Connect with us

Lifestyle

Happy Being Me

In the illustration Chinue Igwe, a biracial Nigerian-American lesbian woman discusses the complexities of coming out the closet. The illustration depicts the prevalent conservative social, cultural and religious attitudes, which are normally used in society as the basis to dismiss homosexuality as a sin or reprehensible behaviour.

Published

on

Happy Being Me

happy-being-me-ed-jm_001

happy-being-me-ed-jm_002

happy-being-me-ed-jm_003

happy-being-me-ed-jm_004

happy-being-me-ed-jm_005

happy-being-me-ed-jm_006

happy-being-me-ed-jm_007

happy-being-me-ed-jm_008

happy-being-me-ed-jm_009

happy-being-me-ed-jm_010

happy-being-me-ed-jm_011

 

This piece is part of an anthology produced by HOLAAfrica and Q-zine entitled Emergence. Read the full version here or here and download the entire publication here.

 

Advertisement