{"id":24941,"date":"2024-03-27T08:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=24941"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:48:55","slug":"why-gays-shouldnt-reveal-their-sexuality-blessing-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/03\/27\/why-gays-shouldnt-reveal-their-sexuality-blessing-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Gays Shouldn\u2019t Reveal Their Sexuality \u2013 Blessing CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Blessing Okoro, also known as Blessing CEO, a controversial figure who claims expertise in relationships, has stirred controversy with her recent advice directed at gays in Nigeria. On her TV show, Moments With Blessing CEO, she strongly recommended that individuals who identify as gay should keep their sexuality hidden from the public eye, suggesting they should take this secret to their graves. Okoro justified her stance by highlighting the societal stigma and prejudice faced by homosexuals in Nigeria, cautioning against the potential repercussions of revealing one&#8217;s sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>In her statements, Okoro alleged that many men in Abuja and Lagos engage in homosexual activities, often referred to as &#8220;gay for pay,&#8221; implying that homosexuality is more prevalent in certain social circles than commonly acknowledged. She distinguished between crossdressers and what she described as &#8220;genuine&#8221; homosexuals, identifying individuals with muscular physiques resembling gym instructors as examples of the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Okoro asserted that some women knowingly remain in relationships with homosexual or bisexual partners due to perceived benefits or advantages. These claims, made during the course of her TV show, have sparked debate and criticism regarding their accuracy and ethical implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah Blessing Okoro, also known as Blessing CEO, a controversial figure who claims expertise in relationships, has stirred controversy with her recent advice directed at gays in Nigeria. On her TV show, Moments With Blessing CEO, she strongly recommended that individuals who identify as gay should keep their sexuality hidden from the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":24942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24944,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24941\/revisions\/24944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}