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• OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
• GAY NIGERIA: 'EVERYBODY SE ME AS AN ABOMATN'
• WHY 'S A CRIME TO BE GAY NIGERIA
• NIGERIA'S PRINT SIGNS LAW IMPOSG UP TO 14 YEARS' JAIL FOR GAY RELATNSHIPS

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

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.

GAY NIGERIA: 'EVERYBODY SE ME AS AN ABOMATN'

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.

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. However, prr to this Law, the Crimal Co of Nigeria already ma gay relatns between men Sectns 214 of the Crimal Co, provis that:‘Any person who‐(1) has rnal knowledge of any person agast the orr of nature; or(2) has rnal knowledge of an animal; or(3) perms a male person to have rnal knowledge of him or her agast the orr of nature, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

WHY 'S A CRIME TO BE GAY NIGERIA

Prohibs the registratn of gay clubs, societi and anisatnsThe Act also mak illegal to register gay clubs, societi, and anisatns, and and their meetgs and procsns are also illegal. ‘Acplic’The law go further to provi that anyone who admisters, wns, or assists the solemnizatn of a same sex marriage or civil unn, or supports the registratn and operatn of a gay club or anisatn is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 10 years upon may read the full provisns of the Law here – Same Sex Prohibn Act you for readg this article, we hope you have found eful. They also claim there’s been a rise stanc of extortn and blackmail of the LGBTQI+ muny by secury a after the law passed, our rrponnt Mayeni Jon vtigat what life is really like for Nigeria’s gay muny.

New Nigerian law crimaliz same-sex marriage and gay anizatnsPenalti of up to 14 years jail for a gay marriageUp to 10 years%27 imprisonment for membership or enuragement of gay club%2C societi and anizatnsLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — First the police targeted the gay men, then tortured them to namg dozens of others who now are beg hunted down, human rights activists said Tuday, warng that such persecutn will rise unr a new Nigerian men's alleged crime?

Up to 10 years jail unr the Same Sex Marriage Prohibn Act that is gettg ternatnal the "Jail the Gays" bill, further crimaliz homosexualy and will endanger programs fightg HIV-AIDS the gay muny, Dorothy Aken'Ova, executive director of Nigeria's Internatnal Center for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights, told the Associated Prs on Monday, Print Goodluck Jonathan's office nfirmed that the Nigerian lear signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibn Act that crimaliz gay marriage, gay anizatns and anyone workg wh or promotg wch hunt Bchi state all began wh a wild mor that the Uned Stat had paid gay activists $20 ln to promote same-sex marriage this highly relig and nservative natn, acrdg to an AIDS said he helped get bail for some 38 men arrted sce Christmas. The man spoke on ndn of anonymy for fear he too would be and Aken'Ova said dozens of homosexuals have fled Bchi recent 'Ova, whose anizatn is helpg wh legal servic for the arrted men, said a law enforcement officer pretendg to be a gay man joed a group beg unseled on AIDS. Police taed four gay men and then tortured them until they named others allegedly belongg to a gay anizatn, she said, addg that police now have a list of 168 wanted gay said the arrts began durg the Christmas holidays and blamed "all the noise that was gog on surroundg the (same sex marriage prohibn) bill.

NIGERIA'S PRINT SIGNS LAW IMPOSG UP TO 14 YEARS' JAIL FOR GAY RELATNSHIPS

Shariah is Islamic law, which is implemented to different gre ne of Nigeria's 36 said all 11 arrted — 10 Mlims and a non-Mlim — signed nfsns that they belonged to a gay anizatn, but that some of them retracted the statements nied there was any force volved: "They have never been tortured, they have never been beaten, they have never been timidated. He said police regularly and illegally go through the cell phone of a gay spect, then send text msag to lure the men or women are told they will be charged and their sexualy exposed unls they pay brib. Inially, legislators had been mandg the ath sentence for Nigeria law provis penalti of up to 14 years jail for a gay marriage and up to 10 years' imprisonment for membership or enuragement of gay clubs, societi and anizatns.

Agency fightg AIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria exprsed "ep ncern that accs to HIV servic for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people will be severely affected by a new law Nigeria — further crimalizg LGBT people, anizatns and activi, as well as people who support them. ” The SSMPA impos a 10-year prison sentence on anyone who “registers, operat or participat gay clubs, societi and anizatn” or “supports” the activi of such anizatns. Such provisns build on existg legislatn Nigeria, but go much further: while the lonial-era crimal and penal s outlawed sexual acts between members of the same sex, the SSMPA effectively crimaliz lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) persons based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.

Many LGBT dividuals terviewed by Human Rights Watch said that prr to the enactment of the SSMPA January 2014, the general public objected to homosexualy primarily on the basis of relig beliefs and perceptns of what nstut Ain culture and tradn.