Why Black Gay Elders Are Re-Closeting: UK vs Nigeria Comparison

It can feel like hard-won victories slipping away. LGBTQ+ elders are facing a new crisis: the return to the closet in old age. After surviving criminalisation, police raids, the AIDS …

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How Black Gay Men Promote Stigma That Comes Back To Hurt Us

As Black gay men, we navigate a world layered with intersecting oppressions—racism from broader society and homophobia within our own racial communities. Knowing this, one would think that any gathering …

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Black queer youth creating visual art during a community workshop in the diaspora.

Finding Joy and Healing Through Art—A Love Letter to Black Queer People

Love from the DNB family. For every member of the Black and African queer community—whether you’re in Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, Johannesburg, London, New York, Texas, or anywhere in the world—creativity …

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Coming out as gay in Nigeria: Surviving religious conversion therapy

By Great Maxwell. Warning: This piece contains accounts of forced religious “deliverance,” spiritual coercion, and sexual abuse that may be triggering. If you are in an unsafe situation, currently distressed, …

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Is my husband gay? Why millions of women still search this online

One commonly searched question that has continued to shock data experts is: “Is my husband gay?” The phenomenon is significant because it reveals how anonymity allows people to voice high-stakes …

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Arise TV’s Somtochukwu ‘Sommie’ Maduagwu Bio: Marriage, Husband, Kids, Cause of Death

Who is Somtochukwu Maduagwu? Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu was an Arise TV news anchor, lawyer and former beauty queen. She rose to fame in 2023 after representing Nigeria at the Miss …

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Dear Gay Men in 2025: You are not a Top, or a Bottom, or a Label

By Daniel Nkado. One troubling pattern I’ve observed about modern gay culture is the gendering of sex roles—treating “top” and “bottom” as if they’re fixed gender identities rather than fluid …

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