Sexual Minorities

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“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…

The prohibition sign laid over the VPN symbol with anonymous masks hidden in the flag of Tanzania in the background.
“My privacy matters”: Tanzania’s new VPN policy leaves LGBTQ+ individuals exposed

Sabel*, a gay man living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, uses pseudonyms to engage with…

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