Sexual Minorities

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…

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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…

A drawing of a human eye superimposed with the logo of Eswatini Sexual & Gender Minorities and the national flag of the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Eswatini’s LGBTQ community is “mounting and waving their flags”

Editor’s Note: This story contains references to sexual violence.  MANZINI, Eswatini – On the evening…

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This Nigerian anthology on queer joy wants to make you “Feel Good”

Much has been said in criticism of the fetishisation of queer suffering. For a long…

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Embracing the Lady and the Boy: How this Kenyan singer is engaging queerness through music

There is nothing novel about the concept of art as liberation.  All across the world,…

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From taboo to truth: The influence of African queer positive films in challenging stereotypes

In a scene from Ìfé, a 2020 movie about two Nigerian lesbian lovers overseen by…

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