I wake up and for a moment I think it was just a dream…but then I turn in bed and the nausea hits instantly. I break out in a sweat. When I tell people that I have an eating disorder they often don’t believe me. ‘But you’re so slim!’ When I lose the battle it’s…
Hassen from Tunisia
In September 2018, I had to flee my country, Tunisia, to take refuge.I was raped, assaulted, I did not have the right to complain or to have the protection of the authorities and I was about to be arrested for homosexuality. This country, known for the famous Jasmine Revolution, which won the Nobel Peace Prize,…
Etienne from Belgium
I remember my 17 years and the double life that I led then vis-à-vis my parents. Prodigal son at home, every weekend I gave free rein to the carnival of my desires in the disco’s of Santiago de Chile, where the LGTBQ + revolution raged since the early 2000s. These precious moments of stolen kisses…
Karim from Marokko
Last year, I was having a drink with a newly met friend in a small, nearly empty Spanish bar in the Center of Brussels when I had one of the strangest encounters of my days. I was telling my friend about my past and my mixed origins when a man who was drinking a beer…
Joao & Henrique from Porto
We were introduced to each other by a mutual friend about 12 years ago and our first meeting was in a bar in Porto. At the time we were far from knowing that years later we would become a couple. Henrique was a body piercer and had a very different look from most guys so…
M. from Turkey
It was two years after our marriage. We didn’t have the honeymoon till then. It was what I always wanted to experience. I dreamed about a romantic one with flowers and lavender colour. I am not a romantic person at all but its special for me. Afterall, it’s Paris, the city of love… I made…
Valentin from Berlin
The more comfortable I became with my sexuality over the years, the less sexualized I became in expressing myself on a daily basis. Sex is not a big deal to me anymore and I think that is because I am not uncomfortable with it in the way I used to be. Being sexually active used…
Diogo from Porto
Today I took a step forward, leaving my comfort zone behind. I never thought that I would sit naked in front of a camera, sharing my intimacy with someone I barely knew. We met by chance. I reacted to your story on Instagram and you promptly asked me out for coffee. Over lunch we talked…
Luc from France
My name is Luc. I’m proud of my name even if as a child, the others children were making jokes with it. In French, when you write it backwards, it means “ass”. So jokes are easy. My mother knew before my birth that I was a boy and that my name will be this one. She was…
Jose & Joao from Portugal
We live in a world full of stories. They happen all the time and we easily stumble in an ocean of endless stories, but they tend to pass as a breeze and we often tend to lose them. If only we could collapse them all inside of us, we probably would have learned some lessons…