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A mother's worst nightmare; son turning out to be gay

Let’s take this right. They say brevity starts when you embrace your fears. But some fears are just inescapable, not because you are naïve or vulnerable but some fears are gigantic FOLKS! You know why? Because we see them in our daily lives...and so they absolutely live in us. They are palpable.

Being gay really disturbs mothers of sons outside there. The fear is real. It hurts. Many pray to rebuke it so that it never falls on their families. We Africans, the imagination is unreal, the son you bore decades ago is now interested in another same-genital species somewhere. “Doesn’t even add up”

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