trans, bisexual woman, Marsha P. Johnson — leading the movement to continue over six days with protests and clashes. The message was clear; protestors...

An open letter to parents of LGBT children   Following a testimony of a young lad, I have decided to write this article to all parents worldwide.   I was on a visit to Australia and was watching tv when a youngster came forward and related how his parents had chased him out of the house when he told them that he was gay.   I was very upset by this confession knowingly that the...

My thoughts were crazy, I couldn't sleep at all. Of course I could blame it on a bottle of wine we drank, but I knew that the truth is completely different. The emotions I felt were totally new. I was embarrassed and scared and I wanted to fall underground, but at the same time I wanted to pretend that nothing happened, to be cool, to be relaxed. I tried to breathe quietly so as not...

Hello,Sorry I don't know where to start. I am in a very bad situation. I writing from Turkey. English is not my native tongue, sorry if I am write wrong.Ever since I moved to high school, I was aware that I was homoseksüel. And of course I kept this from my family, they wouldn't understand it, they wouldn't approve. And I had to keep it in school as well, because even teachers kept giving homophobic...

I am very happy to have entered this association to tell my story .. I do not know if it will be a response to me but I will try to get help. Hello, I am a girl from Morocco.  I am 20 years old and I live in a small city in Morocco. I am a Lesbian and I am very sure of my sexual orientation and I have no doubt about it. My...

Gay people in times of war ... the story of a Yemeni who survived the war in Yemen and has not yet escaped homophobia ... How can you help him

I come from a country where there exist deep hatred and prejudice against members of lgbt community.I am currently living in ireland ,having been subjected to violence in my country of origin,and more threats that caused me to try and seek safety.  The basis of this article is so that everyone may know that the effects of persecutions on the basis of sexual orientation can be very hard to deal with.It took me a while...

My name is Helen Sissay and am a 25 years old Ethiopian who lives in Ethiopia . I was raised by a single mom who gave up her youth, beauty and energy for me to get here. Am a closeted lesbian because in my country being gay is considered a crime and punishable by law i never understood how loving someone could be a crime but that's my truth. I couldnt think of anywhere to...

I used to live an immoral life where I used to drink heavily, I was lost into drugs, I was smoking marijuana and I was living an immoral gay lifestyle. By myself, I was weak and was not able to come out of these sins. I asked God to help me and I kept on asking him until he gave me the strength to change and overcome these sins. God has eventually set me free...

Well my name is Phillip lwere 23 years old, gay from Uganda and this is my story. Being a gay , lesbian , transgender or bisexual in uganda is illegal and a life sentence is subjected to a person once caught and its highly condemned. Back in 2019 i fled my country uganda to Kenya to seek for asylum following a death attempt escape from my family, community and police because of being a gay....