The Nigerian state ntu to oppose same-sex marriage and the rpect for human rights of Lbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgenred (LGBT) persons lolly and ternatnally.
Contents:
- BLACKMAIL, PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN: GAY RIGHTS NIGERIA
- OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
- THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV
- LGBTQ+ NIGERIANS ARE CELEBRATG PRI MONTH DEFIANCE OF ANTI-GAY LAW
- 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
- GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
- ‘I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO COME OUT AS GAY ON LIVE TV NIGERIA’
- MEET THE FIRST MAN TO E OUT AS GAY ON NIGERIAN TELEVISN
BLACKMAIL, PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN: GAY RIGHTS NIGERIA
Stigmatised by the public and badgered by the police, gay people Nigeria have been driven ever eper unrground * nigeria and gay rights *
”The Same Sex Marriage Prohibn Act, which banned gay relatnships and entrenched tolerance to sexual mori Nigerian society, was signed by Print Goodluck Jonathan January 2014.
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. 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.
OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
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. * nigeria and gay rights *
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. 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. In June, three gay men – Abdullahi Beti, Kau Ya’u and Mallam Hana – were arrted unr the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibn) Act 2013 and subsequently sentenced to ath by a Sharia urt Ngi, Bchi state. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (other penalty)Censorship✖ Imprisonment as punishmentNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsConversn Therapy✖ Not banned.
THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV
LGBT Rights Nigeria: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * nigeria and gay rights *
Imprisonment as punishment In addn to crimalizg homosexualy, Nigeria has enacted legislatn that would make illegal for heterosexual fay members, alli and iends of LGBT people to be supportive.
LGBTQ+ NIGERIANS ARE CELEBRATG PRI MONTH DEFIANCE OF ANTI-GAY LAW
In the past year, Angola and Botswana have shed their anti-gay laws. What n others learn om them? * nigeria and gay rights *
Acrdg to Nigerian law, a heterosexual ally "who admisters, wns, abets or aids" any form of genr non-nformg and homosexual activy uld receive a 10-year jail to change legal genr Nigeria? In a 2020 report released by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Associatn, nearly half of the 69 untri where homosexualy is still crimalized are Ain untri.
In ls than six months, the muny has e unr tense and repeated attacks om policians, the police, relig groups, and anti-gay anizatns, cludg a heavily biased media mted to pilloryg and misreprentg an already margalized group. A report released 2016 by Human Rights Watch highlighted a particularly chillg cint outsi Abuja, Nigeria’s pal, where a vlent armed mob of more than 50 people went om home to home, draggg out and beatg dividuals spected of beg gay.
'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
LGBTQ+ Nigerians are gatherg to party and ph back agast anti-gay laws and societal norms this Pri Month. * nigeria and gay rights *
” It impos a 10-year prison sentence on those who “directly or directly make [a] public show of [a] same-sex amoro relatnship” and anyone who “registers, operat, or participat gay clubs, societi, and anizatns, ” cludg supporters of those groups. “This law crimaliz the liv of gay and lbian people, but the damage would e extends to every sgle Nigerian, ” said Graeme Reid, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The law is so vague that is likely to lead to the arbrary arrt of gay people, while facilatg extortn and blackmail of vulnerable groups by members of Nigeria’s notorly rpt secury servic, ” Reid said.
And Augt, lawmakers proposed a bill (still unr review) so extreme that simply sayg you are gay or lbian uld land you mandatory nversn therapy or prison for up to 10 years. Same-sex nduct is not illegal Rwanda, but thori there round up and arbrarily taed people regard as socially unsirable, cludg over a dozen gay and transgenr people, sex workers, street children, and others the months before a planned June 2021 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetg.
GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
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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 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. "Nigeria is a eply relig untry, where many reject homosexualy as a rptg Wtern 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 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.
‘I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO COME OUT AS GAY ON LIVE TV NIGERIA’
The ban signed by Print Goodluck Jonathan threatens vlators wh prison terms, and is nsired the most signifint setback to gay rights Ai. * nigeria and gay rights *
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) Mistry of Jtice and the police force did not immediately rpond to requts for 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 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 rights groups barred om formally registerg as an anisatn unr the same-sex marriage law, most anisg and support groups take place onle. Sectn 5(2) crimalis registerg, operatg or participatg gay clubs, societi or anisatns, or makg a public show of a same-sex relatnship wh a penalty of ten years imprisonment.
MEET THE FIRST MAN TO E OUT AS GAY ON NIGERIAN TELEVISN
Nigeria is the most populo untry Ai wh over 200 ln people. Many ethnic enclav exist throughout the untry as well as two ma petg religns- Islam the north and Christiany the south. Sadly, the two relig sis (which are fundamentalist) agree on a few thgs-- one of them beg extreme anti-gay… * nigeria and gay rights *
In Ghiri town near Abuja Febary, a mob of about 40 men reportedly dragged a number of spected gay men om their beds the middle of the night, after smashg down doors to their hom hoe-to-hoe raids.
“A person who registers, operat or participat gay clubs, societi and anisatn, or directly or directly mak public show of same sex amoro relatnship Nigeria ms an offence and is liable on nvictn to a term of 10 years imprisonment.