Gay In Nigeria: LGBT Life In One Of The World’s Most Homophobic Natns

Contents:

• GA YASHERE ON BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA’S GAY STORYLE AND CHANGG THE NARRATIVE ABOUT NIGERIANS ON A GLOBAL STAGE
• A ‘EDY’ SKETCH PORTRAYG A GAY MAN BEG SEXUALLY ASSLTED HAS GONE VIRAL NIGERIA
• 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
• ‘THE LEGEND OF THE UNRGROUND’ REVIEW: GAY ACTIVISM NIGERIA
• GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS

GA YASHERE ON BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA’S GAY STORYLE AND CHANGG THE NARRATIVE ABOUT NIGERIANS ON A GLOBAL STAGE

Homosexualy is still a ntent issue the Nigerian muny, both home and abroad.

A ‘EDY’ SKETCH PORTRAYG A GAY MAN BEG SEXUALLY ASSLTED HAS GONE VIRAL NIGERIA

“I wanted to tell the story bee beg a lbian myself and g om a Nigerian fay; I felt like I was fortunate that I was born outsi of Nigeria, so I didn’t have a lot of the experienc that my Nigerian gay iends would have had wh the doctratn that the beatgs. In Nigeria, gay terurse is punishable wh 14 years jail.

Oscillatg between the eply textured Lagos, Nigeria and New York Cy, Nneka Onuorah and Giselle Bailey’s stylish documentary “The Legend of the Unrground” steadfastly chronicl the trans-Atlantic effort led by several Nigerian LGBTQIA activists to stem the wave of discrimatg homophobic lawmakg the Ain untry.

'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST

Photographed to poetic gre, “The Legend of the Unrground” distrsg stori and the tight-kn gay muny’s nurturg bonds to create a rilient kaleidospe of heels, dance, and strength. Mikael Ighodaro, a gay Nigerian man livg New York Cy, left his home untry to pe the vlent wave of homophobia.

There, 's not only gay sex that's outlawed, but so are meetg plac for gay people such as parti. To practice nsensual sex safety, the muny often swch: gog to “the market” means you’re hook up; “TB” is another way to ask if you’re gay; “Kto” means you’re sndalo.

‘THE LEGEND OF THE UNRGROUND’ REVIEW: GAY ACTIVISM NIGERIA

We also watch as Brown grappl wh his rol as spokman and the public enemy of homophob.

A few subjects rell how they were ostracized om their fai and church for beg gay, and for beg diagnosed wh HIV. And the e of the Queer Cy’s podst’s host, Timi, as a narrative vice to spect the untry’s anti-gay lawmakers and ps, pecially when the director utiliz spl-screens, never que hs the mark.

“The Legend of the Unrground” tails the heartbreak and riliency Nigeria’s gay muny and creat an upliftg exprsn of personal eedom.

GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS

Nigerian edian and popular ic Yoba terpreter, Ogunsa Ayoji Samuel popularly known as Still Rgg has fally rpond to multiple reports scribg him as ‘gay’.