As occurs in many other countries around the world, many gays and lesbians in Cameroon seek refuge in the big city, and the two young gay men we meet in this documentary are also crazy about Lady Gaga, whose song Born this Way made the singer an international gay icon, although the tolerance she speaks of is just a dream for these young Cameroonians. In their country, same-sex relations are punishable by up to five years in prison, and it is practically impossible to come out, even to one's own family.

This film explores both the impossible and the possible. The conversations that arise from the discrete intimacy that the protagonists establish with the film crew reveal their desire for a love that they are still forbidden from finding. Born this Way also enables us to learn more about Alice Nkom, a famous lawyer and human rights activist, and her struggle to protect the rights of gays and lesbians in Cameroon. Thanks to her, hope is reborn hope and spaces begin to appear where it is no longer necessary to deny one's very being. Like Call me Kuchu, the 2012 Teddy Award winner the depicts the plight of homosexuals in Uganda, Born This Way shows clearly that there is still much to do in the global struggle for tolerance and equality.