Gay life Nigeria is evolvg, even as the untry nsirs a measure to make homosexualy a crime punishable by 14 years prison.
Contents:
- GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
- LAGOS, WHERE ’S STILL A THRILL TO BE GAY
- THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE
GAY IN NIGERIA: LGBT LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC NATNS
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It’s been six years sce homosexualy was effectively crimalised Nigeria.
LAGOS, WHERE ’S STILL A THRILL TO BE GAY
Dpe anti-gay laws the LGBTI muny Lagos, Nigeria are havg fun: like-md people have created safe spac to be themselv. * lagos gay bars *
The SSMPA also impos a 10-year prison sentence on anyone who registers or participat gay clubs or anisatns, as well anyone who shows support for the activi of such anisatns. It is this sectn of the act that led to the arrt of 47 gay men a hotel last year (their trial is still ongog).
He also knows that if any vlence breaks out, then n’t be reported – the ey of the Nigerian law, homosexualy is a much worse the future holds for Jordan – and for the rt of Nigeria’s LGBTQ muny – is unclear.
THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE
As a new wave of anti-homosexualy laws and sentiments sweeps the globe, plac like Lagos ’s beg harr and more dangero than ever before. Two gay Lagos women head home after dg at a popular rtrant on the cy’s upsle Victoria Island.
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Life Nigeria, one of the world’s most anti-gay natns, is a daily stggle for Aola, a closeted, workg-class homosexual man livg on the outskirts of Abuja, the natn’s small, central (not his real name) has been lled offensive nam, sulted and ostracized over assumptns about his sexualy, so he shields his te self fear that g out would only attract more tense abe. Meanwhile, some young, wealthy gay Nigerians who spend most of their time the louche, Wternized Victoria Island sectn of Lagos -- the massive, quickly mornizg megalopolis on Nigeria’s southwtern ast -- are able to live a quasi-open life spe the vilent homophobia that l much of the rt of the Aola, a portly man his thirti who earns a most livg as a ok at a terg pany Abuja, that life of openns is difficult to said he worri about discrimatn every time he walks out the door, pecially light of a law passed this year that, should be signed by Print Goodluck Jonathan, would make the sheer act of beg gay punishable by up to 14 years prison.