The BBC's Tomi Oladipo viss a secret club for gay Nigerians, who are livg fear as lawmakers nsir a bill which would ban such gathergs, along wh same-sex weddgs.
Contents:
- OPN: NIGERIA IS A LD-BLOOD UNTRY FOR GAY MEN – I HAVE THE SRS TO PROVE
- 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
- GAY NIGERIA: 'EVERYBODY SE ME AS AN ABOMATN'
- THE NIGERIANS LURED TO A TRAP AND BLACKMAILED FOR BEG GAY
- TAG: NIGERIAN GAY STORI
- INSI NIGERIA'S SECRET GAY CLUB
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. * gay stories nigeria *
In one of the world’s most homophobic untri, a new generatn of wrers are wrg queer people to existence.
Nigeria is one of the least tolerant untri the world for gay people.
In a 2013 global survey, me out as the most homophobic natn of the 39 polled wh 98% of rponnts sayg society should not accept homosexualy.
'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
Another study 2017 found that 90% of Nigerians support the law that bans gay marriage. That legislatn, passed 2014, also troduced up to 14-year prison terms for same-sex “amoro relatnships” or membership of gay rights groups. Policians jtified by claimg that homosexualy is “immoral” and “un-Ain” even though anti-gay laws were first troduced by Wtern lonial powers.
GAY NIGERIA: 'EVERYBODY SE ME AS AN ABOMATN'
A uple of years later, another brave story of life as a gay person Nigeria emerged.
Entled Liv of Great Men: Livg and Lovg as an Ain Gay Man, follows journalist Chike Frankie Edozien’s travels around Ai and the world as a member of the LGBTQ muny. Unlike most Nigerian lerature which non-heterosexual people are eher non-existent or hidn away, this memoir is full of gay characters who are bare, alive and very prent. The llective braved possible retaliatn ristg homophobia so publicly.
Ju Dibia’s 2005 Walkg wh Shadows is regnised to be the first Nigerian novel wh a gay man as the central character. In 2017, I started A Nasty Boy magaze to validate and affirm the liv and experienc of gay men Nigeria.
THE NIGERIANS LURED TO A TRAP AND BLACKMAILED FOR BEG GAY
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.
TAG: NIGERIAN GAY STORI
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.
INSI NIGERIA'S SECRET GAY CLUB
They acced me of beg gay and “spreadg a gay agenda, ” as they pummeled me; each punch was an asslt on who I was.