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YNaija April 27, 2023

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…

YNaija 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 discriminationBuhari warns foreign nations not to interfere in Nigeria's electionAPC, PDP have structures of criminality, poverty – Peter ObiWhy Peter Obi should…

Editor 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…

Op-ed Editor July 21, 2017

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…

Ezinne July 13, 2017

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…

Op-ed Editor July 13, 2017

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…

Editor July 11, 2017

[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…

Tolu 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…

Adebayo Emuleomo August 1, 2016

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…

Oludolapo Adelana July 14, 2016

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…

Op-Ed Editor August 6, 2014

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,…

July 23, 2014

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…

March 24, 2014

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…

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…

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…

November 9, 2013

Opinion: My horrible experience being a Nigerian in India

by Adedeji Odundun A banner opposing Nigerians near the taxi stand at Mapusa, Goa The discrimination is getting too much in some parts of the world, on any other day,…

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…

June 28, 2013

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…

May 29, 2013

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,…

May 21, 2013

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…

March 7, 2013

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,…

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…

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…

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…

October 24, 2012

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

by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Dailymail 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…

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…

April 24, 2012

United, we Fight – See Photos from the Lagos Aids Walk

What: Lagos Aids Walk When: 21 April 2012 Where: Lagos Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa

April 10, 2012

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

by Hauwa Gambo Hamutenya 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…

March 31, 2012

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…

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