Administrators FlyJ Posted November 17, 2017 Administrators Share Posted November 17, 2017 Although Nigeria prohibits same-sex marriage and threatens same-gender-loving people with 14 years in prison, two courageous Nigerian queer women have launched “Pride Diaries,” a new podcast exploring issues that affect the lives of LGBT Nigerians. The two anonymous Nigerians launched the podcast this past June during LGBT Pride month. In an online chat, one of them told NoString that the idea for the podcast was inspired by their own personal experiences as they talked casually about queer issues: “I was sitting with a few queer friends one afternoon and we were talking about our relationships. Somehow the conversation went to how we discovered our queerness. Everyone had an interesting story and I just thought how could we share these stories. That’s how the podcast idea came. We wanted to tell people our stories, to let them know we are human too, with normal lives.” The first episode, titled “Love is Love,” made its debut on June 27. Episodes of the podcast are put together using recorded voice-notes from participants who share their personal experiences on issues ranging from homophobia to coming out and from religion to sexuality. This is another opportunity for people to learn about what it truly means to be gay, countering the lies and sensationalism about homosexuality that often appears in mainstream media. To listen to previous episodes of the “Pride Diaries” podcasts, visit https://soundcloud.com/thepridediaries or find them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thepridediaries. Source 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted November 17, 2017 Moderators Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thanks for this aunty. Sounds interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators FlyJ Posted November 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted November 17, 2017 You are welcome ma . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teewhy Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Gotta follow this up. Lemme listen to the previous episodes first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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