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[The Sexuality Blog] Ekemini Uwan of the ‘Truth’s Table’ podcast is asking the hard questions about gender in the Pentecostal Church
It shouldn't be news to anyone at this point that while the Church has been at the forefront of social justice battles, like racial equality and the emancipation of people…
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[The Sexuality Blog] German authorities just shut down an 87,000 member child pornography site and arrested its owner
BREAKING: German authorities shut down child pornography site with 87,000 members and arrest its administrator — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) July 6, 2017 So this just happened. According to news…
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The Activism Blog: Here you go, Paradigm Initiative’s very useful report on Broadband in Nigeria
Why broadband is important? Broadband Internet refers to an Internet experience at speeds higher than obtainable in dial-up services. All over the world, Broadband Internet delivers the high-speed communications which…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Glitter bombs are the new craze for your vagina, but should you indulge?
When your self-made online store gets 1 million hits, you know you've made it. This is what happened to Australian mother of three last weekend Lola-Butterflie Von-Kerius when her website…
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The Activism Blog: We really like what EiE is doing tomorrow with young candidates
The blogger and explainer of everything complex about Nigeria, 'Feyi Fawehinmi is in town, to moderate an important conversation - Enough is Enough Nigeria drawing out from young candidates who…
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[The Sexuality Blog] As another gay orgy scandal erupts in the Vatican, is it time we addressed homosexuality in the Catholic church?
If you've been following the news then you'll know that recently, the Vatican police, after being alerted by several complaints broke up a gay orgy in the heart of the…
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The Activism Blog: CC Hub has finally vexed – on top of this Yaba matter
So ever since you all started wailing about how Yaba is no longer Nigeria's leading technology cluster - with the escape of both Iyin Aboyeji aligned Andela and Flutterwave, the…
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The Activism Blog: After 10 years, Paradigm Initiative expands its board with two women
We know 'Gbenga Sesan has signalled he will be leaving the leadership of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria after 10 years, and this is the tenth year, so perhaps this is a move…
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The Sexuality Blog: This video of Stephen Colbert & Andrew Garfield sharing a ‘gay kiss’ will make Nigerian viewers go mad
It's an imitation of a famous scene from Angels in America about a gay man battling HIV/AIDS. Cue endless 'end time' comments. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the new…
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[The Sexuality Blog] UK doctors advocating that transwomen should get wombs paid for with government money have begun an ethics war
There is a whole new ethics war brewing in the United Kingdom. As the country becomes more accepting to transgender people, they starting to find out that transwomen desire way…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Do you know flushing your contraceptives down the toilet is creating ‘trans’ fish?
There is so much we don't know about our environment and how it works, especially when it comes to genetic make up of animals of other species. It is quite…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Ever wanted to marry a video game character? Well Japanese men have already beat you to it
Some people have argued that whatever the future holds for humans and technology will first happen in Asia, Japan to be specific. As Japan leads the way and shows all…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Andrew Garfield thinks coming out as gay is good press sound bite for his new film
When famous cis straight white men and women start to feel they are getting boring or losing steam in their personal or professional lives, they start to co-opt the identities…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Germany finally legalises same sex marriage
It is kind of ironic to think that Germany, one of the most sexually liberal countries in the world (no country has many open sex fetish clubs and stores) is…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Nii Odartey Lamptey’s cuckolding raises important questions about men’s mental health
A few years ago, Ghanaian footballer Nii Odartey Lamptey had the worst possible thing that could happen to a famous African man happen to him. While his long term marriage…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Bukar Ibrahim who introduced Sharia to Yobe got caught having a threesome
In the last week of June 2017, a video surfaced on the internet, as news broken by SaharaReporters. The video showed a potbellied middle aged man, dressing up in what…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Jay-Z’s mother came out in his new album and quietly shook the hip-hop world
I might not be as big a hip-hop head as some, but as a Nigerian with brothers and sisters, hip-hop has been an integral part of my childhood and adolescence.…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Why aren’t UNFPA’s free contraceptives for Nigerian men and women getting to the people who need it?
On the 29th of June 2017, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renewed its four year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, UNFPA, for the…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Tanzania’s President Magufuli proves when it comes to reproductive rights Africa really is a country
“As long as I am president … no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school … After getting pregnant, you are done.” - John Magufuli, 2017 Those are…
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[The Sexuality Blog] #HeterosexualPrideDay and the continued obliviousness of straight people
A few days ago LGBT people all over the world gathered together to celebrate Pride, an annual event that is a part celebration-part awareness drive. Pride is held to protest…
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[The Sexuality Blog] You’re never too young to protest restrictive gender norms, just ask these British school boys
Sometimes it's the most inane things that lead to the important conversations about gender and sexuality. This is what an unlikely coalition of school boys from Isca Academy in Exeter…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Weaves are helping bald men find and regain their sex appeal and smash gender barriers
One of the things that misogyny and patriarchal societies have denied men since time immemorial is the opportunity and platform to express just how much body image and the issues…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Donald Trump gives AIDS relief to Nigeria with one hand and takes aid from Africa with the other
With Donald Trump, you simply never know what to expect. We announced here a couple of days, that the United States government recently pledged an impressive 17.5 billion dollars to…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is going to perform simulated sex scenes in her new film, and believe it or not, that’s groundbreaking
Omotola Jolade Ekeinde, one-time Time 100 person of the year and Nigerian mega superstar is returning to the big screens after 3 years away. And she is doing it in…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Out Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Appiah believes Ghanaians care too much about sex to be homophobic
This is not something you see every day. While there really isn't any public stand on homosexuality in Ghana, we're starting to see many more Ghanaians come out and add…
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[The Sexuality Blog] A new TV rating that focuses on gender representation is coming and we’re here for it
Recently we talked about Nigerian parents trying to censor recommended academic literature because they were convinced it fostered rape culture and homosexuality and kidnapping (who does that?); and tried to…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Misogyny is one of the corner stones of Christianity in West Africa, we must never forget this
Recently Quartz Africa published this opinion piece on the damage that Pentecostal churches in Nigeria and Ghana continues to wreak on the lives of girls and young women born and…
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[The Sexuality Blog]: Nigerian parents’ fear of sex education has pushed them to launch this ignorant petition
So last week, the Parents Teacher Association of The Crescent School in Victoria Island Lagos, launched a petition to the Federal Ministry of Information to "investigate the process that led to…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Spread the word, BimInspire is offering free counselling for victims of sexual abuse and Domestic Violence this month
SURVIVE: A private counselling and therapy session organised by BimsInspire Foundation for victims of Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence. The programme is supported by Stand To End Rape This is…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Things are increasingly complicated for LGBT people looking to become parents
Science and changing societal expectations means that more LGBT people are coming out of the closet and pursuing what would ordinarily constitute as a 'normal' heterosexual life. They are especially…
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