Tag "LGBT"

Our Stories 44 Comments

The Gay Switch

A contact of mine on BBM once put up as his display picture the photo of a friend of his who’s not based in Nigeria and who it seemed was

Our Stories 24 Comments

Four Applicants Awarded TIERs Funds For Quarter 1, 2016

The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) is pleased to announce that the LGBT Community Fund has awarded a total of NGN 550,000 in funding to four recipients. The Application Review

Series (Non-Fiction) 41 Comments

RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 47)

My mom and I are close. My dad would always say that my mom and I could plan and overthrow a sitting government and nobody would hear about it. There

Editor's Desk 23 Comments

MOVIE REVIEW: Hell Or High Water

This short film certainly would not make heads roll like I had imagined when I saw the trailer, but it is still a welcoming attempt to show the ‘average’ heterosexual

The Happenings 7 Comments

“I’m Fighting For You.” Viola Davis to LGBT Families

Viola Davis has a message of support for LGBT families. “I’m fighting for you,” she said at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Custody, a movie about a mother’s struggle

Editor's Desk 28 Comments

KITO DIARIES PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

The Initiative For Equal Rights (TIERs) wants you to feel free to call the toll free line (FREE OF CHARGE) and make complaints about any threat on your life, discrimination,

The Happenings 9 Comments

Pope Francis Disappoints LGBT Catholics With New Edict

LGBT Catholics are expressing great disappointment with Pope Francis’s long-awaited document on marriage and family issues, The Joy of Love, released today. The document reaffirms the Roman Catholic Church’s opposition

Series (Non-Fiction) 38 Comments

RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 46)

There’s a question I have to ask, one that has been bothering me for a while now and one that has had me in conflict with a few friends. What

The Happenings 12 Comments

LGBT Ugandans Are Ever So Bombastic

Living in a nation that proudly criminalizes LGBT identity would be enough to make most people stay in the closet — but LGBT activists in Uganda refuse to be silenced

Our Stories 19 Comments

A LETTER TO THE LGBT YOUTH

Dear LGBT Youth, We who are like you, who have come and gone before you, have so much to say to you. We wish that we had someone who could