SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST

Before I begin writing, let me warn you that this is not some funny essay. This is not funny. Depression is not funny. I mean DO NOT EXPECT TO LAUGH. If you want to laugh, go and read about feminists who want Meghan fucking Rapinoe to earn the same as Messi when she doesn't even have half the talent of Jesse bloody Lingard (and he's uniquely talentless). Don’t read this. This is an essay about a very sombre subject and as such I expect a very sombre attitude towards reading it. In fact, if you make any attempt to smile while reading this, you’re literally worse than Hitler. You get it? You're like LITERALLY like Hitler. And even worse, because even Hitler cared about Germany, or something.  Wait. Wait. I am sure you are thinking, wow that introduction was just tongue in cheek. He is actually writing something funny and wants us to laugh ha ha Lmao laughing my anxiety out. My tongue is outside my cheek please, it is not in any cheek kan kan. I trust that we are a...

Phobia simply refers to the fear of something and an aggravated form of that would be doing everything you can to keep it away. There are variations of phobia including : agoraphobia, claustrophobia etc. and these are all in relation to objects and inanimate stuff. Then, you have other ones like: Homophobia, Transphobia, Islamophobia and xenophobia. These ones deal with fear of a particular group of human beings so much so that you are driven to hurt them or do everything you can to keep them away and/or ostracize them. In this piece, I’ll be talking about homophobia and the extent of the word. Let me start by mentioning that homophobia is a real thing! I have listened to people narrate freaking horror stories about everything they go through because they seem to be attracted to people of the same sex and they can’t help it. Even more so, in my native country, “homosexual acts” have been criminalized and a violation of that attracts a jail term of 14 years. Any sign of homosexuality ma...