Sexual Minorities

A portrait of the Kenyan musician Ashton Laurence against a backdrop of the city of Nairobi at night
“To be seen, have unabashed fun and be liberated”: A Kenyan party celebrates queer joy

Image description: A portrait of the Kenyan musician Ashton Laurence against a backdrop of the…

Description: A large tree with roots of different pride colors underground. Some of these colored roots blend into the more natural-looking color of the tree trunk.
“My family of choice”: Queer Nigerians are moving from conventional to chosen families, but is it always enough?

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Queer Nigerian students are finding community in a campus “Love House”
Queer Nigerian students are finding community in a campus “Love House”

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A colorful lighthouse standing in a stormy sea, with beams of light transforming into supportive hands reaching out to drowning queer community members.
“They made me feel like I mattered”: Inside an online counselling service for LGBTQ+ Nigerians

TW: This story contains references to suicide.  Image description: A colourful lighthouse standing in a…

A crossdresser in a village in Northern Nigeria
The ‘Yan Daudu’ dilemma: Navigating a pre-Islamic queer identity in the modern world

Editor’s note: This story was published in collaboration with FairPlanet as part of the Dual…

A man wearing a cross necklace with pride colors at the left and jail bars at the right.
I sang in the choir, frequented a gay bar and it landed me in prison

Editor’s note: This story was published in collaboration with FairPlanet as part of the Dual…

(L-R) Jesus, a nun and a masculine presenting woman all holding hands. The nun in the middle is split into two with one half wearing a habit and the other half wearing regular clothing.
From holy celibacy to secret lesbian marriage

Editor’s note: This story was published in collaboration with FairPlanet as part of the Dual…

The left side of the image features a maze shaped like a chat bubble with the trail of a miniature person and the Grindr logo walking into a black-and-white mask. The right side of the image features the back view a more realistic looking nude man bearing scars and holding a gun to his head with his right hand. All against red-and-black image of Lagos city skyline.
“I have forgiven him”: Queer Nigerian victims of online blackmail turn to reconciliation and vigilante justice

TW: This story contains references to suicide and descriptions of violence.  The Blackmailers  Korede’s* muscular…

A portrait of Sheila Lumumba
What did Sheila Lumumba want?

Nairobi, Kenya (Minority Africa) — Alone, Sheila Adhiambo Lumumba, a 25-year old non-binary lesbian lay…

Judges at a ballroom event presenting scores for a contest.
The glitter and the grit: Inside Nigeria’s queer ballroom subculture

When Countess Sasha Seduction, a Nigerian non-binary drag queen, got to attend their first ballroom…

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