Tag "Nigerian LGBT"
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
RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 63)
I woke up one morning and Twitter was buzzing. It appeared that Pink News, which is a foremost LGBT newspaper in the UK, had awarded David Cameron the title of
Of TIERs, Reuben Abati And All That Angst
Let me get this out of the way from the onset so we are clear. I don’t like Mr. Reuben Abati. Over the past five years, I have come to
There Is No Engaging With A Keynote Speaker
Let me talk a little about Robert Byrd. For those who don’t know him, Robert Byrd was a US Senator from Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. He
Reuben Abati, TIERs and the Nigerian LGBT
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) in partnership with YNaija.com has announced the speakers at the 2016 Human Rights discussion conference themed: Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law. The conference,
THE POLICE I WANT
I find it a bit ironic that on the day I noticed the #ThePoliceIWant hashtag on twitter was the day I got my first experience with the police we have
EMERALD THOUGHTS (PART 2)
Previously on Emerald Thoughts… * “I’m married.” It felt like someone had pushed me hard from behind unexpectedly. I stopped in my tracks, juggling the weight of the revelation in my
Call for Submissions | An Anthology of Nigerian Queer Art
You are invited to submit your work to a new anthology celebrating LGBT life and community in Nigeria. Here are the details: On January 13 2014, the administration of Goodluck
LOVE AND SEX IN THE CITY (Episode 59)
Where are you? My phone pinged with the receipt of the message as I watched the taxi driver decelerate. He approaching the junction I’d asked to be dropped. I looked
K’osidim n’obi (Entry 2)
So this actually happened a few weeks ago. It was one of my lazy evenings; I was trying to sew up a skirt for a friend before burying myself in
