Love Offers No Safety

Jude Dibia is an author, queer rights advocate, winner of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prose Prize, and shortlisted for the Nigeria Literature Prize, Common Wealth Prize and the Swedish Natur och Kulture Pris. His debut novel ‘Walking with Shadows’ is the first full length novel devoted to queer issues in Nigeria. Dibia currently lives in Sweden where he works with displaced artists as the administrator of the Malmö City refuge artists’ program (Malmö Fristads Program). He is also working on his next novel.

Table
Of Contents

 

          Introduction   





The
Past Was More Accepting Than The Future      
I
Was Never Alone With My Mother’s Love
My
Sexuality Is Part Of Me, But It Does Not Define Me     
Do
Not Rely Too Much On Labels, For Too Often They Are Fables           
Navigating
Loneliness           
The
Many Faces Of Love Offers No Safety 
A
Divine Life In Darkness, A Liberated Life In Light         
Between
A Rock And A Hard Place  
As
Long As I Love Myself, I Will Be Fine   
When
I Am No Longer Afraid, I Will Stop Being Perfect   
My
Future Is Not With A Woman     
My
Sexuality Does Not Affects My Faith     
Every
Man Is Born Gay         
Waiting
On The Sideline For The Life I Desire        
Despite
Pitfalls, I Have Triumphed In My Sexuality
I
Am Queer. This Is Who I Am         
My
Activism Is To Protect Vulnerable People          
Swinging
Both Ways With A Solid Marriage
I
Will Continue To Survive Within This Environment
It
Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am 
Steppingstones
To Happiness
I
Was Forced To Come Out  
If
Your Son Asks For Bread, Will You Give Him A Stone?
The
Tide Will Determine How Well The Pendulum Will Swing