Nigeria is a ld-blood untry for gay men -- I have the srs to prove | CNN

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• NIGERIAN GAY-THEMED FILM ABOUT 2 BOYS LOVE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLE
• OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE

NIGERIAN GAY-THEMED FILM ABOUT 2 BOYS LOVE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLE

Popular gay datg platform Grdr has released s gural Grdr Unwrapped – thk Spotify Unwrapped, but this time an overview of the platform’s sex and datg trends among the nearly 13 ln gay, bisexual, trans and queer folks who e the app each on their social media platforms, the rults is unsurprisg as shows mostly homophobic untri the world leadg the pack wh Nigeria emergg as third. It’s worth repeatg that Nigeria is third place., bottoms, versatile are terms ed leatg gay sexual posns and while the fdgs om Grdr foc on the top populatn Nigeria, one n still glean that there’s a huge percentage of gay persons the untry even though ’s possible gay bottoms/versatile might label themselv as ”tops” bee of bottom-shamg. By the way, a top is the party who giv peratn a gay sexual activy.

This is not a universal fdg on onle queer teractns but has yet aga nfirmed what we know about Nigeria’s heavy gay populatn and why homophobia is plaly sensels and Bernard Dayo isn’t wrg about pop culture, he’s watchg horror movi and readg ics and tryg to pretend his addictn to Netflix isn’t a ser ndn. In 2017, I started A Nasty Boy magaze to validate and affirm the liv and experienc of gay men Nigeria. I wanted to start meangful nversatns around genr norms and masculy that speak specifilly to our reali as gay men wh a culture that is poisonoly patriarchal and eply homophobic.

OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE

Agast a backdrop of adly anti-gay vlence, A Nasty Boy dared to be a haven for gay men Nigeria and, no time, received ternatnal attentn through CNN, BBC, The Guardian, The Enomist, Vogue, and others. They acced me of beg gay and “spreadg a gay agenda, ” as they pummeled me; each punch was an asslt on who I was. They took my phone, forced me to unlock , and found further proof of my homosexualy.

And yet, even this gome attack pal parison to the fatal btaly many Nigerian gay men have too often experienced the form of lynchgs or pillory wh tir before they’re set on fire and burnt alive—not for terrorism or worse, but for beg gay, for beg human, a sperately homophobic untry. In Nigeria, gay men are portrayed as ncers eatg eply to the fabric of society—tumors that mt be oblerated. The feral Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibn) Act of 2014 says anyone found guilty of homosexualy fac up to 14 years prison.

A 2013 PewGlobal rearch suggts 98% of Nigerians believe homosexualy should not be accepted by society. A 2017 survey by The Iniative for Equal Rights (TIERS), a Nigerian-based human rights anizatn, showed 90% of Nigerians support the ntued enforcement of Nigeria’s anti-gay laws.