Tag "Homosexuality"

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Homosexuality Is NOT Comparable To Rape. But a Nigerian Gay Man doesn’t seem to get this

One of the problems that the queer community faces in the fight against homophobia is having to check the narrative that homosexuality is not comparable to violent crimes. Homophobes are

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Zambian president pardons imprisoned gay couple, told apologise to US ambassador who was kicked out for defending gay rights

President of Zambia Edgar Lungu is facing calls to apologise to the US ambassador who was expelled from the country for defending an imprisoned gay couple. Ambassador Daniel Foote was

Fiction 20 Comments

A VIOLENT SHADE OF RED

Love, they say, conquers all things. I’m now sure that that’s not entirely true. For I wonder why love hasn’t conquered all the pain that have weighed down on my

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“Boys Are Lured Into Homosexuality Through Sexual Abuse.” Nigerian Activist Couple Voice Their Ignorance Of LGBT Issues on Instagram Live

They go by the names Ebuka Obika Ede and Ruth Ebuka Ede, founders of the Save The Boys Initiative, and yesterday, on Monday, April 27, they caught the attention of

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Opinion: What Is Gay-For-Pay And How Does It Impact Our Society’s Perception Of Homosexuality?

Originally published on Screenshot Magazine   What Is Gay-For-Pay? Gay-for-pay has been a porn sensation for nearly two decades now. I personally found myself enamoured with it since early adolescence.

Editor's Desk 10 Comments

Sex Education’s Eric Effiong Is The Teenager I’ve Been Growing Up To Be

When I finally got around to watching the show (thanks to the coronavirus quarantine), I couldn’t believe how long it took me to get to Sex Education, a Netflix coming-of-age

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MY NAME IS DIMEJI

EDITOR’S NOTE: Remember the hit three-part miniseries, Finding Dimeji (Read HERE, HERE and HERE)? Well, Dimeji is finally speaking his truth, and here is the beginning of his story. *

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TO BE DELIVERED IN THE NAME OF GOD (PART 2)

Previously on TO BE DELIVERED IN THE NAME OF GOD… * After a few days, my mother had them all ready, and we returned to the church. Not long after we

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TO BE DELIVERED IN THE NAME OF GOD

In 2014, my older sister, Karen, asked me to give my phone to her friend, Yomi. You see, I had two phones, a BlackBerry and a Nokia E3. Before I

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Downton Abbey, Mrs Maisel, And The Nigerian Gay Clime

Awhile back, I watched two Western television back to back. One was Downton Abbey, the movie. And the other was the third season of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. And it