“The scene I experience is completely different to the one you experience.”
Read More“It’s possible to be a normal person – and to also be this other thing.”
Read More“‘What do I do? This is it. I can only be myself. There is no other version.”
Read More“I was brought up on a very American, dancing in the aisles and speaking in tongues evangelical Christianity.”
Read More“There’s this innate desire in me to find my truth. It’s a compulsion.”
Read More“What I want to do with my art, my performance and my life is to cultivate more of a culture of positivity and healing and love, rather than tearing each other down to get a level up.”
Read More“Maybe the narrative and story of queer urban life is stronger but there has been societal change and a mind shift in the country.“
Read More“The LGBTQ+ community needs to understand that immigration is the future, and the hope for a healthy society.”
Read More“Grace reflects what I didn’t have, and what I wanted to create as well.”
Read More“It’s helped to bring me out. I mean, I’m a struggling, stand-up comedian – who also struggles to stand up!”
Read More“The next generation of the LGBTQ+ community should be able to see themselves, their stories and their concerns…”
Read More“As a gay man of Kenyan decent, I have struggled at some stages of my life to satisfy the expectations of the black community, while still staying true to my gay self…”
Read More“ I capture moments, but I want to create moments that take the person somewhere else…”
Read More“I can accept the fact that I went through all that horror if I know that I was the last generation to have to, that nobody else would have to go through that…”
Read More“I think a lot of techno parties and clubs can be very hetero environments. More and more, there’s a narrative of inclusion.”
Read More“It’s about enjoying whatever sort of sex or drugs, with an onus on all of us to look out for each other.”
Read More“Information was targeted to make you fearful. Now we see how wrong that was, it has had such long-term effects.”
Read More“Life is brutal but you do everything you can to push through that brutality. Something just constantly makes me pick myself up and push on.”
Read More“While there’s no problem with reconstructing yourself, self-destruction is not the way to go about it.”
Read More“I might still be in the closet but I’m living my best life. I feel very included and very safe. I know I can always rely on people.”
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