Tag "Nigeria"

Editor's Desk 37 Comments

Facebook Post Of The Day VII

So apparently, one cannot go to the pharmacy to buy ‘something’ without being kito-ed in this Nigeria of nowadays. Check on this Facebook update. It’s quite the post. 

Series (Non-Fiction) 75 Comments

RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 45)

I easily tire of our community here on Kito Diaries whenever the issue of religion comes up. I tire of how unrelenting we are in our standpoints whenever we are

Series (Non-Fiction) 80 Comments

RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 44)

I had a very hectic Sunday; Sundays for me are like the dessert at the meal table – one last bite before the meal finishes. My Sundays are always filled

The Happenings 29 Comments

Nigerian Senate votes down bill on gender equality citing the Bible and Sharia law

Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday (Mar.15), voted against a gender and equal opportunities bill (pdf), which was being sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi. The bill, which did not pass a second

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Facebook Post Of The Day VI

“When we were saying you guys, don’t let them pass that anti-gay bill, y’all thought we were tripping. When we were saying that doing something like that empowers every ignorant

Editor's Desk 22 Comments

The Road from ‘Only’ to ‘However’

This post was penned by Pius Adesanmi as a Facebook post. It is a product of the recent viral news of the Ondo State-based victim of antigay violence, the young

Editor's Desk 192 Comments

Let’s Discuss About…Linda Ikeji, Onyx Godwin And The Nigerian LGBT

Linda Ikeji is a veteran blogger who courts controversy. Some people say she does this soullessly, I don’t know. Very recently, she updated (as she very often does) a post

Series (Non-Fiction) 28 Comments

SUITS AND TIES (Part 7)

I didn’t watch the Grammys. In the past month, I have been busy relocating to a new apartment, setting it up, and settling down. So when the music awards show

The Happenings 36 Comments

Gay wedding disrupted in Abuja

The police in Abuja last Saturday February 6th disrupted a gay wedding between the two men pictured above. The wedding between Abdul Lawal (right) and Umar Tahir (left) was supposed

Kito Stories 56 Comments

HIS KITO STORY (EDITION 23)

I grew up having a sheltered childhood. Mine was the type of growing-up where my siblings and I had no sleepovers, not even at the homes of relatives, and we