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Who is looking out for LGBT+ children in the conversation about sexual violence?

There are a number of ways the crime of sexual violence can begin unfolding in one’s life. It is not always a rude shock moment, like in the case of…

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#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 making me an assistant class monitor while a boy was…

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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 oppression of LGBT+ Nigerians, then you’ve at least once had…

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3 LGBT+ Nigerians share the story of their gay awakening

“The onus shouldn’t be on queer people to come out,” said YNaija's Bernard Dayo while responding to this piece we published last week, “the onus should be on cis-heterosexual people…

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YouTuber Victor Emmanuel is protesting against the SSMPA with a hunger strike. How will it play out?

Nigerian YouTuber, Victor Emmanuel, popularly known as VicWonder has gone on indefinite hunger strike in a protest calling for the repeal of the infamous Same-Sex Prohibition Act, 2013 (SSMPA) that…

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Angola’s criminalisation of homophobia is a homegrown template for African nations

There is no defense beyond a myopic understanding of the two imperialist imported Abrahamic faiths – Christianity and Islam, for the harmful laws against gay people.

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Gay Rights for all | US Government memorandum on global LGBT+ rights could backfire

One of the bitterly memorable legacies of the Donald Trump presidency was his alignment with the Christian Right – even if only when it served him. Because for the first…

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Visa denial: Where justice reigns, homophobia must have consequences

What happens when a homophobic Nigerian gets denied a visa to an inclusive developed nation for their harmful view on homosexuality? It is no secret that the Nigerian dream for…

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The tussle between some Christians and the LGBT+ for the right to the rainbow is a needless distraction

A conversation about the claim of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, trans and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) community to the rainbow as a piece of iconography has hit the ground…

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You can hate LGBT without inciting violence on the community

Few human groups are as talked about, dissected, vilified and dismissed nowadays as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and other gender and sexual minorities (LGBTQ+) community.  "But they are everywhere,…

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[The Sexuality Blog] We are happy M.I. is finally taking a stand on gay rights

Rapper and record label executive M.I Abaga recently started a podcast called 'Middle Ground', a non-conventional talk podcast he runs with April Maey where they just volley thoughts about any…

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A U.S Poll reveals: 64 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage

by Itunuoluwa Adebo According to a Gallup poll released Monday, the Americans’ support for same-sex marriage is at all time high. 64 percent of adults surveyed said same-sex marriages should…

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“After praying for me, the Pastor had gay sex with me” | Watch ‘Veil of Silence’, a documentary on the lives of LGBT persons in Nigeria

Few days before the infamous Same Sex Prohibition Act was signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan, The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), a sexual health advocacy organization based…

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‘I only acted as a govt. spokesperson,’ Reuben Abati explains role in passage of anti-gay law

Dr. Reuben Abati, the former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan today explained his role in the signing of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act into law in 2014 saying…

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The YNaija Cover this morning, the 29th of November

Read the full stories and our analyses here now.

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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…

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British man pleads for gay Ugandan partner after their SEX tape is leaked (PICTURED)

by Adeola Balogun The crackdown on homosexuals in Uganda has continued to attract attention around the country with the list of the country's most popular gays being published in a…

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Olusegun Obasanjo: The West and the new Sexual Adjustment Program

by Olusegun Obasanjo I preface my commentary on the debate about gay rights with the Structural Adjustment Programme to illustrate the West’s obsession with the adjustment of African societies. While…

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Opinion: Why gay people can’t get married in Nigeria

by Mz Agams It took organized, sophisticated and well funded gay rights movements in America and Europe decades of activism to earn the right to get married and only after they had…

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Opinion: How we’re all affected by the anti-gay marriage law

by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Homosexuality between men has been illegal in Nigeria for almost a century. And in northern Nigeria (no thanks to Sharia law), homosexuality between men and women…

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“If someone is gay and seeks the Lord… who am I to judge?” – Pope Francis

Pope Francis declared on Monday that it was not his place to judge homosexuals and said they should not be marginalised but condemned the gay lobby as a “serious problem”.…

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I want to export gay marriage around the world- David Cameron

by Rachel Ogbu British Prime Minister, David Cameron has vowed to ‘export’  gay marriage around the world. Recently, at a party to celebrate the passage of  legislation of gay marriage in…

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Gay Rights: The US can’t tell us how to live our lives – FG

by Rachel Ogbu Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru (Photo: Punch) The Federal Government has accused the international community of hypocrisy saying it has been under pressure from them…

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Gay man arrested at hospital after being told he’s not family and refusing to leave partner’s side (PHOTO)

A gay man was arrested this week at a Missouri hospital after refusing to the leave bedside of his sick partner. Roger Gorley went to Research Medical Center in Kansas…

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Florist refuses to do wedding for long-time gay customers because of Jesus Christ

A Richland, Wash. couple is still trying to make sense of what they say were the hurtful, discriminatory actions by their favorite florist. For nearly a decade, Robert Ingersoll and his…

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Ugandan pastor uses banana on TV to demonstrate gay sex and claims lesbians have sex with cucumbers

The Reverend Martin Ssempa, a homophobic pastor in Uganda who is well known for his lectures against homosexuality has stunned television viewers in Uganda by demonstrating with fruit and vegetables…

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Hate Crime: Lesbian viciously attacked by girlfriend’s brother (GRAPHIC PHOTO)

An Alabama woman is recovering after allegedly being attacked by her girlfriend's brother over Thanksgiving weekend. Though details of the case are continuing to emerge, NBC affiliate Local 15 reports…

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TICKER: Ugandan lawmaker calls for life imprisonment of homosexuals in every African country

In many African countries, it is illegal to be gay. 25 out of 38 African nations have passed laws that give varying degrees of prison sentences to people caught practicing homosexual…

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There is no cure for being gay – ‘Gay Cure’ psychologist apologises for hiding the truth

  One of the world’s leading psychologists recently apologised to the gay community for attempting to proffer a cure for homosexuality. 79-year-old Dr. Robert Spitzer considered by some to be the father…

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