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:
- 12 ERNORS NIGERIA ARE GAY
- OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
- COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
- GAY GOVERNORS: MRA HEALEY, TA KOTEK, JARED POLIS W
12 ERNORS NIGERIA ARE GAY
Twelve yet-to-be intified Nigerian ernors and 40 percent of lawmakers are gay, claims Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu- P.M. News * gay governors in nigeria *
Nigerian ernors wh Buhari, Osbajo: Nollywood actor Maduagwu claims 12 ernors are gay.
Twelve yet-to-be intified Nigerian ernors and 40 percent of lawmakers are gay. Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu, who me out to recently to clare his sexual orientatn as gay, ma the claim an Instagram post. He slammed the anti-gay law former Print Goodluck Jonathan signed 2014.
Print Joe Bin to sanctn Nigerian ernment over the 14-years jail term for homosexuals Nigeria. I am proudly gay, and I beg you to place sanctns on Nigerian ernment for s human laws agast law-abidg homosexuals. “We are tired and sred spe the fact that more than 40% of current legislatur and over twelve ernors are homosexuals naija; why the hypocrisy, ” he said.
OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
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Days back, Maduagwu revealed he is gay. 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.
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.
COLORADO'S JARED POLIS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED ERNOR, ADDRS 'HORRIFIC' SHOOTG AT AN LGBTQ CLUB
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected ernor the Uned Stat, on Sunday cried Saturday's “horrific” adly shootg at a Colorado Sprgs LGBTQ nightclub. * gay governors in nigeria *
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.
GAY GOVERNORS: MRA HEALEY, TA KOTEK, JARED POLIS W
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. 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.