Tag "Society"

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What’s On Your Mind… II

Since you asked ever so nicely, I have to admit, I’m surprised I made it again so soon. I never thought I’d be able to put anything down so soon

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Daughters, I Will Learn To Teach You…

When I finally decide to blow brazenly into the capacious life of mother – er, fatherhood, synthetically, with a rock and another man’s name, I do not hesitate to say

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Previously On Linda Ikeji’s Blog…

As long as the world believes you have a choice in the issue of your sexuality, as long as it believes you can choose not to be gay, there can

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Let’s Discuss…About Age As Just A Number

Is Age really nothing but a Number? Last year, in April, college basketball star Derrick Gordon came out as being gay. Not too long after that, he made a public

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BEHIND THE PURPLE CLOUDS

I narrated this personal experience around May last year to Charlie Boy when I was at his residence in Gwarimpa, Abuja. He is writing a book, and wants to adapt

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The Struggle With Validation

Like every other homosexual person, I had a truckload of esteem related issues. As a child, I always sought validation from my dad, who I never got along with. Looking

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Let’s Discuss…About The Visibility Of What Society Doesn’t Want To See

A friend of mine and follower of KD wanted to know, a couple of days ago, what comment made in disparagement of someone’s HIV status that brought on the collective

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NOW, A THOUGHT FOR KENNY BADMUS’ WIFE

Written by Akin Akintayo, and originally published on akinblog.nl On the one hand, praise. A couple of days ago, I celebrated the coming out of Kenny Badmus on both the

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Photo: LGBT And What We All Think

I saw this photo on the internet and knew I had to share. It summarizes the general misconceptions everyone has about us.

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RANTINGS OF A RANDOM (Gay) NIGERIAN (Entry 1)

My leave approval came through on the 10th of December and I had never been more excited to see an email (except of course, credit notification emails from GTBank). I