Tag "LGBT Stories"

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THE WINNERS OF THE ANNIVERSARY WRITING COMPETITION ARE…

For this competition, there a lot of submissions entries that told the story of remembered pain, aches and never forgotten hurts. There is an undisputed power in storytelling, and if

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AN ANNIVERSARY WRITING COMPETITION

April is the month of Kito Diaries’ anniversary. It is also the birth-month of a KDian, and to commemorate these, there is the sum of 40 thousand naira available to

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KITO DIARIES PRIZE FOR WRITING: AND THE SHORTLIST OF ENTRIES ARE…

FOREWORD: Following the publication of the long-list, a very kind-hearted KDian donated some money to the prize giving, which has lengthened the finalists from four to six. So, at the

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KITO DIARIES PRIZE FOR WRITING: AND THE LONGLIST OF ENTRIES ARE…

Post-deadline for the submission of entries, which was on December 30 2020, and after working through the acceptance of the entries whose submissions met the guidelines and whose storytelling followed

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The Equality Hub Launches The EhTV Network, Nigeria’s First Streaming Service. And It’s Queer!

The Equality Hub’s executive director, Pamela Adie, has always spoken highly of storytelling as a tool for LGBT advocacy in Nigeria. And now, the organisation has taken a major step

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Opinion: Why Happy LGBT Stories Are Necessary

Originally published on thevermilion.com   Everybody involved in media, whether it’s writing books, movies or even lore for video games, knows that characters are what truly makes a work good.

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An Ethnography of KD Stories

Sometime in January, I wrote to this community, asking for volunteer interviewees for the research work I was doing and was immensely touched by the feedback I got; the commitment

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Now Where Were We?

Well hello, hello, hello… Since we’ve been gone, Germany has signed marriage equality into law, gonorrhea has become deadlier, Sense8 has made a comeback, and TIERs has debuted the Quick

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My Life In Tweets

Dear KDians, A Call For Entries was made about a month ago by the 14 team for works that tell the stories of LGBT Nigerians. The response so far has