�Ko mantlwaneng I wanted to play daddy but with another daddy�

Kwele says he realised his same sex feelings early in life PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Kwele says he realised his same sex feelings early in life PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Mmegi visited the lad who went down memory lane narrating to Staff Writer SHARON MATHALA about his road to self-discovery and finally coming out to his family about his sexual orientation.

When most children reach puberty stage, they struggle with all changes they come across, be it body changes, mood swings, or just struggling to fit in with peers. For 22-year-old Bachidzi Seamus Kwele, at the time he was grappling with the fact that he was “catching feelings” for other boys.

“Why would I choose to be gay when I know it is not accepted in our society?” he shrugs his shoulders, as he protests rhetorically at times sounding like he was soliloquizing.

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