Tag: Homophobia
Down The Memory Lane: A journey of acceptance
I The first time I thought queer lives matter, I am standing at the boarding students’ dining hall with some ...
The anatomy of self-loathing: Understanding homophobia and internalised homophobia
Ask around about homophobia, “What does it mean and how does it best manifest?” If you chance upon a cis-heterosexual ...
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 ...
Against homophobia in Ghana, LGBTQ Ghanaians are changing their profile pictures red on Twitter
For some time now, LGBTQ Ghanaians have been living in fear and isolation stemming from the constant attacks that Ghanaian ...
In search of God: The place of Gay Christians in Christendom
When writer and curator, Nelson C. J., went in search of church as a queer Nigerian, he found something that ...
LGBT+ discrimination and the politics of being queer in Nigeria
Colonial History of Anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Nigeria Prior to Nigeria’s colonisation, there is nothing to show violence was perpetrated against ...
Threat of murder, everyday misogyny | Top Non-binary tweets we saw from Nigeria last week
Nigeria’s small but richly vibrant corner of Twitter is not the place anyone will go to for nuanced conversation about ...
Corrective rape, the price of misogyny | Top Non-binary tweets we saw from Nigerians last week
With its avowed conservatism and self-proclaimed devotion to traditional values, Nigeria’s public discussion landscape is seeing an increase in conversations ...
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 ...
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 ...
Where the gays gather and it is holy
For Ace (not real name) Christmas was never the joy-filled celebration his siblings swear to the heavens it has always ...
#YNaijaNonBinary: On issues of bigotry, silence is not golden
They asked the Pharoah, what made you a tyrant? He said: No one stopped me – Arabic proverb. Many of ...
Chude Jideonwo: This is why I am endowing a N1 million prize for difference and diversity in Nigeria
Last year, I wrote a piece on CNN during Pride Month—a month set aside to celebrate sexual and gender diversity ...
No one is surprised that Reno Omokri is homophobic, and this makes him the second popular figure to spew anti-gay rhetoric this month
Nothing that Reno Omokri tweets should surprise you. The former media aide to erstwhile president Goodluck Jonathan has managed to ...
The YNaija Cover – the 27th of August
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Why Nigerians are not shocked by Trump’s “lifeless” description ...
The Thread: “Bobrisky isn’t under arrest; Idris is” | TwitterNG reacts to Bobrisky’s arrest
According to Twitter newscasters, Nigeria’s favourite Snapchat sensation, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, who goes by Bobrisky, has been arrested. Bobrisky got ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Surprising no one, another homophobic bishop gets caught having gay sex
At this point in the game, it is literally expected that when a person does protest too much about the ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Homophobia and misogyny will only go unpunished in Nigeria and Chika Amadi just learnt this
Less than a month ago, we wrote about an American governor’s aide who was relieved of his job because of ...
[The Sexuality Blog] True allyship often comes at a terrible cost for those who support LGBT people
Last week sunday, a man in Florida was shot to death by a drunk homophobe because this man chose to ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Maybe its time we started asking the church to get rid of its misogyny instead of its homophobia
Last week Friday, a number of Nigerian activists, writers, journalists, non-denominational religious people, Christians and Muslims all gathered at the ...
PSA: Nigerians, the Internet sees your bigotry, and it never forgets
It is a thing of wonder to watch Nigerians wax end time biblical when matters of sexuality arise. They are ...
[The Sexuality Blog]: Is it homophobia if my religion doesn’t permit me to support gay marriage? – a rejoinder
So there was this article on TheNakedConvos (which after that disastrous episode with the adaptation of their web series Our ...
The YNaija Cover this morning – the 5th of June
Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija today: Homosexuality on the increase, FG laments Buhari ...
LONG READ: Homophobia is learned behaviour; check yourself
Over the past few years, debates on homosexuality have taken the forefront in mainstream media. As with every new movement ...
“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 ...
Opinion: We may all be bigots
Bigot (noun) big·ot \ˈbi-gət\ {Merriam Webster Dictionary} : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. ...
Lucas Togan: Why I changed my mind on gay people
by Lucas Togan It is interesting and pertinent to note that homosexuality was once viewed as a mental condition. In ...
Perry Brimah: World superpowers ignore HIV epidemic among blacks, especially homosexual men
by Perry Brimah For reasons yet unexplained fully by epidemiologists and social scientists, Blacks are disproportionally at greatest risk of ...
YNaija Editorial: Let us be clear, we totally – unequivocally – stand against the anti-gay law
We have to wonder when it became our culture imperative to marginalise, to victimise, to hate. To witch-hunt a particular ...
Gay rights: 2 men jailed in Cameroon for homosexuality
by Rachel Ogbu Two men were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for homosexuality in Cameroon. One man received a two ...
Party Jollof
- Outdoor weddings will always make us swoon. Jesse and Shadiat’s is no different
- An Isiagu Wedding, Sign us up
- This Groom’s epic moves to his Trad Engagement will make you smile
- Two Sisters get married on same day to honor their mum (photos)
- More photos from Actor Gideon Okeke and fiancée, Chidera’s prewedding session