Sexual Minorities

Ghana’s queer movement is losing a fight it could be ‘winning’

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Boys Like Us: A YouTube series offers a different portrait of queer life in Nigeria

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A woman sits on a prayer mat in a dimly lit clay-walled room, illuminated by a small lantern. Her husband stands behind her, facing the wall, where his shadow splits into two overlapping silhouettes—one masculine, one feminine.
‘He plays with men’: The northern Nigerian women married to husbands living double lives

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“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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“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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