Anti-Conformity, Evolution of Dakar’s Gor-Jigeen Fashion according to Jeannot

“IT’S BEEN TWENTY YEARS, when I could call myself young, but even if I’m not anymore, despite the fact that I behave like a 19 year old kid, I’ve never given up my passion for fashion. In my mind I’m still fresh and young, I always think positively; and that gives me strength.”

Feminism, Fashion and the Politics Adornment

I have to admit that growing up I never imagined that I would ever publicly declare my love for the two f-words so openly – ‘feminism’ and ‘fashion’. While I have always claimed my feminism, I shied away from embracing my love for fashion.

Prince Of Flair

With the perfect outfit, accessories, shoes and neat hair and only my built character I shine with flair in every step I take…. and that is why I can define myself without saying a word.

Put a Ring on

Fashion can also be a code, a sign of recognition, this first message that communicate to others if the other person is available or not. Thus, the use of a ring on one’s thumb. Whether it is on a girl’s or a boy’s thumb, wearing a ring tells the other person that he/she is free to engage.

Sexual Labels

TOPS, TOTAL TOPS, ORAL TOPS, VERSATILE TOPS, VERSATILES, VERSATILE BOTTOMS, BOTTOMS, TOTAL BOTTOMS, POWER BOTTOMS … and all kinds of deranged derivatives. I say deranged because usually when African gay men refer to themselves using their label du jour, they are lying. Simply put, a lot of us are living in a state of denial.*

‘Unexpected’ Places

Finding that revolutionary love in such a place I didn’t necessarily expect gave me the confidence to be comfortable with who I am as a queer person. As queers we are often taught that we are inherently weak, sick, worthless, that our lives do not matter.