That time I wore a skirt… Then a tutu
Last year was one in which I tried a lot of new things. For example, I have despised aubergines all my life but tried a friend’s homemade baba ganoush – and I loved it! In that same spirit, I wore a skirt to SA Menswear Week a few months ago and, again, loved it! I […]
Top or bottom? Who decides?
It might as well be: “Which one’s the woman?” I’m certain that just about every gay guy has been asked that infamous question by both straight and gay people: “Are you top or bottom?” It’s often first asked when gay guys come out; at a time when they are usually single, and possibly not actually […]
Gay at an all boys school
I would like to tell you a story. This is not an ordinary story but it has all the elements of a usual story. I have been wanting to tell this story for a while now, but I have been scared – scared that I might not see the morning if I told it at […]
Coming out to my parents – Viwe’s story
One of my earliest memories of being different from other boys is from when I was about four or five years old. I woke up one morning and opened my eyes. The room was dimly lit by the morning sun. I reached out my hand and pulled the doll I fell asleep clutching to my […]