{"id":433617,"date":"2017-11-02T21:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/kkds-son-opens-up-about-being-gay\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T21:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:30:27","slug":"kkds-son-opens-up-about-being-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/kkds-son-opens-up-about-being-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"KKD&#8217;s son opens up about being gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday,  2 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>peacefmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/66674809.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kkd Family\" title=\"Kkd Family\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Darkwah says he doesn\u2019t feel the need to conform to anybody\u2019s standard in terms of sexuality<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795851541\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795851541\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509658227_222_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Darkwah Kyei-Darkwah, a model and alleged son of popular Ghanaian broadcaster Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD), has opened up about being gay on a digital magazine, intomore.com and says he had a difficult time coming out about his sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he used to hide it and remembered instances when he used to be very quiet, obedient and often stay in his room so as he would be unnoticed when he was staying with his parents.<\/p>\n<p>He has, however, gone past that stage in his life. He currently doesn\u2019t feel the need to conform to anybody\u2019s standard in terms of sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment I realised I was gay happened in primary school. Someone called me gay as an insult and I responded with \u201cso what?\u201d I was totally fine with it, but others weren\u2019t and that was when the discomfort and shame with my sexuality started,\u201d he told intomore.com.<\/p>\n<p>He was featured on the website alongside other gay models with African backgrounds on issues they face as queer people of colour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving under my parents\u2019 roof, I was constantly hiding. I\u2019d get home from school and be incredibly quiet, helpful and obedient. I stayed in my room most of the time. I was playing the role of the \u2018ideal son\u2019 so I could just skate by unnoticed. It wasn\u2019t until I was no longer living at home that I started to realise I wasn\u2019t anyone or anything I\u2019d known so far in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went through a lot of ups and downs, trying out new ways of dressing, trying out new friendship groups, and reinventing myself over and over again. I realise I did this because I was still trying to fit in a box \u2013 the stylish black guy, the cool and macho black guy, the femme, flamboyant and fun black guy. None worked because there is a lot more to me (and any person for that matter) than a stereotype. I am now very comfortable with my sexuality because I don\u2019t feel I need to conform to any one image,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back home in Ghana, being gay comes with grave challenges. It\u2019s not accepted by majority and there\u2019s being moves to criminalise homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Mike Ocquaye Jnr, was recently reported have lashed out at human rights group Amnesty International who called on him to relax his stance on gay rights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4X6sauh7Qis\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 2 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Thursday, 2 November 2017 Source: peacefmonline.com 2017-11-02 Darkwah says he doesn\u2019t feel the need to conform to anybody\u2019s standard in terms of sexuality &#13; 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