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Loud & Queer - Laverne Cox - Gallery
Loud & Queer - Laverne Cox - Gallery
Loud and Queer is a storytelling project that shines a light on inspiring LGBTQ+ individuals and their contributions from around the world.
BeintheKnow: How Nigerian Non-Profit Organizations are rebooting HIV prevention for LGBTIQ+ people
BeintheKnow: How Nigerian Non-Profit Organizations are rebooting HIV prevention for LGBTIQ+ people
After global funding cuts disrupted HIV services, Nigerian non-profits are restarting prevention for LGBTIQ+ communities - while facing stigma, access gaps, and rising costs that still leave many behi
Obinna Tony – Wikimedia Diff's Publications
Obinna Tony – Wikimedia Diff's Publications
The Polis Project: How AI, Algorithm, Platform Rules Silence Queer Nigerians
The Polis Project: How AI, Algorithm, Platform Rules Silence Queer Nigerians
Social media content moderation systems discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community, systematically flagging queer content and allowing homophobic material to proliferate.
Anthropology News: Queerness as an Act of Resistance against Forced Heteronormative Ideals in Nigeria - Anthropology News
Anthropology News: Queerness as an Act of Resistance against Forced Heteronormative Ideals in Nigeria - Anthropology News
The piece explores how Nigerian queer individuals use fashion, digital activism, and cultural reclamation as radical acts of resistance against
LBQ+ Nigerian Women navigating the Justice System
LBQ+ Nigerian Women navigating the Justice System
Diff: My experience at the Queering Wikipedia 2025
Diff: My experience at the Queering Wikipedia 2025
Similar to my last diff article on discovering Wikipedia editing after attending the “Wiki Loves Pride” Edit-a-thon Lagos chapter, I subscribed to the “Diff” newsletter and …
BeintheKnow: Priced out of care: How inflation deepens health inequities among LBQ+ women in Nigeria
BeintheKnow: Priced out of care: How inflation deepens health inequities among LBQ+ women in Nigeria
Rising inflation and USAID funding cuts have left LBQ+ women in Nigeria struggling with healthcare access while prioritizing survival over health and medical needs
Diff: Lagos, Nigeria: My experience at the Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon
Diff: Lagos, Nigeria: My experience at the Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon
I have always admired Wikipedia for its purpose of providing information in the most accessible form, especially compared to other websites. I have known Wikipedia since my senior secondary school,…
Crushing Colonialism: The Concept of “Chi” as Regards Igbo Ontology on Gender and Sexuality
Crushing Colonialism: The Concept of “Chi” as Regards Igbo Ontology on Gender and Sexuality
The Igbo people of Nigerian culture often repeat an unfounded account of their origins. Many believe they are the lost tribe of Judah due to perceived similarities between Igbo culture and Judaism.
Queer Love Project: 16 Shorts to Celebrate Queer Love
Queer Love Project: 16 Shorts to Celebrate Queer Love
Because the world can shift with a single glance.
Instagram Slide Shows(A Story): What if my mother had lived?
Instagram Slide Shows(A Story): What if my mother had lived?
Blog: Understanding a Brief History of Gender Non-Conformity in Igbo Nigerian Culture | ReportOUT
Blog: Understanding a Brief History of Gender Non-Conformity in Igbo Nigerian Culture | ReportOUT
By Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem Modern Nigerian literature has recently begun to uncover what Western religions obscured regarding African gender expression (Elnaiem, 2021). This is not to suggest that there is no visible gender binary in Igbo culture; however, in the 21st century, the concept of gender in the traditional Igbo context challenges the norms presented by Abrahamic religions and Western culture. Early Igbo literature, much like the works of Flora Nwapa and Buchi Emecheta, focused on t
Research Contributor: LGBTQ+ Forced displacement | ReportOUT
Research Contributor: LGBTQ+ Forced displacement | ReportOUT
Memoir Land: Spotlight: Some Personal Essays to Get You Through the Week...
Memoir Land: Spotlight: Some Personal Essays to Get You Through the Week...
Plus: Classes from Narratively Academy, Alicia Kennedy, Megan Stielstra/Off Assignment, a call for submissions, and two conferences...
Queer Love Project: Sex Without Love; The Ordeal of a Queer Nigerian Man
Queer Love Project: Sex Without Love; The Ordeal of a Queer Nigerian Man
In a male-to-male dynamic, the expectation of financial commitment disappears, so what, then, is left to love? On top of that, could I date someone who was married to a woman and offered nothing?
Unwinnable Magazine: Issue 83, EXPLOITS
Unwinnable Magazine: Issue 83, EXPLOITS
Thomson Reuters WoN Fellow: How Nigerian government loses money annually due to intellectual property rights violations in the music and film industry
Thomson Reuters WoN Fellow: How Nigerian government loses money annually due to intellectual property rights violations in the music and film industry
Innately Science: Fish Farming: Overview of Fisheries in Nigeria - Google Drive
Innately Science: Fish Farming: Overview of Fisheries in Nigeria - Google Drive
Buy: Innately Science, Science Communication Issue
Buy: Innately Science, Science Communication Issue
Instagram: Learn Nigerian LGBTQ+
Instagram: Learn Nigerian LGBTQ+
Coming Out: More Than Just Words | Bisi Alimi Foundation
Coming Out: More Than Just Words | Bisi Alimi Foundation
Explore the meaning of coming out through the eyes of Obinna Tony, a Rainbow Academy Scholar. Discover how living authentically transcends the need for decl ...
Those Nigerians: Features and Lifestyles
Those Nigerians: Features and Lifestyles
Inspirethemind: Queer in Nigeria & Mental health struggles
Inspirethemind: Queer in Nigeria & Mental health struggles
SextrasWorld: Friendships that shaped me, as a queer Nigerian man– Sextras Podcast & Magazine
SextrasWorld: Friendships that shaped me, as a queer Nigerian man– Sextras Podcast & Magazine
WigWagMag: vol. 29 - The Woman King — Wig-Wag
WigWagMag: vol. 29 - The Woman King — Wig-Wag
Openly News: OPINION: Nigerians who don’t conform to gendered expectations pay the highest price
Openly News: OPINION: Nigerians who don’t conform to gendered expectations pay the highest price
BlueDotLiving: Meet Nigerian Environmental Activist Toluwalase Abiona
BlueDotLiving: Meet Nigerian Environmental Activist Toluwalase Abiona
Keppel Health: The ordeal of LGBTQI+ Nigerians: health education and communication on HIV and STDs
Keppel Health: The ordeal of LGBTQI+ Nigerians: health education and communication on HIV and STDs
DailyDot: How Nairaland, Nigeria's version of Reddit, helped me discover my LGBTQ tribe
DailyDot: How Nairaland, Nigeria's version of Reddit, helped me discover my LGBTQ tribe
Openly News: OPINION: Queer is not a slur: navigating the world as an anglophone African gay man
Openly News: OPINION: Queer is not a slur: navigating the world as an anglophone African gay man
Minority Africa: The pressure to conform: How queer Nigerians navigate marriage expectations during the holidays
Minority Africa: The pressure to conform: How queer Nigerians navigate marriage expectations during the holidays
Hard Drive: Game Guides
Hard Drive: Game Guides
Punocracy Prize for Satire: How to love a Nigerian man as a Nigerian woman
Punocracy Prize for Satire: How to love a Nigerian man as a Nigerian woman
openDemocracy: Young Nigerians struggle to disrupt old power at upcoming election
openDemocracy: Young Nigerians struggle to disrupt old power at upcoming election
WeareQueerAF: Threat of anti-gay Kito attacks loom large as Nigerian election race begins
WeareQueerAF: Threat of anti-gay Kito attacks loom large as Nigerian election race begins
Coin News Africa: My Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Articles
Coin News Africa: My Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Articles
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LivingFreeUK: Queer Nigerian Creatives are Using the Internet to Bypass Anti-Queer Laws
LivingFreeUK: Queer Nigerian Creatives are Using the Internet to Bypass Anti-Queer Laws
SprinNG Personal Essay Publication: And he is dwelling here
SprinNG Personal Essay Publication: And he is dwelling here
Podcast: In Conversation with Tony-Francis
Podcast: In Conversation with Tony-Francis
Medium Contest: Scaling Through My Final Year Undergraduate Programme
Medium Contest: Scaling Through My Final Year Undergraduate Programme
The Kalahari Review: The Struggle in Lagos
The Kalahari Review: The Struggle in Lagos
Artmosterrific: How Grief Cripples
Artmosterrific: How Grief Cripples
LivingFreeUK: How To Be An African Gay Man
LivingFreeUK: How To Be An African Gay Man
Ynaija: Exploring Gender Through The Viewpoint of Igbo Sexuality
Ynaija: Exploring Gender Through The Viewpoint of Igbo Sexuality
LivingFreeUK: Allyship, Heterosexual Privilege and Homophobia in West Africa
LivingFreeUK: Allyship, Heterosexual Privilege and Homophobia in West Africa
Queer Erotic Substack Newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
Queer Erotic Substack Newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
TWB Mag Column: Diary of an Undergraduate
TWB Mag Column: Diary of an Undergraduate
Blog Posts (All Fiction)
Blog Posts (All Fiction)
Kalahari Igby Prize: Seasonal Trips to East
Kalahari Igby Prize: Seasonal Trips to East
SprinNG Publication: Why I Write
SprinNG Publication: Why I Write
Rustintimes: On Likeability Politics
Rustintimes: On Likeability Politics
Tush Magazine: The Hyper-femininity in Beyonce's Art & Why it Resonates with Queer Men
Tush Magazine: The Hyper-femininity in Beyonce's Art & Why it Resonates with Queer Men
LivingFree UK: They are Killing Us
LivingFree UK: They are Killing Us
OgTalkUtalku: An Interview on Writing
OgTalkUtalku: An Interview on Writing
Elseisy Blog: Movie Review, Ọ̀lọ̀tūré
Elseisy Blog: Movie Review, Ọ̀lọ̀tūré
Elsieisy Blog: Yahoo Yahoo
Elsieisy Blog: Yahoo Yahoo
Rustintimes: My Transition
Rustintimes: My Transition
Punocracy: NotAllMen: A Guide on How to Decimate Twitter Feminists
Punocracy: NotAllMen: A Guide on How to Decimate Twitter Feminists
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