Social media users felt their hearts beat quicker and all they could do was congratulate the two for staying steadfast even in tough times. To make their anniversary even sweeter, one of the men penned a heartwarming message to celebrate how far their young love has come. They posted photos of themselves having a time of their lives and enjoying their union despite the stigma attached to their love. The Nigerian gay lovers celebrated their anniversary with a loving and emotional post and that left their fans drawing castles in the air.

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As it's our third Val together, I thought I'd share how far we've come as two Gay Nigerian men in love......with the hope that some Queer kid reading from Africa or anywhere around the world can aspire to live free someday. . . I still remember how during our first Val in 2018, we were living secretly in love, couldn't share our love with family or strangers as we cared so much about what people would say...which led us to prioritise the opinions of friends, families & strangers over our happiness. . . We felt strongly for each other but never saw us living openly in our true authentic selves even though we were based in a country that legalised homosexuality. It's actually crazy saying this now but inorder to stop people from talking(and our families from asking too many questions), we almost gave into pressure & made plans to get married to women just to please everyone but ourselves. ? . This unfortunately is the sad reality of many LGBT Africans both in Africa and the West. . . Fast forward months later, I felt ready to live my truth, to share my story.....so I came out of the closet and started living free. A year later, he felt ready and came out to his family too...I was so shocked as we never spoke about it the day it happened. However that was an experience I could relate to...life just happens and you make some big decisions when you feel ready to. . . Coming out made him feel so happy and I was incredibly glad for him too...also, I was excited for the both of us and our future together. . . If someone told me years ago(when I was still laughing at homophobic jokes), I'll be posting this picture today, I'd simply laugh at them and walk away. . I'm so grateful for our growth together as well as our privilege to be in a country where we can express ourselves and be US. . . Really want to send a message to every Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer African reading this to know that your feelings are valid, being who you are isn't a sin and someday you too will have the opportunity to live your truth. . . . Sending lots of love & wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day❤️ . . . ?: @blackinmotion . . #Selflove #Blacklove

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Yomi, one of the lovers made a heartfelt post about how people perceive same sex relationships in this day and age where any possibilty can happen.

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. . You never know what someone is going through so please think twice before coming on their page to deliver your homophobia & threats cos behind every account is a Human being who'll be negatively impacted by your comments no matter how strong that person comes across on social media. Let's grow to be kind people please and if you don't like what I post or have nothing good to say about it...you can simply unfollow, mute, block me or please keep quiet...I take God beg una...ejò ?

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In a Twitter post, Yomi highlighted how their relationship has come a long way since they both made the decision to come out as gay men and live their truth. According to him, it is their third year together as a couple and the post was necessary to celebrate their journey while inspiring other queers based in Nigeria.

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— Dan Yomi (@danyomii) February 14, 2020

They wanted their story to give other queers hope that they too could come out without any fear. All Yomi and his bae wanted was to encourage people to live their truth. The lovestruck tweep narrated how he and his partner celebrated Valentine's Day back in 2018 without any of their family members knowing they were in love. None of their kin even had an idea the two were gay. He said the experience inspired him to finally come out to his family months later, and live freely as a gay man. According to Yomi, his partner still took a while before coming out to his family, but he eventually did. The emotional man gushed over how far they have come as same sex lovers and were happy they lived in a country where they could be themselves. He told all LGBTQ folks and letting them know that their feelings are valid. Yomi reassured them that being who they are is not a sin, and they would get to live their truth someday.Yomi's twitter post got various reactions:

Congratulations this is exquisitely beautiful

— KhayelihleKhumalo (@KhayaJames) February 15, 2020

I want to comment so hard but words cant describe how I feel now. So happy you are living your dream hopefully Nigeria will be a safe space for every lad soonest. BTW you finally showed his beautiful face... goosebumps ??

— Dave Cole (@tunddy) February 15, 2020

Y'all so beautiful

— Hoe-Ren Ishii (@ToBeyOrNoToBey) February 15, 2020

Love. To. See. It. ?

— beauty. spirit. light. (@EniolaHu) February 15, 2020