Tag "LGBT"

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‘Why I Won’t Stop Talking About The LGBT Community.’ – John Pavlovitz

This piece, which was penned by my all-time favorite blogger, John Pavlovitz and originally published on johnpavlovitz.com with the title ‘Why I’m Tired of Talking About The LGBT Community… And

The Happenings 28 Comments

Proposed law in Uganda could be used to shut down pro-gay charities

A new law has been drafted in Uganda that could be used to ban all pro-gay charities and LGBT rights groups. The country’s new Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) bill would give

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RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 14)

A friend and I were having a conversation the other day, and we naturally got to the issue of gay men getting married to women. He said something that I

Our Stories 141 Comments

That Article That Asks: ‘You’re Gay… So What?’

This write-up was written by Ifeoluwapo Odedere, and originally published on Bellanaija.com * Perhaps one of the most trending things right now is the ‘gay’ phenomenon. Just take three steps

Kito Stories 58 Comments

MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CLOSET

You came out to your family and a few friends, and no one ever talked about it at all. No one asked if you’d found love. No one asked if

James' Journal 76 Comments

JAMES’ JOURNAL (Entry 34)

April 10 I was listening properly to a song on David Guetta’s ‘Listen’ album. You know how you might hear a song but never really hear it. Well that day,

The Happenings 8 Comments

‘Michael Sam does not speak for all gay men.’ – says Bisexual NFL Player

A bisexual player in the NFL has attacked Michael Sam, saying he does not “speak for all gay men”. Out gay NFL hopeful Michael Sam very recently said he knows

Editor's Desk 84 Comments

Now That Muhammadu Buhari Has Won The Presidency…

Dare we hope that the next four years will constitute a Better Tomorrow for Nigerian LGBT?

The Happenings 18 Comments

‘I Want To Own My Story.’ – Bisi Alimi

In December last year, Bisi Alimi joined other global LGBT activists to speak at the New York City public library to mark 2014 Human Rights. His talk titled “My name

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“We can’t let minorities be pitted against each other.” – Kerry Washington

Scandal star Kerry Washington delivered a powerful speech on what it means to be ‘other’, while accepting an award from GLAAD. The actress was honoured with the Vanguard Award at