Category: Non-binary Blog

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 15, 2020

‘Panic Cards’ do the trick for mental health issues and Mentally Aware Nigeria is leading this | #EndSWAT

by Adewale Alabi The #EndSWAT protests in Nigeria is taking quite a lot of twists and turns. It is now ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 15, 2020

#QueerNigerianLivesMatter: Here’s why Mathew Blaise’s video chanting “Queer Lives Matter” is iconic

by Adewale Alabi In the midst of ‘chaos’, history can be made. This was proven by the brave, young Nigerian, ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 15, 2020

The Feminist Coalition’s level of accountability puts FG to shame | #EndSWAT

by Adewale Alabi All through the #EndSARS peaceful protests currently taking place across the nation, one group has stood out ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 14, 2020

#QueerNigerianlivesmatter: Queer Nigerians should not also be afraid of fellow ‘peaceful’ protesters

The #EndSARS protest which has swept through the nation was triggered by the cultural brutality, extortion and murderous nature of ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 14, 2020

The patriarchy may just be trying to erase the role Nigerian women have played in the #EndSWAT protest

by Adewale Alabi The #EndSARS nationwide protest has shown that Nigerian youth are not the docile bunch some of the ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 14, 2020

#EndSWAT: Has the Feminist Coven finally bewitched Nigerians?

by Adewale Alabi Has everyone noticed how FK Abudu and Kiki Mordi who are mostly given the “controversial” tag seem ...

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Nelson C.JOctober 11, 2020

#EndSARSprotests, Elisha Abbo’s court appeal, women getting harassed at protests and other things that happened this week

With each new week, the internet gives us a new reason to talk, to be privy to recent developments, and ...

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Nelson C.JOctober 10, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: 10 tweets we absolutely loved this week

Every week, we compile the best tweets that revolve around the themes of mental and emotional health, sexuality, gender, special ...

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Nelson C.JOctober 9, 2020

N50m Compensation Appeal: Does Elisha Abbo understand the gravity of his actions or he just doesn’t care?

News making the round yesterday revealed that Elisha Abbo, the lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, that was caught on ...

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Nelson C.JOctober 3, 2020

Elisha Abbo’s victim finds justice in court, women are most certainly not marching against SARS brutality and other things that happened this week

With each new week, the internet gives us a new reason to talk, to be privy to recent developments, and ...

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Nelson C.JOctober 2, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: 10 tweets we absolutely loved this week

Every week, we compile the best tweets that revolve around the themes we explore on the blog. Here are some ...

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Nelson C.JSeptember 30, 2020

Burna Boy vs Sowore: What are the limits to a Nigerian celebrity’s activism?

The recent virtual exchange between Afrobeats star Burna Boy and revolutionary politician Omoyele Sowore has sparked off a range of ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 12, 2020

#DrFunmiNoVex is one other reason why we must stand against false rape accusations

With organizations like the Stand to End Rape (STER), the Mirabel Centre, WARIF and others, the issue of sexual violence ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 12, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: 10 tweets we loved this week

Every week, we round up the best tweets revolving around the themes we explore on the blog. Here are the ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 10, 2020

Lagos residents pay less attention to their mental health and it’s a ticking time bomb

Lagos. Nigeria’s commercial center. That’s it. Maybe we should go from here, but when we remember why our mental health ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 9, 2020

This is what we should focus on in debates of queer people found in heterosexual relationships

In Nigeria, the topic of sexuality is usually met with deafening silence. Rarely does it enter into the realm of ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 9, 2020

See 4 other myths standing in the way of queer liberation

Homophobia has been passed down from generation to generation using unfounded claims and myths. Last week, we covered 5 myths ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 9, 2020

Why Nigerians needs to rethink their stance on homophobia

“They say I use pampers because I’m gay,” a gay man recounts to the Bisi Alimi Foundation in 2017. “They ...

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Nelson C.JSeptember 8, 2020

On #AcquitThe57 and why social media is still the strongest ally for queer Nigerians

About two weeks ago, The Initiative For Equal Rights kick-started a campaign geared at raising awareness around the 57 young ...

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Ifeanyi OgboSeptember 8, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: Here’s how we can curb the epidemic of suicide

“Did you really want to die?” “No one commits suicide because they want to die.” “Then why do they do ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 7, 2020

How slut-shaming, patriarchy and victim-blaming enables rape in Nigeria

Last week, a video of a man ‘correcting’ a woman’s attire circulated through twitter. In the video, we do not ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 5, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: 10 tweets we loved this week

Every week, we round up the best tweets revolving around the themes we explore on the blog. Here are the ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 4, 2020

Dating apps are no longer safe spaces for Queer Nigerians

In March 2020, a story of how Utali Ekwensu, a queer man was brutally killed in Nanka, Anambra sent shock ...

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Ifeanyi OgboSeptember 4, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: 10 tweets we loved this week

Every week, we round up the best tweets revolving around the themes we explore on the blog.  Here are some ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 3, 2020

Believe it or not, police brutality against queer Nigerians is injustice to all

Unjustified humiliation, fear and suffering are the outcome of queer lives in Nigeria where the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 3, 2020

These 5 false myths stand in the way of queer liberation in Nigeria

Same-sex. Disgust. Nigerians. That’s the paragraph. Like oral tradition, homophobia has been passed down to even the youngest generation using ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 2, 2020

Conversion therapy creates more mental health problems than we hardly know

A.O was only 13 when she was first beaten with a broom by a pastor during a ‘conversion therapy’ session. ...

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Joanne IkeSeptember 1, 2020

We must expand the boundaries of what we consider feminist issues

The concept of feminism has redefined too many other concepts, change mindsets and upturned stereotypes across the world. You could ...

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Joanne IkeAugust 31, 2020

Once upon a time when Nigerian authors gave queer people a voice

“Understand this if you understand nothing: it is a powerful thing to be seen” ― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater More African countries and ...

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Joanne IkeAugust 31, 2020

With COVID-19, rape is becoming an unnoticed endemic

We are winning the fight the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, but oblivious of another disease – one that targets our daughters, ...

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