Tag "Gay Community"

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WHEN NEXT YOU SAY THAT ALL GAY MEN KNOW IS SEX

I have a theory. I am going to paint a picture. I will be creating the average life of a gay man in Nigeria. Let’s call him Tayo. So, we

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WHAT IS IN A NAME? (A Personal Inquiry Into The Process Of Vilifying Words)

“What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” (Excerpted from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare)   A couple

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Gay Nigerian Writes A Letter To the Queer Community

Safety. Dating. Sex. Community. Internalized homophobia. These are some of the issues that Twitter user @CardinalOrsini address in his twitter thread of a letter to members of the community, especially

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Coronavirus: Advice On Sex For The Gay Community During The Pandemic

Those in the gay community have been advised to be cautious about sex – particularly with multiple partners – if they want to avoid catching and spreading coronavirus. Leading LGBT+

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DIFFERENT STROKES

One of the gifts I believe being gay has given me is the ability to be open-minded to things different from what I’m used to, to not see the world

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ABOUT TIME (AN OPEN LETTER TO MY COMMUNITY)

The first reason I decided to write this story was because I have been carrying the burden of what I’ve done in my heart for a long time. There is

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Why Do Gay Men Pay Straight Men For Sex But Not Fellow Gay Men?

I was in the company of some friends a few days ago, and one of them was talking about the exploits of his friend who is apparently a diehard straight

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THE DILEMMA OF CHYKING THE MAN

There are a lot of things that make living as a gay man in Nigeria difficult: there is the Nigerian brand of homophobia that is hateful and violent and ironically

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Kito Alert: Who Can You Trust?

Who can you trust not to steal you or set you up in the gay community? I often get asked this rhetorical question, and I have to say that there’s

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The Life That Was Robbed From The Nigerian Gay Community

There are so many innocent harmless aspects of the hookup culture in Nigeria that the SSMPA has taken away from us. A few days ago, I was on my way