LGBTQ+ Nigerians Are Celebratg Pri Month Defiance of Anti-Gay Law

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• OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
• LGBTQ+ NIGERIANS ARE CELEBRATG PRI MONTH DEFIANCE OF ANTI-GAY LAW

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

A poll nducted by 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. 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.

LGBTQ+ NIGERIANS ARE CELEBRATG PRI MONTH DEFIANCE OF ANTI-GAY LAW

(Banjul) – Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibn) Act, 2013 (SSMPA) has ma a bad suatn much worse for Nigeria’s beleaguered lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. Punive legal environments, stigma, and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, together wh high levels of physil, psychologil, or sexual vlence agast gay men and other men who have sex wh men, impes staable natnal rpons to HIV, Human Rights Watch found.

The ernment of Nigeria should repeal the specific provisns of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibn) Act that crimalize formg and supportg LGBT anizatns and ensure that key populatns, cludg gay men, men who have sex wh men, and transgenr people have accs to HIV servic, re, and treatment. Fally, society’s attus towards same sex unns the untry where the homophobic ias origated have moved om treatg such relatnships as an anomaly to a ready acknowledgment that they are entled not merely to rpect and basic cency, but also to equal rights and protectn unr the begs the qutn; Why are Nigerian law makers holdg onto homophobic laws which rulted om Brish import and were veloped whout the nsultatn of the people for whom the laws were ma for?

Sectn 4 prohibs the Registratn and meetgs of gay clubs, societi and anisatns, as well as the direct or direct public show of same sex amoro provisns are very dangero for the existence of queer folks Nigeria.

Sectn 5 of the SSMPA sets out the punishments for the earlier mentned offens as:Fourteen years imprisonment for any one enterg to a same sex marriage or civil unnTen years imprisonment for anyone who registers or participat gay clubs or anizatns or mak public display of same sex years imprisonment for anyone who admisters, wns, abets or aids the solemnisatn of a same sex marriage or civil unn, or supports the registratn, operatn and stenance of gay clubs, societi, anizatns, procsns or meetgs the anti LGBTQ+ laws do is sgle out a group of Nigerian cizens and ny them the basic rights and simplt pleasur that are acrd their cis-heterosexual unterparts. anti-gay law, Atralian’s Marriage Act 1961, Christiany, Crimal Co, English se laws, English Sexual Offenc Act (1956), English Statut, Homophobia, Internatnal Centre for Advocy on Rights to Health (ICARH), islam, LGBTQ+, Lord Penzance, nigeria, Nigeria’s Marriage Act 2004, Ober Dictum, One Actn Foundatn, Penal Co, Received English Law, Same-Sex Marriage Prohibn Act, Sharia Penal Co, The Iniative for Equal Rights (TIERS), Uned Kgdom’s Civil Partnership Act 2004.

By Pelumi SalakoILORIN, Nigeria, June 23 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) — YouTuber Victor Emmanuel knows first-hand how tough life is for people who are openly gay Nigeria, where LGBTQ+ relatnships and even same-sex displays of affectn are illegal.Last year, he was kidnapped by seven men who blackmailed, extorted, and tortured him for two days an attack that has sce left him nstantly lookg over his shoulr."It is livg wh the fear of possible killg or rceratn for who I lerally am. "It is when I n actually s and celebrate."Nigeria is a eply relig untry, where many reject homosexualy as a rptg Wtern import.In 2014, the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibn) Act was signed to law, which bars not only gay relatnships but also any public sign of same-sex affectn or membership of LGBTQ+ groups, wh punishments of up to 14 years prison. Gay sex is illegal more than half of Ain untri, acrdg to global LGBTQ+ rights tracker Equalx, although Gabon, Kenya, and Botswana have all crimalised same-sex relatns recent years.But spe the risks, activists are phg to exprs themselv and mand change this June, a month which is marked around the world wh LGBTQ+ Pri ralli and parti.Nigerian LGBTQ+ events have been growg number and size recent years, although they rema behd closed doors due to safety and legal ncerns.Celebratns this year are centred around the week-long Pri Lagos event which will clu art exhibns, a drag ntt, and a ball."(It) was birthed om the need for there to be Pri," said the event aniser Olai Kayo Tiey.

The legislatn amounts to "refully nstcted state vlence" which "exacerbat queerphobia and prevents om havg a muny," said Kayo Ani Somtochwu, founr of the Queer Unn for Enomic and Social Transformatn (QUEST).The Mistry of Jtice and the police force did not immediately rpond to requts for ment.In 2018, a group of 47 men were arrted and later charged for allegedly jog a gay club, a se that drew ternatnal outcry and was wily seen as a tt of the law.The men said they were at a birthday party and the se was thrown out by a judge due to the "lack of diligent prosecutn."But LGBTQ+ people are growg creasgly vol and visible, wh the ter providg a space for gay-iendly films, talk shows, and webs.Wh rights groups barred om formally registerg as an anisatn unr the same-sex marriage law, most anisg and support groups take place onle.Campaigners held what they say was the untry's first -person LGBTQ+ rights prott this year, which took place May the pal cy of Abuja.Growg Acceptance There is ltle prospect the same-sex marriage law will be repealed the foreeable future due to a lack of support om lawmakers, said Obna Okoronkwo, a lawyer at Templars law firm."The only actn that n repeal this law is an act of the natnal assembly," he said.Polls suggt that attus are slowly shiftg, although hostily remas monplace, wh mpaigners sayg growg visibily onle is helpg to build acceptance among younger generatns particular.About 60% of Nigerians said they would not accept a fay member who is LGBT, down om 83% 2017, found a 2019 poll missned by Nigerian rights group the Iniative for Equal Rights (TIERs).

1 Agt 2017Keterangan gambar, Bermraan ngan sama jenis di pan umum di Nigeria juga dari 40 laki-laki dangkap di Lagos, Nigeria, ngan tuduhan melakan kegiatan homoseksual dan akan disidangkan, kata polisi.

Tujuh orang yang mengubah sejarah LGBTPara gay Turki dibatalkan pihak berwenangPenmban gay di Aceh berlangsung dalam sorakanDi Nigeria, seorang yang melakan tdakan homoseksualas dianm ngan human maksimal 14 tahun penjara. 'Saya tak pernah bahagia': kisah km LGBT yang dipaksa menikah"Sejak Nigeria mengahkan undang-undang yang melarang pernikahan sama jenis dan anisasi gay pada 2013, penegak hum menangkapi orang-orang yang dicurigai melakan kegiatan homoseksualas.

Namun mikian penangkapan jarang dilakan karena km homoseksual menyembunyikan kegiatan mereka, " lapor i terdapat 72 negara di dunia yang sera terang-terangan melarang hubungan sama jenis, kata Asosiasi Interseks, Trans, Biseksual, Gay, Lebian Internasnal (ILGA) jumlah negara yang mengkrimalkan hubungan sama jenis setiap tahun berkurang, termas Belize dan Seychell yang menghap larangan hubungan sama jenis tahun lalu. Sumber: ILGALarangan hubungan sama jenis sudah diberlakan di negara u sejak 1901, dan pada 2013 juga melarang pernikahan sama jenis, tidak mengizkan berdirya kelompok-kelompok gay dan melarang pasangan sama jenis bermraan di pan umum. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (other penalty)Censorship✖ Imprisonment as punishmentNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsConversn Therapy✖ Not banned.

In addn, the misleadgly named Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibn) Act, passed 2013 and enacted 2014, provis for prison sentenc of 10 years for Nigerians belongg to a gay anizatn, supportg same-sex marriag, or displayg same-sex affectn public. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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.