The plight of the Trans and Intersex double-minority communities needs emergency address

The plight of the Trans and Intersex double-minority communities needs emergency address

When we talk about the continuing discrimination faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and other sexual and gender (LGBT+) minorities in Nigeria, we tend to gloss over the Trans community and more so the + which includes among other groups the intersex community. It is understandable too because the pesky anti-gay laws in Nigeria can... Read More

International Women's Day, Intersex, LGBT, LGBTQ Nigerians, nigerians, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender

March 19, 2021

3 LGBT+ Nigerians share what inspired them to come out of the closet

Human beings have an ever expanding list of wants, these things vary from person to person and more often than not make up part of what makes us individually unique. When we come down to needs we realise how very much alike we are. We all have core needs: food, water, air, some kind of... Read More

coming out, gay, LGBT, LGBT+, nigeria

March 18, 2021

#HerStory Series: “I regret nothing”| 47-year-old Sex Worker shares on leaving her parents to start a new life

Art, it is said, imitates life. Sometimes, the opposite is the case, and when this happens, we gasp and ponder how or if we are so inclined, we bury ourselves in conspiracy theories about sinister men engineering the world we live in. I was thinking about this while interviewing this week’s subject of the International... Read More

Church, International Women's Day, International Women's Month, LGBT, Nigeria police, rape, sex work, sex workers, Sexual assault

January 25, 2021

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 that step out of the narrow dichotomy that defines conservative discourse – good or evil, wrong and right, acceptable and unacceptable. Nigeria’s 47% youth population is having conversations its respectability-obsessed predecessors could only dream of... Read More

Dismantling ableism, Homophobia, LGBT, misogyny, rape

January 21, 2021

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 many working-class Nigerians is to Japa (immigrate) to developed nations where they hope to flourish in ways Nigeria will not allow them. The irony –... Read More

australia, dwarf, gay rights, Homophobia, LGBT, nigeria

January 15, 2021

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 running on that delightful microblogging site called Twitter. Twitter user @dawn_immanuel, took to Twitter to lament about how nowadays anyone who goes on Twitter to... Read More

Christians, gay rights, LGBT, LGBTQ, Rainbow

August 28, 2020

Fluid sexuality is real and we may have more bisexuals than we know

“We inhabit a world in which we tend to put labels on each other and expect that we will then march through life wearing them” – Nick Webb, Author. The concept of fluid sexuality does not deter many people from fuelling negative tags and stereotypes. It is either homosexuality or heterosexuality – with no in-betweens.... Read More

bisexuality, LGBT, Queer, sexuality

June 5, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: A glossary of relevant queer related terms

Ally – A person who supports and advocates for LGBTQ rights and equality. This person is usually cisgender and heterosexual. Androgyne/Androgynous – A person who appears neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine. Asexual – A lack of sexual attraction to others or a lack of interest in sex. It can also be considered as a... Read More

Bisexual, FTM, gay, LGBT, non-binary, non-conforming, Queer, Trans

June 5, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: ‘There is Hope’, A Note from the Guest Editor, Logan February

For much of our recent past, the year 2020 was held as a symbol of futurism in collective imagination. We had various visions for this era: where the world would be, what human rights would be afforded to us all, what technology would have made possible by now, etc. We remember—or we forget—what our answers... Read More

Church Culture, Non-binary Blog

editor, Guest Editor, LGBT, non-binary, pride, pride month, Queer, ynaija

December 30, 2019

The arguments are over but the rights of LGBTQ Nigerians are still not taken seriously

The LGBT discourse which made the rounds on Twitter late last week after Feminist, Gender-Equality advocate and award-winning Documentary filmmaker Kiki Mordi tweeted about the absurdity of queer people loving differently still being criminalized, thanks to the 2014 SSMPA law opened the ground for unintelligent but persistently homophobic sentiments. Unsurprised and unimpressed. It’s almost 2020... Read More

human rights, Kiki Mordi, LGBT, nigeria

April 9, 2019

Is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about to become Nigeria’s first gay friendly church?

If there is anything the body of Christ in Nigeria is well known for, it is their vehement rejection of persons on the LGBT spectrum. This manifests in many ways, from spectacular ‘deliverance’ sessions where LGBT persons are publicly humiliated or even physically assaulted to enthusiastic public support for government legislation that targets LGBT persons... Read More

gender, gospel, LGBT, nigeria, sexuality

February 21, 2019

The SSMPA bill should not affect how Nigerian healthcare treats the LGBT community

In Nigeria, 201 the Same sex marriage prohibition (SSMP) being bill passed into the law in Nigeria, with a 14-year imprisonment sentence for defaulters. Before this, there had always been the bias of a majority of people towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. This manifests in employment, housing, religious spaces, and schools, with... Read More

Chisom Mbama, healthcare, LGBT

July 24, 2018

If the fight for LGBT rights will progress in Nigeria, then we will need allies like Charly Boy

With the exception of Bobrisky, do you know any open LGBT persons? This seems a question that comes up fairly regularly when the LGBT law passed in 2014 is brought up. People suggest that they know no LGBT persons, and they cannot understand why there is so much activism around LGBT issues. The reality is,... Read More

allies, Charly Boy, Dewy Oputa, LGBT

May 12, 2018

Tope Oshin’s new film ‘We don’t live here anymore’ is taking on the LGBT YA canon

It is always a time for rejoicing whenever Tope Oshin has a new project out. Over the last two decades, young adult related entertainment has gone from fringe concern for artists, writers and filmmakers to one of the most lucrative subgenres that exist. It has made authors like J.K Rowling and Suzanne Collins into billionaires... Read More

Francis Sule, LGBT, Tope Oshin, YA, Young Adult

March 27, 2018

These Africans just got nominated for a LAMBDA for their LGBT novels

Nigerians are truly taking over the Nigerian literary world, and a good number of them are doing it by takinng on LGBT stories out of the continent and amplifying them into a global space. Who could forget the work of queer literary pioneer Jude Dibia and the more recent work of writers like Chinelo Okparanta... Read More

Frankie Edozien, Lambda, LGBT, Nnanna Ikpo, The Sexuality Blog

March 15, 2018

Here’s What No One Tells You About LGBT Acceptance in Nigeria

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill in 2014 criminalizing same-sex relationships in Nigeria, regardless of pressure from Western governments to uphold the rights of gay, lesbian and bisexual people. The Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) bans gay marriage, same-sex “amorous relationships” and membership of gay rights groups with penalties of up to fourteen... Read More

homosexuals, LGBT, SSMPA

February 8, 2018

[The Film Blog] You can now stream South African queer film “Inxeba” (The Wound) on Netflix

“In The Wound, being a man isn’t about being a naturally dominant person, but about learning to submit yourself to a patriarchal model that demands heterosexuality,” Brett Pardy writes in a recent review for Seventh Row. Directed by John Tengrove, Inxeba (The Wound) is a South African coming-of-age film that tells the story of Xolani,... Read More

The Film Blog

Inxeba, LGBT, Nakhane Toure, netflix, south africa, The Film Blog

December 3, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Canada apologises for centuries of discrimination against indigenous LGBT persons

For past wrongs and the unjust treatment of LGBTQ2 Canadians, we apologize and promise to keep working to fight inequality. Click the link in my bio for more on today’s apology. A post shared by Justin Trudeau (@justinpjtrudeau) on Nov 28, 2017 at 12:54pm PST The government of Canada is showing the world that it... Read More

Canada, Justin Trudeau, LGBT, The Sexuality Blog

October 24, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Sam Smith just came out as gender non-binary

It is hard not to feel bad for cis-gendered heterosexual people sometimes. As more and more sexual minorities come into the limelight and tell their stories, it becomes more apparent just how entrenched the idea is that cis-gendered, heterosexuality is the ‘standard’ and anything else is a deviant. It is apparent just how deep this... Read More

Gender non-binary, LGBT, Sam Smith

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

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

October 6, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] How good is your ‘gaydar’? Watch this episode of Untold Facts to find out

One of the reasons The Sexuality Blog was created was meet the need for information about sexual minorities and LGBT persons. There was simply a paucity of any kind of information about LGBT people, and the little information that was available was often skewered by the lens of bigotry and government propaganda. It’s also one... Read More

Arit Okpo, Gaydar, LGBT, Stereotypes, Untold Facts

September 17, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] There’s a fourth Powerpuff girl and she’s gay

In case you’re living under a rock and haven’t heard the news yet, Cartoon Network has just announced it is creating a five-part film for its beloved show The Powerpuff Girls, and it is adding a fourth, black Powerpuff girl to the mix. Even better, a new Powerpuff girl who happens to be none other... Read More

Cartoon Network, LGBT, The Powerpuff girls, Toya Delazy

September 15, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] In Trump’s America, an immigrant is making a home for at-risk LGBT youth

When Donald Trump assumed office in early 2017, many people worried that his administration would target illegal immigrants and sexual minorities. He had promised this during his campaign and had garnered support by stirring racist and homophobic sentiments within the conservative white Christian community in the country. Less than halfway into the first year of... Read More

LGBT, racist, Ruby Corado, Transgender

September 5, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] SlideSafe NG is filling a much ignored need in preventive sexual health

One of the biggest problems that young people have when it comes to sexual health is getting access to preventive sexual health tools and the etiquette of introducing these sexual health tools to potential partners. Because of the stigma attached to sexually transmitted infections in Nigeria, in many LGBT circles, even the suggestion of going... Read More

LGBT, Sexual health, Slide Safe NG

September 5, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Looking for a podcast that tells LGBT stories? Here’s a recommendation

The multiplication of LGBT voices is important if we are going to change the narrative around LGBT life in Nigeria. So far, everyone but LGBT people have been given the access to tell our stories, and the few people who actually are, often do it for personal gain, or are usually very privileged persons whose... Read More

LGBT, podcasts, The Pride Diaries

August 24, 2017

Paul Pogba speaks on gay footballers in the Premier League

Manchester United’s star, Paul Pogba while speaking at the launch of UEFA’s RESPECT initiative in Monaco, has insisted that gay footballers would receive nothing but respect in the Premier League. Pogba, 24, admits he has not met a gay footballer in the English top flight, but admits any player who revealed that they were gay would immediately have his respect... Read More

The News Blog

gay footballers, LGBT, Manchester United player, Paul Pogba, premier league

August 14, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] 13 humiliating years after, UK grants Aderonke Apata asylum status

Finally, I’m granted #asylum So grateful to everyone that stood by me The fight 4 #LGBT ppl seeking asylum continueshttps://t.co/RgvdFKU6Ei — Support Aderonke (@Asylum4Aderonke) August 10, 2017 I cannot imagine what it must have felt like to be regarded for 13 years solely by your sexuality. Aderonke Apata, a Nigerian seeking asylum in the United... Read More

Aderonke Apata, Asylum, LGBT, uk

August 13, 2017

[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 speak up when his gay friends were being harassed. The homophobe who killed him, Nelson Hernandez Mena, had followed the man, 22-year-old Juan Javier Cruz and his friends down the street and into the restaurant where... Read More

Hernandez Mena, Homophobia, Juan Javier Cruz, LGBT

August 11, 2017