Igbo, Queer, and Unfiltered

The problem is not your faith if you actively practice homophobia; it's your character. This conversation breaks down the difference between religion, morality, and character, and it questions the contradictions that happen when belief systems are used to justify harm. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: ht...

When parenting turns into control, shame, and fear, this episode confronts the hard truth of many queer African children, their first experience of rejection does not come from the outside world, it comes from home. What does it really mean to grow up gay in places that don't accept you? We elaborate on everything that is being used as a weapon of control to emotional and mental harm. Stay Connect...

As queer Africans navigating culture, family, and belonging, this discussion focuses on identity, control, and the unseen structures that influence our self-perception. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@igboqueerandunfilteredpod?si=...

In this episode, we talk about how colonial laws, imported religious ideas, and rigid social structures have shaped how homophobia is defended today. We also talk about how culture is used as a weapon, the difference between heritage and control, and the real harm that happens when intolerance is presented as tradition. Culture is not cruelty; it is language, stories, music, community, and strengt...

As a gay African man, this is important to me. What's going on in Senegal and Uganda isn't random, it's not isolated, and it's not just about culture. It's a political strategy. When governments are pressured from problems such as economic hardship, unemployment, or corruption, moral panic can be a useful strategy. Fear takes over, laws get stricter, arrests happen, and queer people are made easy...

For far too long, hell has been used as a tool to silence, shame, and intimidate LGBTQIA+ individuals, particularly in religious settings. The idea that queer people are headed for eternal punishment is untrue; rather, it is a threat based on fear, control, and discomfort. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos...

Many African homes see queerness as a battle that needs to be fought, repressed, prayed away, or put up with. But most queer Africans aren't really struggling with who they are; they're struggling with the fear, pressure, religious conditioning, and cultural consequences of being honest. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Wa...

In this episode, I speak directly to queer Africans who were brought up to pray through suffering, fast through trauma, and survive on their own. We explore the true nature of therapy, why it is stigmatized in many African homes. Asking for help is not a sign of rebellion but rather a duty to heal from the harm that homophobia, religion, familial pressure, and silence have caused us. Stay Connecte...

Home is where homophobia starts. It's not a coincidence that there is a lot of homophobia in African homes. It is taught, enforced, and protected by systems that are based on fear, control, religion, and silence. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https:...

Being gay is viewed as an inexcusable sin in many African households, regardless of your financial difficulties, public failures, or disappointments. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@igboqueerandunfilteredpod?si=0GZV68iNaWT5BumS Vi...

A big myth that is used to support homophobia in Africa is that being gay is "not African." This episode debunks that misconception. African spirituality has always had room for gay people, before colonial religion brought fear, shame, and strict gender rules. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://you...

We are tired of being used as scapegoats by religious institutions that are founded on fear, control, and selective morality. We are tired of being told that we are sinful while pastors, churches, and religious leaders lead double lives without accountability. Religion has been transformed into a weapon against queer Africans, and we are no longer under the influence of this hypocrisy. African gay...

It is a common misconception in Africa that being queer is un-African. This is not true; our ancestors were not homophobic; it was the colonizers who were. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@igboqueerandunfilteredpod?si=0GZV68iNaWT5B...

In many African homes, churches, and societies, the Bible is used against LGBTQIA+ people as a weapon, not as a source of love, justice, or compassion. Scripture is selectively quoted to shame, silence, threaten, and dehumanize LGBTQIA+ people, while real problems like violence, abuse, corruption, and abuse are ignored. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversa...

African laws that are against gay people are not about culture; they are about keeping people in line. This episode shows the harsh truth about how African governments use the law against LGBTQIA+ people. These laws are frequently justified as “tradition” or "morality," but the reality is more straightforward and repulsive: they support colonial fear, political power, and religious manipulation ra...

This episode highlights something that countless queer Africans keep to themselves: emotional violence that happens in our homes. Before anyone insults or threatens us, we're already fighting for our lives in our living rooms, bedrooms, and family gatherings. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://yout...

A lot of the most vocal homophobes in African societies are also the men who live double lives. Shame, religion, hypermasculinity, and fear create a violent undercover culture that hurts everyone, including gay men, women, families, and the men themselves. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube...

In marriages, churches, the diaspora, and WhatsApp prayer groups all over the world, there are gay men who are living half-lives because the world never let them live fully. This is a real, necessary, and raw conversation. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DX...

In spite of Africa's problems with poverty, crime, bad government, inflation, lack of safety, and institutions that don't work, queer people are still considered the biggest threat. This episode highlights the cultural obsession with policing queer lives. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://you...

Fashion was my first language before I had the words to defend myself as a gay Igbo man living in a culture that is hostile to gay people. Clothes gave me freedom, safety, and visibility. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@igboqueera...

This episode is about the most important things I've learned about being an openly gay Igbo man, ranging from how to deal with family rejection to how to accept myself, and so much more.  Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@igboq...

This episode is a tribute to our trans siblings in Nigeria, Africa, and around the world who continue to demonstrate their courage and brilliance in societies that attempt to eradicate them. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@igboque...

People like to talk about gay sex, including pastors, politicians, and even the aunties. But the conversation isn't always honest and kind. Our intimacy isn't dirty; it's real, human, and sacred. Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube.com/@ig...

This episode calls out the false comfort of tolerance. Saying things like "We don't hate you, just don't show it" isn't progress; it's control. It's the same old oppression, but it's called "politeness." Stay Connected Welcome to myownkindofrunway, a place for unapologetic conversations, fashion, and queer joy. Watch more videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9jWWJwF_KzrY14FR9DXO4A https://youtube...

This episode is about the kind of healing that gay people in Nigeria have to do behind closed doors, in shame, and in silence. We're told to move on, forgive, and stop talking about it.