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A colleague is playing Simi& #39;s discography and I genuinely teared up listening to I Stand By You for the first time in over a year.
It stirred something in me.
A memory, a feeling, a beautiful moment in the past which I buried after I canceled Simi for her open homophobia.
It stirred something in me.
A memory, a feeling, a beautiful moment in the past which I buried after I canceled Simi for her open homophobia.
When I say Simi& #39;s apology to the LGBT+ community means everything to me, this is why.
I haven& #39;t connected to an artist& #39;s work as deeply as I did to Simi& #39;s Simisola.
It was everything to me that year. My rock. My comfort. My go-to after horrible interactions with bigoted people.
I haven& #39;t connected to an artist& #39;s work as deeply as I did to Simi& #39;s Simisola.
It was everything to me that year. My rock. My comfort. My go-to after horrible interactions with bigoted people.
So to have her so openly dismiss the validity of my existence based on some obsolete interpretation of Christianity (a religion I never even had to identify with because I was born Muslim) was gutting.
I had a moment of crisis where nowhere felt safe when I watched her interview
I had a moment of crisis where nowhere felt safe when I watched her interview
There was time in my early teens when in a desperate search for a community that would love me wholly, difference and all, I sought solace in the Church.
Behind my parent& #39;s back of course.
I was a 13 year old Muslim boy in Kano, spending my money to go to Christ Embassy to pray
Behind my parent& #39;s back of course.
I was a 13 year old Muslim boy in Kano, spending my money to go to Christ Embassy to pray
2 years down the line I let go of trying and tried to balance my queerness with my parent& #39;s faith, but in the back of my mind I always yearned for that Christian message of God& #39;s love I first heard at Christ Embassy.
It contrasts starkly to the message of devotion of my Islam.
It contrasts starkly to the message of devotion of my Islam.
I eventually stopped rating either religion and centered my well being and humanity above them.
I hope more people do the same.
Music is enough wonder to last me a lifetime.
Human affection enough love.
And heaven is anywhere I& #39;m able to find love and warmth.
I hope more people do the same.
Music is enough wonder to last me a lifetime.
Human affection enough love.
And heaven is anywhere I& #39;m able to find love and warmth.
