'I’ve never felt a peace in my heart like it': The power of queer Black love

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'There is freedom in queer relationships, but sometimes you have to see it to believe it.'

There are harmful messages about love that we internalise, especially within marginalised communities. Being Black and gay, you’re made to feel that you have to work twice as hard to get half as much in life - and that is the same when it comes to love. You feel like you have to fulfil all of these criteria to be worthy of love, when that’s not the case.

 

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