{"id":434168,"date":"2017-11-04T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/04\/i-realized-i-was-gay-in-primary-school-kkds-son\/"},"modified":"2017-11-04T05:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:00:33","slug":"i-realized-i-was-gay-in-primary-school-kkds-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/04\/i-realized-i-was-gay-in-primary-school-kkds-son\/","title":{"rendered":"I realized I was gay in primary school &#8211; KKD\u2019s son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Friday,  3 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>atinkaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-03<\/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\/87062740.295.jpg\" alt=\"Darkwa Kyei Darkwa Gay\" title=\"Darkwa Kyei Darkwa Gay\" width=\"295\" height=\"369\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Darkwa Kyei-Darkwa<\/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\/1509771633_752_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Son of celebrated Master of Ceremonies (MC), Kwesi Kyei Darkwa (KKD,  says he got to know he was gay when he was in primary school.<\/p>\n<p>Darkwah Kyei-Darkwah made the startling revelation in an article he wrote for intomore.com, a digital magazine on June 30, 2017<\/p>\n<p>He writes: \u201cThe moment I realized 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<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>I was playing the role of the \u201cideal son\u201d so I could just skate by unnoticed. It wasn\u2019t until I was no longer living at home that I started to realize I wasn\u2019t anyone or anything I\u2019d known so far in my life.\u201d<\/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 realize 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. 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