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Anene Ejikeme Featured Life Notes Sexuality

Effeminate boys, masculine girls and sexual ambiguity 

By Anene Ejikeme The world record for the longest-ever kiss is held by a Thai couple.  Fifty hours!  Talk about making pleasure unpleasurable!  The rules for the competition were pretty rigorous, designed to ensure fair play.  Couples could not take a break from kissing (obviously), they had to be touching each other at all times Read More…

LGBTQ Nigeria Top Story

76 arrested for attending birthday party and planned same-sex wedding in Northern Nigeria

In northern Nigeria, the paramilitary agency, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), disclosed that 76 individuals were arrested for participating in a birthday party for gay people, with reports that the organiser had also intended to conduct a same-sex wedding, an act deemed illegal in the country. This incident represents the latest in Read More…

Education Legislature Nigeria Society Top Story

House of Reps calls for ban on LGBT-promoting educational materials

The House of Representatives has issued a call for the Federal Government to “prohibit the production, importation, and usage of educational materials that contain content promoting Lesbianism, Bisexuality, and Transgender (LGBT) in the nation’s educational resources.” This resolution was put forward in a motion by Rep. Sulaiman Gumi during a plenary session in Abuja. Gumi Read More…