Stigmatised by the public and badgered by the police, gay people Nigeria have been driven ever eper unrground
Contents:
- LAGOS, WHERE ’S STILL A THRILL TO BE GAY
- 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
- INSI NIGERIA'S SECRET GAY CLUB
- #OWOARRT: HOW 70 ALLEGED GAY MEN WERE ARRTED LAGOS
- BLACKMAIL, PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN: GAY RIGHTS NIGERIA
- THE SHOCK OF DISVERG THAT THERE ARE GAY MEN LAGOS
- CLIC REPORT BACKS HUMAN RIGHTS OF GAY MEN NIGERIA
- JUDGE DISMISS CASE AGAST 47 MEN CHARGED UNR NIGERIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
- LAGOS: A HAVEN A GAY-FRIENDLY ALGARVE
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. * gay men in lagos *
Wele to queer nightlife Nigeria where, on weekends, apartments turn to gay clubs, barred wh pass-guardg doors to protect agast hoe parti, discrete rav, and clubs are now beg creasgly popular amongst young queer Nigerians. In 2014, the Nigerian ernment passed the highly ntroversial and homophobic Same-Sex Marriage Prohibn Act. While there isn’t an extensive rerd of people beg found guilty for the crim Nigeria, the laws embolned many homophobic mobs who took the laws to their hands and would beat dividuals who they intified as queer and stroy spac and parti that they spected were hosted by or for queer people.
One of the most famo stanc was a 2018 se where 57 men were arrted at a party Lagos unr the spicn of beg iated to a gay club. Tamuno, a 31-year-old gay man, tells me of a near-pture experience when he had gone to a party Port Harurt 2020.
It is important that atten feel safe om homophobic attacks om civilians and the armed forc.
'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
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. * gay men in lagos *
For the anizers, the secury measur are put place, not agast potential miscreants or robbers but stead to keep off the police force and homophob. But spe laws, the threat of imprisonment and the ath penalty, gay life that untry is pumpg. If you’ve lived Lagos you probably already know this, but jt se you don’t, and are cur, the gay scene Lagos is poppg.
INSI NIGERIA'S SECRET GAY CLUB
* gay men in lagos *
Olr folks live for their weddg, funeral and child-ditn parti, while the gay scene parti even harr whout needg any exce. In Lagos, partyg is fundamental to gay people’s liv sce ’s an easy way to socialise, make iends and to meet potential partners. Bee gay people have stuck their middle fgers to the law and bee they love to party!
If you want to get ved to one of the gathergs then you eher have to be gay or have gay iends who love partyg. Whatever type of social animal you are, the gay folks of Lagos have nfirmed to me that beg a circle is easit way to know what’s on.
You will equently fd hot-bodied gay men dancg on tabl wh their shirts off and shots of absthe makg their way around the hoe. Sce I’m so magic and get to pick and choose om the people who flock to me (or I go through them all if I’m feelg slutty) I need to do some diggg on what tak to hook up gay Lagos.
#OWOARRT: HOW 70 ALLEGED GAY MEN WERE ARRTED LAGOS
The Internatnal Human Rights Clic at the Universy of Virgia School of Law ntributed to a report that uld help protect gay men, and others spected of beg LGBTQ, om beg persecuted Nigeria. * gay men in lagos *
I’ve even heard mours of gay church Ftac servg as lc meetg grounds. I’ve even heard mours of gay church Ftac servg as lc meetg grounds, although I have no evince to back this up. The fact is that the gay scene Lagos is really anywhere there is a gay person.
BLACKMAIL, PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTN: GAY RIGHTS NIGERIA
Her store is filled wh so much gay activy that I asked her if I uld e and work there my spare time… specifilly near the ftg rooms. ‘Gay guys are crazy and hot-tempered so no one would dare pick a fight.
I simply asked where he lik to hang out and he said his favoure hangouts are gay parti. Bis, he said, ‘Gay guys are crazy and hot-tempered so no one would dare. A gay man or woman is probably htg on your hband or wife, girliend or boyiend or mum or dad.
But I wanted to know how fast Tanya uld tell if a man was approachg him for, you know, gay stuff. ‘I love tops bee they are always mascule but when I look at a guy who is gay, I know.
THE SHOCK OF DISVERG THAT THERE ARE GAY MEN LAGOS
They e slang to dite if someone is gay, such as TB, which stands for top bottom, sagba, FB.
Tanya showed me pictur of gay marriage ceremoni, legal or not, the parti looked dope as fuck and I n’t wa to be ved to one… not held Nigeria. He strsed that all gay men need to have their ndoms and lubrints handy. There is somethg lite about the gay scene Lagos bee exists a prer settg where the law forbids you to be gay.
CLIC REPORT BACKS HUMAN RIGHTS OF GAY MEN NIGERIA
Some practic have to rema unrground but all tak is a ltle ncentratn to fd proof that gay people are termed to nurture their own subculture, spe mastream opposn. That hotel you love to vis but was closed to visors last weekend was probably hostg a very gay party or maybe a big fat gay weddg. 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. Bisi Alimi, an actor-turned-activist, ma headl when he me out as gay on Nigerian televisn.
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.
JUDGE DISMISS CASE AGAST 47 MEN CHARGED UNR NIGERIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
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.
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?
LAGOS: A HAVEN A GAY-FRIENDLY ALGARVE
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?