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- 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
- ERIC CHOOSG ADAM OVER RAHIM 'SEX EDUTN' UNRTIMAT THE TRMA OF GAY BULLYG
'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
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. Is dangero to be openly gay Nigeria?
ERIC CHOOSG ADAM OVER RAHIM 'SEX EDUTN' UNRTIMAT THE TRMA OF GAY BULLYG
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? 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.