Same sex marriage

A young lady, Shalom Shoremi, has been disowned by her family after she sought approval from a federal marriage registry to marry her lesbian partner.According to an advertorial in a Nigerian newspaper, the Shoremi family from Ogun…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Sunday advised the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to disregard the counsel of British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on same sex marriage.The advice is contained in a statement issued…

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May has called on all Commonwealth nations with restrictive laws on same-sex marriage to relax such laws.May said this on Tuesday while addressing leaders of Commonwealth nations at the ongoing…

The Scottish Episcopal Church has voted to allow gay couples to marry in church. It makes it the first major Christian church in the UK to allow same-sex marriages.The vote to amend canon law on marriage, removing the stipulation that…

I was invited to deliver the keynote address at this year’s special event on “Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law”, an annual symposium organized to promote awareness on issues relating to the plight of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…

China's first case by a same-sex couple seeking the right to marry was dismissed by a Judge in the central province of Hunan on Wednesday.The couple was suing the local Civil Affairs Bureau in Changsha city for refusing to issue them a…

Kenya's first gay music video swiftly banned by the country's film board shows a well-toned young man, naked apart from his underpants, leaning over his tattooed male lover in bed.Two pretty young women exchange kisses on a park bench,…

The Nigeria Police Force has defended the action of its men who broke up a gay wedding penultimate Saturday at the King’s Land Hotel in Jiwa Community, Abuja.According to the spokesman of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command,…

The US Episcopal Church has been suspended from any policy-setting position within the Anglican Communion for three years for sanctioning same-sex marriage.The sanction was announced on Thursday after a weeklong meeting in Canterbury,…

The British government is considering cutting off aid to Nigeria after the anti-gay bill was passed on Thursday by the House of Representatives, following in the footsteps of the Senate which passed its own version of the bill in November…

The Senate President, David Mark, has said that no matter the pressure from a section of the international and human rights communities, Nigeria would not legalize same-sex marriage.He declared that the law criminalizing marriage…