Category: Non-binary Blog
Ableist language could be eroding the wins of Nigerians Living with Disabilities
There are many ways the systemic exclusion and oppression of people living with disabilities manifest in everyday life. It is ...
Workplace sexual harassment is too prevalent to ignore – STER survey finds
If you have ever been in a mixed-gender space where sexual violence is the topic of discourse you will notice ...
3 Nigerian mothers share their reaction to their children coming out as gay and why
In order not to mar the celebration of LGBT Pride – which we did with a series of multimedia content ...
Film Review: Joy, pain, defiance in HBO’s The Legend of the Underground
The infamous Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act signed into law in 2014 revealed the cowardice of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency. ...
#PrideMonth: Long distance Relationships as an Aesthetic of Queer Love
By Damilola Aremo A few months ago, someone had asked a question on Twitter. It was one of those question-type ...
#PrideMonth Special: True story of two men who thought they could love openly
By Omoleye Omoruyi “Ade! What are you saying? Tell me, what are you saying?” Ade’s mom shouted on top of ...
#PrideMonth: Raising queer children takes more than a village
By Yinka Seth My brother came home one day, worry etched on his face. His face was a pimpled mess ...
#PrideMonth: Love will liberate us
By Ado Aminu Aminu In exploring love, we often fixate unhealthily on one kind of love – romantic love. It ...
#PrideMonth: Violence in Same-Sex Relationships – An epidemic yet invisible
The pointless wailings of homophobia in Nigeria – perpetrated by state and non-state actors – notwithstanding, the reality that two people ...
#PrideMonth: The Gospel of the Nigerian Messiah, as told to me by the Lord Himself
By Kanyinsola Olorunnisola When the boy was five, when he first learned about Jesus Christ, about a white man performing ...
#PrideMonth: YNaija Non-Binary Chat in conversation with Occultist Eniitan
Religion is mostly ideologies mankind depends on to mitigate a world that can feel daunting to process even on our ...
#PrideMonth: Validating queer love in the ‘closet’
Amplifying LGBTQ voices have been part of YNaija’s content ethos since 2017. And with this year’s Pride themed as Loving ...
#WorldHumanistDay: Saving Nigeria is everyone’s business including the irreligious
On paper, Nigeria is a secular state. A budding multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural democracy brimming with potential. We have the ...
#PrideMonth: Non-Binary Chat discusses pointers in building your own affirming family as a queer person
Picture this: a friendship of 22 years dissolves into, “Just to be safe, I will sleep in the parlour.” Just ...
#PrideMonth: Boihood; Personal Triumphs of Being in Community With Bois
By Alexandra Maduagwu Boi has a variety of meanings. For this piece, which relates to masculine women or women-aligned people, ...
#PrideMonth: Love is everything but love; a queer Muslim man’s experience with love
By Phaysal Phagge It is difficult to write about love when everything you know about it has been anything but, ...
The ‘dos and don’ts’ of supporting a marginalised group
On any other day it will make all the sense in the world to simply say, “Support marginalised groups,” and ...
Nigeria’s Twitter ban affects LGBT+ Nigerians worse than other Nigerians
A lot has been said about the consequences of the Twitter ban in Nigeria with regards to its impact on ...
#PrideMonth: The Sacristy, Sex and Sexuality; A personal essay on self-acceptance
By Marian Nwakolo Growing up, I was the child who dragged her parents to school to fight the management for ...
What it means when we tell LGBT+ Nigerians: “Keep it to yourselves, no one cares”
If you have ever had the strength to challenge a Nigerian to a discourse on their complacency in the systemic ...
We can learn a thing or two about slut-shaming from Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay
There is power in language we often fail to recognise because of how easily language seems to come to us. ...
#PrideMonth: Introducing ‘Loving in Colour – The Heart of Defiance’ | A #YNaijaSpecial
By Ayodele Olofintuade When Non-binary writer, Ado Aminu approached me to collaborate with YNaija to curate this year’s Pride Month ...
We can learn a thing or two from Nigeria’s Twitter ban
In the wake of the federal government arbitrarily banning Twitter in Nigeria, the bulk of the conversation being had is ...
Lack of accessibility may be pushing Nigerians to self-diagnose mental illness, but it doesn’t have to be the only way
However slow going, the conversation on mental illness continues to shift from the dark place of shame and silence it ...
Saudi Arabia’s restriction on loudspeakers in mosques is worth emulating in Nigeria
If you have ever lived in the heart of Kano – as I have – you know intimately what I ...
International Sex Worker’s Day: Access to justice for sex workers should be our responsibility
One thing sex workers in Nigeria know on any given day is that access to justice is a pipe dream ...
YNaija Non-Binary Chat tackles the question, “What is the place of gay Muslims in the eyes of Allah (SWT)?”
There are many ways to be a Muslim LGBT+ person, but I have only ever allowed myself to contemplate either ...
What does Pride mean to you? 4 LGBT+ Nigerians share
Whatever celebrating LGBT+ pride may mean to you, there is one element that run through each individual meaning – defiance, ...
Constitutional review | Nigeria’s 9th Senate has a chance to shine as champions of inclusion
Nigeria has for the longest time paid lip service to inclusion – of women, the disabled, children and gender and ...
Gender roles, Sharia in South West, Demolition respectability | Top non-binary tweets we saw from Nigeria last week
The task of documenting the trajectory of conversation on non-binary issues – sexuality, gender, mental and emotional health, faith and ...
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- 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