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Kene Richard: Mental Health in the Nigerian LGBT Community

A recent death in the music industry started a conversation around mental health. It was the death of Chester Bennington,...
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Nele Anju: Firmly Fem

To find a safe -sometimes unaccommodating- space between being thoroughly feminine and ostentatiously masculine has played out over the years...
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Kenneth Osakwe: Has liberalism become a tool to hide hate and bigotry?

It was at last year’s discussion at The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) Human Rights event that I first noticed...
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Alumbugu Basiru: Nigeria’s Homophobia is Self-destructive

The hardening of homophobic nationalism in settings such as Nigeria forces us to question how and why compulsory homophobia is...
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Dumiso Gatsha: Reshaping inclusion, depoliticising diversity

Have you ever been asked at a security checkpoint if you a man or a woman? Or found yourself being...
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In today’s increasingly anti-trans environment, finding affirming and inclusive information about gender-affirming care can be a challenge. As a nonbinary...
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Emmanuel Sadi: 3 deadly modern day homophobic signs to watch out for.

There is a popular saying in the media; there is nothing like bad publicity. Basically when you add the negative...
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Cisi Eze: Can the LGBT Community Find Comfort In Religious Books?

An LGBTQ person subscribing to any of the Abrahamic religion is akin to a lamb playing with a lion. It...
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Kenneth Osakwe: When Love Becomes A Tool for Homophobia

It is often argued that God is love. That without love, the idea of or the person of God becomes...
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Enioluwa Adeoluwa: Between Simi, Adekunle Gold and the apology to Nigeria’s LGBT Community

On Monday, 3rd of August, 2020, Nigerian singer, Simi apologised to the LGBTQ community for a comment she made during...
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