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'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST

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The character Eric Effng (portrayed by actor Ncuti Gatwa) is an openly gay Brish teen the Netflix seri Sex Edutn. Eric is a gay teenager this seri about a high school the Uned Kgdom where sex is very much on everyone's md. His parents know he is gay and have e to accept his sexualy.

Bisi Alimi, an actor-turned-activist, ma headl when he me out as gay on Nigerian televisn. Did the show offer a realistic pictn of s gay--Nigeria storyle?

I thk that scenar of the mother who is acceptg of her child and unrstandg the homophobia Nigeria, the expectatn of homophobia, is very, very accurate. She is aaid that this lovg son who is gay is gog to a untry that is homophobic. In the new season, Eric's mom warns her son to be discreet when they vis Nigeria, but he ends up gog to an unrground LGBTQ party wh a new gay iend.

'SEX EDUTN'S' GAY TEEN ERIC TAK A RISKY TRIP TO NIGERIA. HOW REALISTIC IS ?

Is dangero to be openly gay Nigeria? On the TV show, Eric go to the weddg, then sneaks away wh a Nigerian photographer he meets who is gay. A typil Nigerian driver will have somethg to say, good or bad, will possibly preach at them, exprs his opn why beg gay is bad and God is agast — or exprs some form of support.

What did you thk of the rt of the scenar the show's Nigeria episo — Eric's new gay iend tak him to an unrground LGBTQ party. This was a big opportuny to show how sometim will be very, very dangero to be a gay man Lagos. So I want to expla to you — a lot of gay men Nigeria get ught up a sm.

I want to make sure I unrstand — you're sayg that some of the perpetrators are om the gay muny?

ERIC CHOOSG ADAM OVER RAHIM 'SEX EDUTN' UNRTIMAT THE TRMA OF GAY BULLYG

This issue is very plited, but to jt answer the qutn, most of the perpetrators are eher openly gay men or closeted gay men — and there is also volvement of homophobic straight people.

That for me didn't speak to the narrative of the mother who is sred for her son a untry that is extremely homophobic. Would the fay really ll the police and say "My openly gay son is missg? A lot of young gay men Nigeria see themselv Eric.

There's an ia Bra that if you're whe and gay, you're more likely to be tune wh your sexualy than if you're Black and gay. Bisi Alimi, a gay activist livg London, not that their match veers om typil TV trop: "The person stgglg wh his sexualy is the whe character, and the person who is acceptg of his sexualy... Sce you are a public figure who intifi as gay, are you aaid to go home?

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But if you're poor and gay you are mtg the two greatt ss Nigeria, and you'll be punished for . You will suffer for darg to be poor and darg to be gay. He is gay, lov drag and his season 1 arc foc on him growg more nfint his own sk.

Ncuti Gatwa plays a gay character (Eric) 'Sex Edutn' on Netflix but he has never publicly discsed his own sexualy. But that do not make hurt any ls that the Netflix show disregard the experienc of thoands of queer people by cidg to have gay character Eric (played by Ncuti Gatwa) choose to date his ex-bully Adam (Connor Swlls) over the man that fairly unndnally loved him, Rahim (Sami Outalbali). Versn of Queer as Folk 20 years ago has a show so much tried to explore what is like to be a young gay man the Brish equivalent of high school.

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