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[The Sexuality Blog] Giovanni Melton: What kind of monster kills his son for being gay?
Giovanni Melton had always known he was gay. His sexuality wasn't something he could hide either, and much younger than many people, Melton decided to live his truth. His father,…
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The Sexuality Blog: This PBS report puts a human face on the victims of the Nigeria/Italy sex trade
According to reports, there are literally no families in Edo state that have not been directly affected the Edo/Italy trafficking-sex trade. That means there are literally no indigenous families from…
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The Sexuality Blog: America just elected its first transgender lawmaker
What a difference a year can make. It has been approximately a year since President Donald Trump was elected into office by a vast majority of white comfortable-in-skin men and women…
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The Sexuality Blog: SWEAT needs your help to decriminalise sex work in South Africa
Here at the Sexuality Blog, we won't even pretend that we are against sex work. It would be hypocritical for us to constantly preach the message of the autonomy of…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Senegal’s abortion laws are causing a rise in infanticide
It is naive to think that the restrictive laws we impose on the bodies and sexualities of women do not have far reaching consequences on our societies. The majority of…
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The Sexuality Blog: Did Bobrisky really come out as gay?
Idris Okuneye, otherwise known to you as Bobrisky has had a really busy week in the media. Last night, gossip media profile Instablog9ja broke the news (with pictures, no less)…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Ezekiel Mutua thinks lions learnt homosexuality from television and other Africanisms
"Africa is a country." It seems since African countries started to wrest independence from European colonialists, we have struggled just as hard to redress the indifference with which they dismiss…
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The Sexuality Blog: Egypt just sentenced a TV host to jail for speaking about premarital pregnancy
It is incredible the lengths we will go to on the African continent to uphold a dubious status quo and pretend that life isn't really happening outside of religious and…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Hon. Gudaji thinks family planning has no place in Islam, but we disagree
It's a rare skill, to be able to continually put your foot in your mouth, when you speak publicly. Rare as it is, it is also quite embarrassing when you…
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[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…
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[The Sexuality Blog] How a Bi Visibility day will benefit everyone (yes, straight people too)
At this point you must have come across a story or ‘scandal’ that goes something like this: a man or woman formerly presumed to be happily married to their spouse…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Watch the ‘gay’ side of life in Nigeria according to Batta Box
Nigerian Vox Pop site, Batta Box is known for tackling a number of controversial issues, often usually revolving around sex and sexuality. Recently they put out a new 'documentary' video…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Are you kidding with this ‘Kevin Hart was raped’ conspiracy theory?
So, months after refusing to directly address a rumour supported by a TMZ video that Kevin Hart was cheating on his very pregnant second wife Eniko, over the weekend, Kevin…
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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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[The Sexuality Blog] What’s the point of a Sexual Violence Response Team when you’ll still parade people accused of sexual crimes?
The Lagos state government under Babatunde Fashola had its problems, but it managed some semblance of uniformity in the policies it proposed and implemented. Akinwunmi Ambode's Lagos State, however, cannot…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Aren’t we tired of equating sex and sexual minorities with HIV?
This morning on Twitter, the conversation - as it is wont to - roved on to sexual minorities. Trans people in particular, have been the focus on many twitter arguments,…
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After years of shaming how other women dress, Azadeh Namdari, the Iranian presenter, gets a taste of her medicine
In every country where women are oppressed and seeking equality and emancipation from gender based discrimination, there are always women, often privileged, who choose instead to reinforce the oppression of…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Obianuju Ekeocha is the worst kind of woman, one who tries to deny women choice because she doesn’t need it
Do you know who Obianuju Ekeocha is? If you don't, it is time to get acquainted with her. Obianuju Ekeocha is a pro-life campaigner for the Society for the Protection…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Grace Ogiehor-Enoma is fighting to keep Nigerian men in America from murdering their wives
Between 2006 and 2008, 10 successful Nigerian nurses were brutally murdered. They were shot, stabbed, beaten to death. These numbers might seem small, but among the Nigerian Association of Nigerian…
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[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 US Embassy for a dialogue on religion and sexuality. Now,…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Uganda’s youth minister thinks men abandoning their families is the fault of women
The thing about how pervasive and insidious patriarchy is, is that it absolves men of everything, even the most fundamental responsibilities, provided there is a way to make that the…
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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 quick to pen down thousand tweet threads, multi-page posts on…
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[The Sexuality Blog] M.I. Abaga thinks R.Kelly grooming teenage girls for sex is ‘excusable’ because they are above the age of consent
So podcasts have become a thing in Nigeria, and we on The Sexuality Blog have even mentioned podcasts like Now "O' Clock podcast and the We Just Got Back Podcast…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Denmark’s new racist policy wants to curb migration, by stopping Africans from ‘breeding’
I honest to goodness wish this headline was clickbait. But sadly, it is not. Last week, Ulla Tornaes the Minister for Development Co-operation of Scandinavian country of Denmark (which is…
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[The Sexuality Blog] If you’re a woman, not even old age will free you from the misogyny of Nigerians
Just in case you thought Nigeria had left behind its restrictive, misogynistic traditions, think again. In Amauzu Mkpoghoro village, in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, a 60…
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[The Sexuality Blog] LGBTQ and need someone to talk to? TIERS is here to help you
As an LGBTQ person in a place like Nigeria where presenting the right public face can be the difference between life and death can be exhausting. Not knowing who to…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Give us safe abortions or just sentence us to death already
A 21-year-old girl died in the most horrible of ways, alone and in silence. She was a student of the Federal College of Education in Pankshin, Plateau and died surrounded…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Half of Americans want a law to force women to take their husband’s surname, and this is not a good thing
It almost feels like since America elected Donald Trump into their presidency, America's men have begun to chafe at many of the hard-won rights women have fought for since world…
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[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…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Ekemini Uwan of the ‘Truth’s Table’ podcast is asking the hard questions about gender in the Pentecostal Church
It shouldn't be news to anyone at this point that while the Church has been at the forefront of social justice battles, like racial equality and the emancipation of people…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy