Tag "Nigerian LGBT"
Uche Jombo’s ‘Social Media Slays’ And The Life We Know
Through some WhatsApp interactions, I got to learn of a new web series produced by the actress, Uche Jombo, which shows on Nvivo TV. And as these things are wont
BISI ALIMI IS NOT THE FACE OF THE NIGERIAN LGBT
Following the furor over the claims by Bisi Alimi that his October 29 Night of Diversity function was the “first Lagos Pride” event in Nigeria, there was a lot of
Did You Attend The Lagos “Pride” Event?
Yesterday, the Nigerian LGBT woke up to the news that an event titled the Night of Diversity 2019, organized by the Bisi Alimi Foundation had been held in Lagos on
The Minority Report on The Roles of LGBT Allies
It is important for LGBT allies to give room for the LGBT community to have its own agency when it comes to issues regarding them, and for LGBT people to
“Telling Nigerians Who Are Out And Proud That They Are Foolish Is Wrong.” – Kayode Ani
Some days ago on Twitter, the writer of the KD column, Dear Straight People, took on an issue that I myself feel strongly about. This tendency to shush out gay
THE ACTUAL CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE
There are many ways Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone resonated with me. There is first the obvious: the thrill of inhabiting a world woven by Adeyemi of an
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
The judges have returned with the winning stories for the birthday giveaway pride literary competition. And the four stories are posted below. We will reach out to the winners on
Homophobic Rhetoric And Nigeria’s Culture Of Violence (A Piece By Ayo Sogunro)
Sometime in May 2015, in Abuloma, Port Harcourt, a man named Charles was harassed, beaten, and robbed by his neighbourhood security watch. What was his crime? He was perceived to
“Nigerian Media Don’t Report Positive News About The LGBT.” Pamela Adie Observes
When 57 boys were arrested in Lagos in August last year – an arrest that led to the infamous “they didn’t caught me” comic moment that took the social media
‘The Minority Report Nigeria’ wraps up the year with a recap of all of 2018’s queerness
If Goodluck Jonathan was hoping to silence the Nigerian LGBT with the passage of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Law he passed in 2014, he failed woefully. It’s been four
