OutTales around the Fire

Yesterday I read yet another story
from the land of my ancestors
talking about how ‘gays
were a Western phenomena
and a cultural taboo’.

Today, I saw yet another comment
from a concerned Nigerian saying
‘gays were an abomination
and should keep their business
behind closed doors’.

I have a vision of a tomorrow
where the stories
from the land of my ancestors
celebrate the lives of everyone,
regardless of them being gay or lesbian.

I have visions of a tomorrow
where parents, uncles and aunties,
brothers and sisters, stand up
against all forms of homophobia
that is uttered in their presence.

I have a vision of a tomorrow,
where my fellow same gender loving
brothers and sisters will come out
with Pride and let everyone know
that we are no abomination
and certainly not a Western phenomenon.

A tomorrow where we would be welcomed
to sit at the family table with
our husband, wife, partner or lover.
A tomorrow where my sexuality
is simply accepted, the same way
my being left-handed is now accepted.

But it is not yet tomorrow.
And so for now, I will simply compose
my response to yet another
homophobic blog comment
and let it be known that
I am not an abomination,
I am homoloving
and my sexuality is a human right.

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