discrimination

The Counter-Culture Blog: Why Gay Men Will Not Stop Marrying Straight Women | The Painful Reality of Mixed-Orientation Marriages

As society progresses towards greater acceptance and understanding of LGBTQ+ individuals, it’s easy to assume that the practice of gay men marrying straight women will eventually become a thing of the past. However, the reality is that as long as homophobia exists, many gay men will continue to enter into marriages with women as a... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

discrimination, gay, Homophobia, LGBTQ+, Mixed-Orientation Marriages, sexual orientation, Straight

January 13, 2023

INEC extends PVC collection deadline and cautions against discrimination; APC, PDP have structures of criminality, poverty – Peter Obi | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

INEC extends PVC collection deadline and cautions against discrimination Buhari warns foreign nations not to interfere in Nigeria’s election APC, PDP have structures of criminality, poverty – Peter Obi Why Peter Obi should be president – Afenifere leader Ayo Adebanjo Obasanjo denies writing UK to back off Nigeria’s 2023 election Across Nigeria’s 36 states and... Read More

October 6, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] This is a coming out story you’ll definitely want to read

It’s not very often that we have the opportunity to tell a coming out story here on the Sexuality Blog. It’s even rarer when the person coming out is a man, is Nigerian and a Christian to boot. Yet this is exactly what happened a few weeks ago when British Nigerian, @AdeThePhilosoph came out on... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

abuse, coming out, discrimination, LGBT, The Sexuality Blog, twitter.

Opinion: Many are “mad” but few are roaming

by Aigbokhan Emmanuel Stigmatisation and discrimination against the mentally disabled is a practice, albeit dispiriting, that pervades every culture in the world to varying degrees. And while many societies consciously make efforts to deter the practice, a few others simply aren’t doing enough. Mental disorders like many other organ related disorders have specific symptoms which... Read More

discrimination, madness, mental health, nigeria, opinion

The Thread: “Isn’t that sign language for I own you”? | Black Twitter celebrates one of its very best moments

This viral video of Aramis Ayala, Florida’s first and only black elected state attorney, being pulled over by white police officers has given the Black community reason to celebrate another I-told-you-America-is-racist moment. WATCH: Police pulled over this black State Attorney — and then couldn't even explain why pic.twitter.com/0mjmTFUkov — NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) July 12,... Read More

America, Aramis Ayala, culture, discrimination, Racism, The Thread

Opinion: The inhumanity of Microsoft Word

by Idowu Joshua Words, like human beings, hate to be discriminated against. This is because they, like human beings also, have dignity. There is no form of discrimination in human history that does not have at the heart of it, the use of words that encourage the decimation of other people. Racial discrimination. Ethnic discrimination.... Read More

brands, discrimination, Microsoft Word, opinion, Selling America to the world, UK English versus American English

[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 of the most important men in your country are gathered. You have all your papers ready, you’ve been preparing for this for months. But just... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

discrimination, dressing, Paul Ryan, The Sexuality Blog, US Congress, women

January 9, 2017

#Impact365: “Can you date an albino?” | OAM Foundation commits to ending the discrimination against persons living with albinism

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see an albino in these parts? Queer, deformed, ill or even superstitious. These are the myths that have long lived with us and we’ve never understood why. Albinos across Africa have been discriminated against, counted as outcasts, used for money rituals and even killed out... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

africa, albinism, discrimination, Impact365, myth, nigeria, oam foundation, stigmatisation

Meet the Nigerian man who match-makes HIV patients looking for love

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, August 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sitting in his dimly-lit office in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, surrounded by files and boxes of condoms, matchmaker Ugochukwu Michael talks passionately about the part he has played in the marriages of around 100 couples in recent years. While the popularity of dating... Read More

AIDS, discrimination, hiv, Love, matchmaking, reports, sickness, thomas foundation

Senate passes law kicking against discrimination of persons with disabilities

The Senate on Wednesday July 13, 2016 passed for its third and final reading the ‘Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill (2016) (SB 22).’ Commenting on the development through his social media pages, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki stated that the bill is highly important as it seeks to curb all forms... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

abuse, disabilities, discrimination, law, physically challenged, Saraki, senate

Kelvin Erhonsele: Workplace Discrimination and the Law (Y! Legal)

by Kevin Erhonsele Discrimination often occurs when a person is treated less favourably than other people because of a protected characteristic defined by the law. Such characteristics may be disability, gender, race, religion, age or marital status. Prior to ‘Nigeria’s’ encounter with the western world, paid employment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was virtually... Read More

discrimination, kevin erhonsele, law, opinion, workplace, y! legal, ynaija

Nana Nwachukwu explains why affirmative action is unconstitutional in Nigeria (Y! Legal)

by Nana Nwachukwu We are not fighting the right fight. We have held on to old ways of doing the same things and asking for the same old things. Women can ask for these things differently. Let’s ask for a platform that guarantees merit and foremost, the enforcement of Section 42 of the Constitution. Affirmative... Read More

affirmative action, discrimination, Nana Nwachukwu, opinion, women, ynaija

Opinion: A critique of the Osu caste system in Igboland

by Emmanuel Okonkwo The Constitution frowns at any discrimination of a person on grounds of the person’s community, ethnicity, place of birth or origin, circumstance of birth, sex, religion, political opinion or disability. What is not clear is – does the law frowns on the other person’s right not to want to middle or involve... Read More

caste, contitution, critique, discrimination, emmanuel okonkwo, opinion, osu, system, ynaija

January 18, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria’s anti-gay law is a crime against reason

by Ebenezer Obadare There are many reasons why every right-thinking person should oppose this law. Months after it was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a bill that criminalizes homosexual relationships in Nigeria has been signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. The President gave his assent to the bill, which... Read More

14 years, against, Anti-Gay, crime, discrimination, Ebenezer Obadare, law, opinion, passed, reason, signed, ynaija

November 16, 2013

The Veil of Silence: TIERs for a society against sexual discrimination (WATCH)

by Akan Ido The human rights movement in Nigeria has undergone a lot of changes in the past few decades. These can be attributed to the evolution and understanding of the language of human rights. The codification of rights in various forms can be attributed to a better understanding of rights mainstreaming to all, irrespective... Read More

AIDS, discrimination, Documentary, human rights, Olumide Makanjuola, Sexual Citizenship, stigma, TIERs, violence

November 9, 2013

Opinion: My horrible experience being a Nigerian in India

by Adedeji Odundun The discrimination is getting too much in some parts of the world, on any other day, things might have gone out of hands. Please this should stop. Also, some Nigerians in diaspora need to start behaving themselves. 1st November: It was a good start to the beginning of a brand new month,... Read More

adedeji odundun, discrimination, foreign lands, foreigner, Gao, India, manpusa, nigerians

August 18, 2013

Terrible: Egyptian Islamists attack christian churches

After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like “prisoners of war” before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob. In the four days since security forces cleared two sit-in camps by... Read More

Attack, christian, churches, discrimination, Egyptian, islamists, violence

Pound of flesh: Woman fired after donating a kidney to help her ailing boss sues for discrimination

Deborah Stevens is suing a former employer, who she says didn’t accommodate her after she developed post-operative complications from donating a kidney. A Long Island woman who was fired after donating a kidney to help her ailing boss is seeking her own pound of flesh from the ungrateful employers at Atlantic Automotive Group. Deborah Stevens... Read More

Deborah Stevens, discrimination, donating, fired, Jacqueline Brucia, Kidney, Lawsuit, Long Island, pound of flesh, sue, woman

100,000 Christians are killed every year for their faith – Vatican official

Around 100,000 Christians are killed every year around the world because of their faith according to a top Vatican official. Monsignor Silvano Maria Tomasi, a Catholic archbishop, cited the Middle East, Africa and Asia as the worst places for the deaths. On Vatican radio, he was quoted on Tuesday saying the figures were ‘shocking’ and ‘incredible’. An... Read More

africa, asia, Christians, discrimination, kidnappings, middle east, Monsignor Silvano Maria Tomasi, pentecostal church, RAPES

Fisayomi Eko-Davies: Why religion can’t save you (Y! Superblogger)

If we all are of the same race, religion and family, would discrimination cease to exist? Wouldn’t you love if you could peel off the skin that guides people’s hearts and their thoughts were as clear as writings on paper? I bet you hate how being human makes you incapacitated and all you can see... Read More

animal, discrimination, Fisayomi Eko-Davies, greed, human mind, Love, tolerance, Y! Superblogger

2 men, both 19, are the youngest black gay married couple in America (SNAPSHOT, WATCH)

The Scoop Entertainment believes that David Harris and Tre’Darrius Anderson of Memphis, Tenn. are the youngest black gay married couple in America. The two men are 19-years old, according to the site, which would make them pretty young to tie the knot. The black community is coming to terms with a broad gay population, with many of... Read More

african american, black church, discrimination, gay, Gay marriage, Love, Marriage, Memphis, Obama Administration, the black church

February 6, 2013

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network is sued for gender and pregnancy discrimination

A woman named Carolyn Hommel is a former employee of Oprah Winfrey’s (pictured) OWN television station. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hommel is suing the network on a number of grounds, including gender and pregnancy discrimination. Hommel claims she was hired in 2010 as a senior director of scheduling and acquisitions at OWN, which is owned by Oprah... Read More

discrimination, network, Oprah, own, sued

November 13, 2012

TICKER: Is discriminating against gay people the same as racism? Join the debate

Phil Snider of Brentwood Christian Church surprised fellow Christians at a city council meeting when he suggested that Black segregation is like ‘Gay’ discrimination. The pastor was speaking in defense of Gay people’s rights. Since then, the question of whether discrimination against Gay people is the same as racism against Black people is coming back... Read More

Black, discrimination, gay, Racism, Religion

November 5, 2012

Adaobi Okwy: Why I used to want to be a boy (Y! Superblogger)

It is a tough world for today’s woman even though I have learned to love and appreciate my own womanhood but, it hasn’t saved all the abused and victimized woman all over the world. Yes, I said that and my shocked girlfriends screamed: A ‘feminist’ like you would dare say that?! How? Why? Well, to... Read More

Adaobi Okwy, discrimination, female, gender, male, society, Y! Superblogger

October 24, 2012

The wages of porn: Posh wedding hotel refuses to host wedding of adult TV star

by Rachel Ogbu A five star hotel based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom turned away adult TV star and glamour model, Pauline Bailey who goes by the name of Rachel T when she went to make inquries about holding her wedding there. The 27-year-old medical law graduate who works at Red Light Central TV was branded ‘not... Read More

adult tv, discrimination, wedding

September 22, 2012

Who wins? President Jonathan sued by young lawyer over FG’s YOUWIN program

by Stanley Azuakola What’s a good government initiative without a splash of controversy? The Federal Government’s decision to restrict the second phase of the YOUWIN programme to females only is generating some ripples, as a young Nigerian lawyer, Timi Olagunju, has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan and six others to a Federal High Court, Ikeja, Lagos,... Read More

discrimination, Federal High Court, Goodluck Jonathan, Timi Olagunju, women, You WIN

Hello Africa! The Mr. Gay World pageant comes to the Motherland

by Hauwa Gambo While Nigeria ponders the existential question of whether or not gays should be allowed to walk the streets, the Mr. Gay World pageant debuts on African soil—via South Africa. It featured the first black African contestants and held at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City on Sunday. But it didn’t come... Read More

discrimination, gay, namibia, pageant, south africa

Femi Owolabi: What to do with our differences as Nigerians?

Remember this country belongs to all of us; we must therefore crave for a platform that strengthens the national integration that is genuine. I have said it in many of my arguments, and I still say it—one of the major roots of Nigeria’s problems is our inability to harmonise our cultural differences. The perceived... Read More

culture, discrimination, hausa, igbo, nigeria, tribal conflict, Yoruba

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