My gay life Nigeria – Isolatn, danger & fear | Peter Tatchell Foundatn

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• THE NIGERIANS LURED TO A TRAP AND BLACKMAILED FOR BEG GAY
• 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
• MY GAY LIFE NIGERIA – ISOLATN, DANGER & FEAR
• OPENLY GAY NIGERIAN PASTOR,REACTS TO MURR OF GAY MAN LAGOS
• HAPPENING NOW: LGBT NIGERIANS JAILED AFTER PASSAGE OF NEW ANTI-GAY LAW
• DEATH SENTENC FOR THREE GAY MEN NIGERIA ‘OPENS THE DOOR’ FOR MORE ‘DRANIAN JUDGEMENTS’
• GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
• ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY NIGERIA
• NIGERIAN GAY MAN, TRAPPED & BEATEN BY GANG IN PORT HARURT NIGERIA FOR HOMOSEXUALY!
• THREE MEN SENTENCED TO ATH BY STONG FOR BEG GAY NIGERIA

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual.

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

They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual). Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch. The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.

‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.

“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch. 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.

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. 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.

THE NIGERIANS LURED TO A TRAP AND BLACKMAILED FOR BEG GAY

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 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.

Homophobia is the tie that bds a divid untry; the one thg a natn of chronic ethnic loyalti, of relig tensn, of failed ernment, n agree upon.

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

In universy, I beme a social pariah and the poster child for “faggots” after beg outed by my bt iend on a mp that waged a ‘War on Homosexualy. I wre this knowg how suffotgly fearful the days followg a homophobic attack n be, and how the trma f a person’s life. The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.

While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U. When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

Image ptn, Mohammed agreed to speak to the BBC on ndn of anonymyWhen Nigeria passed some of the tought anti-homosexualy laws Ai, the ter beme a place for the LGBT muny to nnect wh others more safely - until crimal gangs went digal too. Warng: This article ntas a reference to suiciLivg life secret as a gay man Nigeria was dangero for Mohammed.

MY GAY LIFE NIGERIA – ISOLATN, DANGER & FEAR

Acrdg to a group of activists who work wh the LGBT muny Nigeria, around 15 to 20 people ntact them each week wh siar stori to type of blackmail, where an LGBT person is entrapped, is known Nigeria's gay muny as "ko" - the exact orig of the term is unclear.

Image ptn, There is an unrground gay scene Lagos, but those who take part have to be very refulEmmanuel, not his real name, scribed how he started chattg to a iend onle, but had not realised his iend's acunt had been hijacked. It banned gay clubs, troducg a 10-year prison sentence for anyone who registers, operat, or participat gay clubs, societi, and anisatns, cludg supporters of those groups. The passg of the law had wispread support, acrdg to surveys, and meant Nigeria had some of the strictt laws agast homosexualy Ai.

The 12 northern stat uld already sentence people to ath unr Sharia, or Islamic law, for engagg homosexual acts. In 2014, media reports of vlence, mob jtice and extortn agast LGBT people were mon and activists say there has sce been an explosn ko s sce ptn, Uyai Ikpe-Etim says some people celebrate the targetg of LGBT peopleFilmmaker Uyai Ikpe-Etim, who liv openly as a gay woman Nigeria, said blackmail agast LGBT people is "rampant".

OPENLY GAY NIGERIAN PASTOR,REACTS TO MURR OF GAY MAN LAGOS

In a untry where beg gay may send you to jail, few people would stand up and be hont about their sexualy. The character Eric Effng (portrayed by actor Ncuti Gatwa) is an openly gay Brish teen the Netflix seri Sex Edutn.

Eric is a gay teenager this seri about a high school the Uned Kgdom where sex is very much on everyone's md. I thk that scenar of the mother who is acceptg of her child and unrstandg the homophobia Nigeria, the expectatn of homophobia, is very, very accurate.

In the new season, Eric's mom warns her son to be discreet when they vis Nigeria, but he ends up gog to an unrground LGBTQ party wh a new gay iend. A typil Nigerian driver will have somethg to say, good or bad, will possibly preach at them, exprs his opn why beg gay is bad and God is agast — or exprs some form of support. What did you thk of the rt of the scenar the show's Nigeria episo — Eric's new gay iend tak him to an unrground LGBTQ party.

HAPPENING NOW: LGBT NIGERIANS JAILED AFTER PASSAGE OF NEW ANTI-GAY LAW

This issue is very plited, but to jt answer the qutn, most of the perpetrators are eher openly gay men or closeted gay men — and there is also volvement of homophobic straight people. That for me didn't speak to the narrative of the mother who is sred for her son a untry that is extremely homophobic. There's an ia Bra that if you're whe and gay, you're more likely to be tune wh your sexualy than if you're Black and gay.

Bisi Alimi, a gay activist livg London, not that their match veers om typil TV trop: "The person stgglg wh his sexualy is the whe character, and the person who is acceptg of his sexualy... I saw a vio at an onle news se where two spected gay men were beg beaten to ath wh planks of wood; their blood splattered on the ground. The vigilant are, apparently, ‘normal’ people, yet they are liberately terrorisg and huiatg two men spected of homosexualy.

DEATH SENTENC FOR THREE GAY MEN NIGERIA ‘OPENS THE DOOR’ FOR MORE ‘DRANIAN JUDGEMENTS’

When the anti-gay Bill was passed by Print Goodluck Jonathan earlier this year, he had a lot of supporters. Among those supportg the new homophobic legislatn were the Christian Associatn of Nigeria, Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria, Adada Media Fom and Jama’atu Nasril Islam.

The Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria print, Chief Udo Uogaranya, said the new homophobic law would prerve and sta Ain culture.

There’s poverty, poor tn and a high unemployment rate Nigeria but the ernment choos to foc on homosexualy.

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

This is a untry where people die om Boko Haram bomb explosns, r accints due to bad roads, a high crime rate and poor healthre, yet the majory of people support the ernment’s claim that homosexualy is the ma issue Nigeria. I have argued wh some homophobic Nigerians and om what I noticed they hate gays bee they were told to hate by their relign. They have zero clue what ’s like to be gay, which om my perspective giv them a better reason not to judge.

J stopped those men om stong the adulters the Bible but the Nigerians, the Ains persecutg homosexuals the name of God, have fotten the actual the word of God.

Acrdg to the pastor, the young man simply intified as Dave was stabbed to ath by a homophobic killer he met onle.

ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY NIGERIA

The alleged murr was first brought to light by gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi who alleged that Dave was murred on Monday Febary 21. Let’s get one thg right beg gay is not a s, but to murr someone on the grounds of their sexual orientatn and genr inty is a terrible abomatn. Anyone who speaks out support of, meets wh, or participat a group advotg for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people also risks 10 years prison.

A Sharia urt lg Nigeria that saw three gay men sentenced to ath by stong uld be a “slippery slope” to more vlence agast the queer muny, LGBTQ+ groups say. Whether the urt follows through wh the sentencg or not, the se will likely rile up homophob the untry and ce abe toward queer people.

Marle Oluchi, a board member the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn’s Ain arm, said this sentencg is a “slippery slope” to lated vlence agast the LGBTQ+ Nigeria. LAGOS, Nigeria -- Life Nigeria, one of the world’s most anti-gay natns, is a daily stggle for Aola, a closeted, workg-class homosexual man livg on the outskirts of Abuja, the natn’s small, central (not his real name) has been lled offensive nam, sulted and ostracized over assumptns about his sexualy, so he shields his te self fear that g out would only attract more tense abe. Meanwhile, some young, wealthy gay Nigerians who spend most of their time the louche, Wternized Victoria Island sectn of Lagos -- the massive, quickly mornizg megalopolis on Nigeria’s southwtern ast -- are able to live a quasi-open life spe the vilent homophobia that l much of the rt of the Aola, a portly man his thirti who earns a most livg as a ok at a terg pany Abuja, that life of openns is difficult to said he worri about discrimatn every time he walks out the door, pecially light of a law passed this year that, should be signed by Print Goodluck Jonathan, would make the sheer act of beg gay punishable by up to 14 years prison.

NIGERIAN GAY MAN, TRAPPED & BEATEN BY GANG IN PORT HARURT NIGERIA FOR HOMOSEXUALY!

”Aola’s fears are supported by statistil evince: A study of 39 natns published by the Pew Rearch Center June emed Nigeria the least-acceptg natn of the lot for gays, wh 98 percent of survey rponnts sayg society should not accept homosexualy, edgg out ultranservative Jordan by a sgle percentage Acceptg BubbleSix upper-class gay profsnals who met wh the Internatnal Bs Tim at a Victoria Island rtrant last week say that bee they mostly stay wh that neighborhood’s fairly tolerant bubble, they are largely able to avoid Aola’s nstant state of fear. Still, they, like everyone else terviewed for this story, asked to be assigned psdonyms bee of the harsh penalti that n rult om beg intified as gay the prs. ”Fatima is not gay per se -- she scrib her sexualy as “fluid” and said she is open to relatnships wh men or women -- but she mostly dat women.

THREE MEN SENTENCED TO ATH BY STONG FOR BEG GAY NIGERIA

”Crimalizg HomosexualyBeg gay Nigeria has long meant hidg the shadows of society, but fear and anxiety among most members of the natn’s gay muny have grown markedly sce May 30, when the Nigerian Senate passed a bill makg the simple act of beg homosexual a crime punishable by as long as 14 years prison. Jonathan has not yet signed or vetoed the bill -- which was prevly passed by the Nigerian Hoe of Reprentativ -- nor has he sent a clear signal of which si he will eventually take on the ntroversial bill, upled wh legal rtrictns on gay marriage, is actually lenient pared wh the suatn faced by gays the Mlim-domated north of the natn, where Shariah Islamic law mak homosexualy a pal offense punishable some areas by stong to though the measure is not yet officially on the books, has already had a chillg effect on gay life Nigeria, acrdg to Aisha, a lbian iend of Fatima’s. ” But now, she said, there is a wily held, albe premature, belief that “’s illegal and rri a sentence” of more than a dozen years behd bars, which further timidat Nigeria’s gay populatn.

Although Fatima nsirs Abuja to be “like gay central of Nigeria, ” the place she said she would go to “hook up wh a girl, several girls, one weekend, ” that si of gay life isn’t accsible to many homosexual rints of the pal who aren’t as well-heeled as said that due to the discrimatn he fac Abuja, he unrground channels and word-of-mouth to fd other gay people to teract wh or date.