Richard Akuson, a lawyer whose online magazine is questioning rigid gender norms in Nigeria’s religiously conservative society, understands the nature of the challenge all too well. He has lived it.

“In Nigeria, as in many other places, people treat a very narrow version of masculinity as if it is sacred as if to challenge it is immoral,” says the 23-year-old.

“If, as a man, you simply want to wear makeup or crossdress you can’t live an open life in Nigeria.”

Akuson launched his culture and fashioned-focused website, A Nasty Boy, in February.

“I would sit in law classes working on the website – a lot of people who sat behind me for months though I worked for a porn site,” he says. “I called it A Nasty Boy to disarm people.”...

Read more and see more photos: https://mediarepotas.com/2017/11/16/nigerias-nasty-boy-people-law-class-thought-worked-porn-site/