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[The Sexuality Blog]: Free Self Defense classes for women and children for five years? Sign me up
On Friday via Twitter, the Executive Director of the Nigerian non-profit, Stand To End Rape announced that it had signed a five-year partnership with a yet to named firm to…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Election year is coming up, and Nigerian politicians have remembered homosexuality exists (again)
Like death and taxes, you can always depend on Nigerian politicians to skirt important issues and focus on misplaced priorities. Masters of diversion and petty politics, Nigerian politicians seem to…
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[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 Best Friends Wedding, has bounced back to tackling sexuality issues…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Yul Edochie, Skuki, Leslie Okoye; all of you, please stop talking
Nigerian celebrities seem determined to expose just how back, unintelligent and misogynist they truly are this month. So much so, that one actual actor and two celebrity adjacent persons, all…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Child marriage is not a ‘Muslim’ problem, Nigerians, it is all our problem
Nigeria was in the news in 2015 thanks to the revival of the hashtag #ChildNotBride in revolt to the new proposed Gender Equality Bill, struck out because it dared to…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Is Charly Boy a Nigerian Queer icon or is he just profiting off the otherness of queer people?
Charles Oputa, otherwise known as Charly Boy is known just as much for his music as he is for his controversial opinions and unconventional lifestyle. Later in his life, however,…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Here’s something we never thought we’d see in our lifetimes
At the ongoing 2017 NATO summit, spouses of the coalition's leaders assembled for events organised in their honour. But this year, among the first wives and official partners was a…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: It’s time we started telling young women to demand orgasms when they have sex
We don't talk enough about sex as Nigerians. Sure we sneak in a couple of pages of erotica every other hour while we're supposed to be hard at work, download…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Asoebi Bella proves marriage articles will always work when everything else fails
You probably haven't heard, but a few days ago, BellaNaija, Nigeria's most respected entertainment media house announced they were diversifying. They didn't exactly phrase it like that, but anyone who…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Best news we’ve seen all day
This isn't going to be on those winding, slightly judgy posts we tend to give you on the Sexuality Blog. Nope, this one is going to be short and sweet,…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Sexperts are the new internet craze, but you should exercise some caution
As far as social media visibility goes, OAP and Youtube Vlogger, Uwanma has better branding than most. Her signature is blonde hair, the colour of straw, and a wide smile…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: There have always been queer Nigerians, get over it
We say it here all the time on the sexuality blog in response to the hateful and very inaccurate statement that homosexuality and queerness is some scourge brought in by…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Kenya’s first MSM health community clinic is hope for all LGBT Africans
There's nothing quite like a glimmer of hope in all the dreariness that accompanies LGBT life in Africa. It's not news that apart from having to hide their sexualities or…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: If you dont believe women when they tell you #MenAreScum, then you should ask gay men
Oh yeah, we forgot. You would never ask a gay man their opinion on anything because as one man on Twitter put it "Can't listen to anything from a person…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: TY Bello’s King Women interview was brave, but terribly handled
There are only two times to publicly report sexual assault as a victim, immediately it happens, and if you cannot, when you are completely ready to face what happened. TY…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Believe it or not, people like Joro serve a purpose
Agony Aunt. Joro Olumofin. Two words you wouldnt expect to see side by side; and as much as it probably burns him to admit it, that is exactly what he…
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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 2nd of May
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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 21st of March
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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 20th of March
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The Sexuality Blog: Last weekend proved we’re still fighting people instead of institutions
It might seem like we're dwelling on Chimamanda's 'TERF-Gate' (that's what we're choosing to call it here on the Sexuality Blog) but considering how far reaching the ripples of her…
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The Sexuality Blog: Kemen’s #BBNaija eviction shows we have made progress but we still have a long way to go
Even though we still have a long way to go concerning sexuality, gender and women's rights; the events of last night on Big Brother Nigeria and the reaction to those…
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The Sexuality Blog: Is it really so hard to keep sexual predators out of schools?
In Edo state, a corper put up a picture of a teenage girl, with a caption that made my head spin. This is a student put under his care, a…
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The Sexuality Blog: Just how many LGBT Nigerians are there?
RUTH FREMSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX Generational changes are certainly making coming out easier for everyone, young and old in Nigeria despite anti-marriage same-sex laws. Recently, TV personality Funmi Iyanda shared a powerful story about her friend, Akin, who…
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The Sexuality Blog: Can we let Miyonse live?
In a country where we have only had one man come out on national television, public declarations of sexuality are a hot topic. A conversation that has surfaced again now…
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The Sexuality Blog: Decisions are made by those who show up
2face is planning a protest- at this point everyone knows that much. With a long history of social activism and collaborations with several pressure groups including Enough is Enough and…
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The Sexuality Blog: Not all men who have sex with men are gay…
Ever heard of the term gay-for-pay? What about MSM? People are slowly coming to terms with the fact that straight is not the only sexual orientation there is out there,…
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The Sexuality Blog: Straight men are actually gay AF
Yeah, I swore. Straight people, especially straight men are gay as hell. They're so gay they put the 'masc for masc'/no fats no fems crowd to shame. Straight men are…
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The Sexuality Blog: The Global Gag rule will hit you too, eventually
Before I begin this, this is specifically for you Nigerians who sit in your houses and gripe about how we are hypocritical or pretentious for being wholly invested in international…
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The Sexuality Blog: About that coming out story ‘For Akin’
There are coming out stories and there is 'For Akin', written by Funmi Iyanda at the request of her friend Akin. A narrative that starts with the death of one…
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The Sexuality Blog: Repeat after me, promiscuity is a luxury
One of the interesting things social media does is highlight how little we know about the history and politics of the privileges we enjoy. Especially when it comes to our sexualities…
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