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How Does One Mistakenly Walk Into An Orgy?

A Cross River State legislator has decided (unsurprisingly) that his first point of duty to his people is to refocus the attention of Nigerians on the “crime” that is homosexuality.

Opinion Pieces 9 Comments

PETER OBI, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY AND QUEER RIGHTS

We are back in election season and this might just be the most paramount election this country will experience in recent times. Everyone was perturbed about the candidates from the

Our Stories 3 Comments

ON THE SANCTITY OF QUEER LIVES AND THE LANGUAGE OF TRAGEDY

1. March, 2020 The Guardian: Man Kills Facebook Friend For ‘Sodomizing’ Him With 20,000 The Nation: Why I ‘Killed’ My Homosexual Facebook Friend, By Suspect   April, 2021 Sahara Reporters:

Fiction 14 Comments

LIVING AGAIN

We were both quarreling that day. Our voices were raised and angry. My voice especially, a sharp tongue scissoring the air, had not a single pause in it. How could

The Happenings 0 Comments

Post-Twitter Ban, LGBTQ Nigerians Remind Everyone That Gay Rights Are Human Rights

On Friday June 4, the Nigerian Federal Government ordered a ban on Twitter in Nigeria. And by Saturday, mobile phone networks blocked access to the microblogging site after apparently being

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Nigerian Government bans Twitter “indefinitely” following deletion of President Buhari’s tweet

Through its Ministry of Information and Culture today, the Nigerian government announced its decision to suspend the operations of the social media platform, Twitter, in the country. The statement, made

The Happenings 5 Comments

#RepealSSMPA: LGBT Advocate Victor Emmanuel Takes A Powerful Stance In The Fight Against Nigeria’s Homophobia

Following the news that a group of men who were attending a party in Anambra State were arrested by the police on March 8, an arrest that is being reported

Editor's Desk 0 Comments

The Minority Report Cannot Believe That There Is Homophobia Already In 2021

The New Year is still in its crawling stage and already we have had people acting out their prejudice. While some societies are getting it right by voting out bad

The Happenings 9 Comments

“Nigerian Homophobes Should Stay Here And Enjoy The Shit.” Olumide Makanjuola mocks the Nigerian outrage over Western penalization of homophobia

There has been a recent awareness on Nigerian social media of how Nigerians seeking opportunities abroad are met with disappointment after their homophobic past is brought up to discredit their

Editor's Desk 3 Comments

A LOOK AT ALL THE REASONS WHY WE WON’T FORGET 2020 IN A HURRY

In the trailer of some Real Housewives of something-something, one of the women can be heard saying something about how she is so done with 2019, and that 2020 is