Richard Akon found a magaze for gay men Nigeria, left him vulnerable a place where homophobia is rife. Akon wr for CNN, talkg for the first time about beg btally attacked and havg to flee the untry.
Contents:
- OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
- ‘I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO COME OUT AS GAY ON LIVE TV NIGERIA’
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
- THE GAY MARRIAGE THAT BROKE THE NIGERIAN INTER
- MEET THE FIRST MAN TO E OUT AS GAY ON NIGERIAN TELEVISN
- POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA, ARRT 19
OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
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Xeenarh Mohammed, the executive director of the Lagos-based Iniative for Equal Rights (TIERS), said the law had historilly been ed to harass and blackmail gay people but there had not been any nvictns.
The acced say they were attendg a birthday Same Sex Marriage Prohibn Act, which banned gay relatnships and entrenched tolerance of sexual mori Nigerian society, was signed by Goodluck Jonathan, then print, January law ed an ternatnal outcry, wh nmnatn om global human rights anisatn and wtern ernments.
‘I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO COME OUT AS GAY ON LIVE TV NIGERIA’
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Surveys have historilly shown high levels of homophobia Nigeria, but some have poted to what mpaigners say is a tentative, growg acceptance of gay men and June, high urt judg Botswana led that laws crimalisg same-sex relatns were unnstutnal and should be stck down, a major victory for gay rights mpaigners Ai.
Botswana is regard as one of Ai’s most stable and mocratic natns, but homosexualy was outlawed unr the untry’s penal of, Mozambique and the Seychell have scrapped anti-gay laws recent judg rejected the precent set by India, which last year legalised gay sex between nsentg adults, as well as by a seri of other judgments across the Commonwealth and elsewhere, and said Kenya should make s own laws to reflect s own Tanzania, thori Dar Salaam, the biggt cy, have lnched a seri of crackdowns on gay people recent years.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
Gay life Nigeria is evolvg, even as the untry nsirs a measure to make homosexualy a crime punishable by 14 years prison. * nigeria gay couple *
Women attend an appeal of RozeLks solidary wh Jte Kizo Namisa, who fled om Uganda, to prott and to kiss at the door of the 24-hour receptn of the Missnari of Chary at which Jte is no longer wele due to her homosexualy Amsterdam on Augt 8, 2018. Sce the crimalisatn of sexual relatnships between people of the same sex January 2014, the Nigerian LGBTTQQIAAP (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, transsexual, queer, qutng, tersex, asexual, ally, pansexual, and other variants, hereafter referred to as LGBTQ) muny has faced a new wave of discrimatn, hostily and rejectn.
GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
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The Same Sex Marriage Prohibn Act (SSMPA), signed to law 2014 by former Print Goodluck Jonathan, was enacted on the premise that the Nigerian culture is anthetil to homosexualy. This picture taken wh long time exposure shows participants of the French team holdg a rabow flag as they march onto the field durg the openg ceremony of the 2018 Gay Gam edn at the Jean Bou Stadium Paris on Augt 4, 2018.
THE GAY MARRIAGE THAT BROKE THE NIGERIAN INTER
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A poll nducted by The Iniative for Equal Rights (TIERs) via NOI Polls, surveyed 2, 000 Nigerians across the untry and mographic groups, and found out that 39% of Nigerians accept that lbian, gay and bisexual(LGB) Nigerians serve equal accs to public healthre, hog and tn. Essentially, the law prohibs a marriage or civil unn by persons of the same sex, the solemnisatn of such marriage plac of worship and the registratn of homosexual clubs and societi. The law prcrib a 14-year jail term for anyone who enters to a same-sex marriage or unn and a 10-year jail term for any person who “operat, participat gay clubs, societi and anisatns, or directly or directly mak a public show of same-sex amoro relatnship Nigeria.
MEET THE FIRST MAN TO E OUT AS GAY ON NIGERIAN TELEVISN
“There is no jtifitn whether terms of relign, whether terms of morals, [or] terms of whatever is, there is no jtifitn for , ” said Bisi Alimi, an openly gay Nigerian, who now ris the Uned Kgdom.
Apart om that thorny nstutnal issue, Olumi Makanjuola, a sexual health and rights activist and a Guardian Nigeria ntributor, said that many LGBTQ persons who were brave enough to e out of the closet have been greeted wh vic homophobia. For Valente’s Day, we spoke to a gay uple about navigatg romance the world’s most dangero untry to gay people, bee spe prevailg negative attus towards gay relatnships gay love thriv hidg and pla (29, Male) and Moshood (34, Male) have been a relatnship for 5 years and have that time done everythg one will expect of two adults eply love. 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.
POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA, ARRT 19
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. 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.
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. Gene Robson [ the US, the first bishop an openly gay relatnship] was an spiratn to me at the time, he was g a ripple the church about his own sexualy and showed me that sexualy uld be spoken about publicly. Image ptn, Displays of same-sex affectn are illegal NigeriaMore than 40 men have been arrted Nigeria over the weekend for performg homosexual acts, police are due to appear urt later.