The Sexuality Blog: Reuben Abati spends a day with the gay community in Nigeria

Gay people in Nigeria sat to listen when Dr. Reuben Abati delivered the keynote address at this year’s special event on “Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law”, an annual symposium organized to promote awareness on issues relating to the plight of the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Queer and/or Intersex (LGBTQI) Community in Nigeria. It was... Read More

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Gay people in Nigeria, The Sexuality Blog

November 15, 2016

Tajé Prest: Is your man in the closet?

by Tajé Prest So lately I’ve been hearing a whole lot of crazy stories that are honestly quite terrifying. For some of the stories, I was shown proof! Insane! They all go along the lines of this babe’s husband is sleeping with this other babe’s husband. Yes, husband. Initially I wasn’t going to write about... Read More

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Bisexual, in the Closet

November 13, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Does God hate homosexuals?

Does God Hate Homosexuals? Recently studying deeper as to what people believe when it comes to sexuality, there is no doubt that a lot of us are left confused ourselves. It’s a known fact that in many cases, same-sex attraction is nothing more than a passing phase- hands up if you’ve ever been attracted to... Read More

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bisexuality, gay, homosexuality, same sex

November 8, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: When LGBT activist, Bisi Alimi married Anthony in the UK (PHOTOS)

The official photos are not out yet but who can wait? It is the historic Nigerian wedding of the year and you know how much we Nigerians love our weddings. LGBT activist, HIV advocate, actor, writer, speaker, Bisi Alimi is officially off the market. He married his partner Anthony in the UK last weekend. It... Read More

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Gay marriage, LGBT activist Bisi Alimi, Same Sex Bill

November 5, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: A tale of 2 lesbian blackmails and the continuous rooting for ‘hate crimes’

When victimhood of a hate crime is raised to the level of being honourable, is it okay for some people to decide that shaming said hate crime to support the innocence of another hate crime is an honourable thing to do? Do I confuse you? Please read on. Hate crimes are any crimes that are targeted at a... Read More

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Chidinma Okeke, Grace Ogbuji, Hate Crime, lesbian, same sex, sexuality

October 28, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Let’s explain why what happened this week was bigotry

by Chi Ibe First, let’s take you through dictionary definitions: According to Merriam-Webster, simple and full definitions: 1. Full Definition of bigot: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with... Read More

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Alder Consulting, bigotry, Bobrisky, enough is enough nigeria

October 28, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: This week, Nigeria’s civil society took a bold stand – and it should impress you

We assume, if you’re the kind of person who reads YNaija.com, you know that this week, Idrs Okuneye, who you would know as Bobrisky, served up a storm, without necessarily doing anything. He was invited to speak about Unusual Engagement on New Media – a subject on which he, with his 150,000 daily views on... Read More

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Bobrisky, Chidi Odinkalu, gbenga sesan, Governance, idris okuneye, Latter Rain Assembly, New Media, rccg, Seun Onigbinde, Snapchat, yemi adamolekun

October 26, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: 2 tweets give the proper answer on Bobrisky

Alder Consulting is a strategy and consulting firm in Nigeria, whose well-respected chief executive tweets about sex, and relationships regularly. A member of the team was invited to a new media and governance conference. Because cross-dresser Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) was invited, they pulled out, via a press release this morning: The inclusion of Bobrisky unfortunately... Read More

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Alder Consulting, Bobrisky, EiE, New Media, nigeria, twitter.

October 25, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Nigerian menswear designers and the so-called ‘gay agenda’

A journalist walked up to me recently and asked if I had noticed how Nigerian male designers were boldly throwing taboo to the wind. Taboo? Hmm… I mean they are definitely reaching places never threaded before and are thinking outside the box but I’m not sure I will describe that as “throwing taboos to the... Read More

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adebayo oke lawal, Gay Agenda, Nigerian Menswear Designers, orange culture, Tokyo James

October 11, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Genitals means gender… or does it?

We are not really good at calling things out in Nigeria, and if we do venture at it, we are either too hypocritical or too ignorant forcing many important conversations to be silenced. See, we were taught that if a child is born with a penis, it is male and if born with a vagina,... Read More

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Amanda, Bessy Ekaete, gemail, gender, identity, Love, male, nigeria, Oluwaseun Fajilade, Ryan James

September 24, 2016

Our embrace of Bobrisky (and Denrele) proves we’re more tolerant than we like to admit

Two years ago, the National Assembly passed an anti-LGBTI Law to what might be considered ‘critical acclaim’ by Nigerians. Nigerians are a people given to fiercely protecting their own but there was no protection for the LGBTQ Community by Nigerians when then President Goodluck Jonathan signed the bill in 2014. The average Nigerians that chose to... Read More

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' says Nollywood actress caught stealing, Bobrisky, Denrele, gay rights, LGBTI, sticky

September 13, 2016

Dear Nigerians, transgenders are here and there’s nothing you can do about it

The Nigerian society is quietly witnessing the birth of a new breed of transgenders, a trend that hardly existed few years back. Since the year began, a few young Nigerians have revealed their new identities without shame or fear. Most of them are men who now identify with the female gender and will stop at... Read More

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Bobrisky, Denrele Edun, gay, LGBT, nigeria, Transgender