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[The Sexuality Blog] M.I. Abaga thinks R.Kelly grooming teenage girls for sex is ‘excusable’ because they are above the age of consent
So podcasts have become a thing in Nigeria, and we on The Sexuality Blog have even mentioned podcasts like Now "O' Clock podcast and the We Just Got Back Podcast…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Denmark’s new racist policy wants to curb migration, by stopping Africans from ‘breeding’
I honest to goodness wish this headline was clickbait. But sadly, it is not. Last week, Ulla Tornaes the Minister for Development Co-operation of Scandinavian country of Denmark (which is…
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[The Sexuality Blog] If you’re a woman, not even old age will free you from the misogyny of Nigerians
Just in case you thought Nigeria had left behind its restrictive, misogynistic traditions, think again. In Amauzu Mkpoghoro village, in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, a 60…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Scotland just became the first country in the world to offer free sanitary products
Reproductive health is a huge drain on the incomes of women. Especially for economically disadvantaged women everywhere in the world. It is so bad that in Nigeria, there is information…
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[The Sexuality Blog] LGBTQ and need someone to talk to? TIERS is here to help you
As an LGBTQ person in a place like Nigeria where presenting the right public face can be the difference between life and death can be exhausting. Not knowing who to…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Destination wedding? Same-sex marriage is now legal in Malta
For a country so deeply entrenched in Orthodox Catholicism that the concept of divorce did not legally exist till 2011, Malta has just done the unexpected, they have just legalised…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Give us safe abortions or just sentence us to death already
A 21-year-old girl died in the most horrible of ways, alone and in silence. She was a student of the Federal College of Education in Pankshin, Plateau and died surrounded…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Half of Americans want a law to force women to take their husband’s surname, and this is not a good thing
It almost feels like since America elected Donald Trump into their presidency, America's men have begun to chafe at many of the hard-won rights women have fought for since world…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Your shoulders are sexual and inappropriate, according to the US Congress
Imagine walking into a room, one of the most important rooms into your entire country. In the very next room is where many of your countries laws are decided. Many…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Ekemini Uwan of the ‘Truth’s Table’ podcast is asking the hard questions about gender in the Pentecostal Church
It shouldn't be news to anyone at this point that while the Church has been at the forefront of social justice battles, like racial equality and the emancipation of people…
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[The Sexuality Blog] German authorities just shut down an 87,000 member child pornography site and arrested its owner
BREAKING: German authorities shut down child pornography site with 87,000 members and arrest its administrator — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) July 6, 2017 So this just happened. According to news…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Glitter bombs are the new craze for your vagina, but should you indulge?
When your self-made online store gets 1 million hits, you know you've made it. This is what happened to Australian mother of three last weekend Lola-Butterflie Von-Kerius when her website…
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[The Sexuality Blog] As another gay orgy scandal erupts in the Vatican, is it time we addressed homosexuality in the Catholic church?
If you've been following the news then you'll know that recently, the Vatican police, after being alerted by several complaints broke up a gay orgy in the heart of the…
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[The Sexuality Blog] UK doctors advocating that transwomen should get wombs paid for with government money have begun an ethics war
There is a whole new ethics war brewing in the United Kingdom. As the country becomes more accepting to transgender people, they starting to find out that transwomen desire way…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Do you know flushing your contraceptives down the toilet is creating ‘trans’ fish?
There is so much we don't know about our environment and how it works, especially when it comes to genetic make up of animals of other species. It is quite…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Ever wanted to marry a video game character? Well Japanese men have already beat you to it
Some people have argued that whatever the future holds for humans and technology will first happen in Asia, Japan to be specific. As Japan leads the way and shows all…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Andrew Garfield thinks coming out as gay is good press sound bite for his new film
When famous cis straight white men and women start to feel they are getting boring or losing steam in their personal or professional lives, they start to co-opt the identities…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Germany finally legalises same sex marriage
It is kind of ironic to think that Germany, one of the most sexually liberal countries in the world (no country has many open sex fetish clubs and stores) is…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Nii Odartey Lamptey’s cuckolding raises important questions about men’s mental health
A few years ago, Ghanaian footballer Nii Odartey Lamptey had the worst possible thing that could happen to a famous African man happen to him. While his long term marriage…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Bukar Ibrahim who introduced Sharia to Yobe got caught having a threesome
In the last week of June 2017, a video surfaced on the internet, as news broken by SaharaReporters. The video showed a potbellied middle aged man, dressing up in what…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Jay-Z’s mother came out in his new album and quietly shook the hip-hop world
I might not be as big a hip-hop head as some, but as a Nigerian with brothers and sisters, hip-hop has been an integral part of my childhood and adolescence.…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Why aren’t UNFPA’s free contraceptives for Nigerian men and women getting to the people who need it?
On the 29th of June 2017, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renewed its four year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, UNFPA, for the…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Tanzania’s President Magufuli proves when it comes to reproductive rights Africa really is a country
“As long as I am president … no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school … After getting pregnant, you are done.” - John Magufuli, 2017 Those are…
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[The Sexuality Blog] #HeterosexualPrideDay and the continued obliviousness of straight people
A few days ago LGBT people all over the world gathered together to celebrate Pride, an annual event that is a part celebration-part awareness drive. Pride is held to protest…
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[The Sexuality Blog] You’re never too young to protest restrictive gender norms, just ask these British school boys
Sometimes it's the most inane things that lead to the important conversations about gender and sexuality. This is what an unlikely coalition of school boys from Isca Academy in Exeter…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Weaves are helping bald men find and regain their sex appeal and smash gender barriers
One of the things that misogyny and patriarchal societies have denied men since time immemorial is the opportunity and platform to express just how much body image and the issues…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Donald Trump gives AIDS relief to Nigeria with one hand and takes aid from Africa with the other
With Donald Trump, you simply never know what to expect. We announced here a couple of days, that the United States government recently pledged an impressive 17.5 billion dollars to…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is going to perform simulated sex scenes in her new film, and believe it or not, that’s groundbreaking
Omotola Jolade Ekeinde, one-time Time 100 person of the year and Nigerian mega superstar is returning to the big screens after 3 years away. And she is doing it in…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Out Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Appiah believes Ghanaians care too much about sex to be homophobic
This is not something you see every day. While there really isn't any public stand on homosexuality in Ghana, we're starting to see many more Ghanaians come out and add…
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[The Sexuality Blog] A new TV rating that focuses on gender representation is coming and we’re here for it
Recently we talked about Nigerian parents trying to censor recommended academic literature because they were convinced it fostered rape culture and homosexuality and kidnapping (who does that?); and tried to…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy