Kenyan - Author | January 18, 1971 -
I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.
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I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
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I'm not even sure I want to use the term 'coming out.'
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There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can't think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point.
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We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.
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I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.
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Every one, we, we homosexuals, are people, and we need our oxygen to breathe.
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I love playing with words and texture.
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I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.
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