A Nasty Boy

A Nasty Boy is a Nigerian fashion magazine founded on February 19, 2017. It is Nigeria's first LGBTQ magazine. The publication chronicles and celebrates underground stories, people, and voices through the lens of Nigeria's marginalized LGBTQ community. A Nasty Boy was founded by Richard Akuson, a Nigerian lawyer, fashion journalist, writer, editor, and PR executive. In June 2017, A Nasty Boy was featured in a CNN article. that launched it to the international spotlight. Soon afterward, Dazed declared the publication as Nigeria's most controversial fashion magazine, and Vogue editors listed A Nasty Boy on their What to Read this Fall as selected by Vogue editors. The magazine has since enjoyed fawning profiles on The Guardian, BBC, France24's The Observers, 1843 Magazine, i-D, OkayAfrica, Mic, amongst many others.