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Paula Akpan: Coming into my queerness

Published on : 25 June 2019 Published by : EDITOR

In a special column for Pride month, the co-founder of Black Girl Fest talks about the importance of belonging BY PAULA AKPAN I first started coming into my queerness while I was studying at university in Nottingham. It began with the classic, “You know, I really think I could be with anyone, like I’m just [….]

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