Sexual Minorities

“I could see the trauma in his eyes”: Queer refugee mothers face violence in Kenya’s Kakuma camp

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Who deserves to know I am HIV positive?

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When hospitals turn queer Nigerians away, these health workers step in

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I conducted Nigeria’s first survey on queer professionals. Here’s what we found

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“I’ve been waiting 10 years”: Queer refugees hope for dignity in Kenya’s new integration plan

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A traditional Yoruba talking drum lying on earthy brown ground. Its body is wrapped in bright rainbow-colored lines with faint African-inspired patterns. A single curved drumstick rests beside it.
“Allyship needs to be loud”: Afrobeats’ uneasy relationship with queerness

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They stayed in a ‘communal’ Nigerian city and built a home for queer art
They stayed in a ‘communal’ Nigerian city and built a home for queer art

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A person in a pink shirt stands at a crossroads, arms folded. On the left, the Nigerian National Assembly building looms under dark clouds with shadowy figures. On the right, a bright path lined with blooming flowers stretches into a clear sky.
“This isn’t home for me anymore”: A decade under Nigeria’s anti-gay law

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A young man sitting cross-legged in a dark shirt with a red HIV awareness ribbon pinned to it. Behind them, there is shattered glass revealing a bright white light within the cracks.
“We screen them but do not record them”

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“We touch bros but we no gay”: The hidden intimacies of Ghana’s fraud boys

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