HAPPENING NOW: LGBT Nigerians Jailed After Passage of New Anti-Gay Law

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Gay life Nigeria is evolvg, even as the untry nsirs a measure to make homosexualy a crime punishable by 14 years prison.

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THE NIGERIANS LURED TO A TRAP AND BLACKMAILED FOR BEG GAY

Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer. * gay stories in nigeria *

Image ptn, Mohammed agreed to speak to the BBC on ndn of anonymyWhen Nigeria passed some of the tought anti-homosexualy laws Ai, the ter beme a place for the LGBT muny to nnect wh others more safely - until crimal gangs went digal too.

Warng: This article ntas a reference to suiciLivg life secret as a gay man Nigeria was dangero for Mohammed.

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Acrdg to a group of activists who work wh the LGBT muny Nigeria, around 15 to 20 people ntact them each week wh siar stori to type of blackmail, where an LGBT person is entrapped, is known Nigeria's gay muny as "ko" - the exact orig of the term is unclear. Image ptn, There is an unrground gay scene Lagos, but those who take part have to be very refulEmmanuel, not his real name, scribed how he started chattg to a iend onle, but had not realised his iend's acunt had been hijacked.

HAPPENING NOW: LGBT NIGERIANS JAILED AFTER PASSAGE OF NEW ANTI-GAY LAW

It banned gay clubs, troducg a 10-year prison sentence for anyone who registers, operat, or participat gay clubs, societi, and anisatns, cludg supporters of those groups.

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The passg of the law had wispread support, acrdg to surveys, and meant Nigeria had some of the strictt laws agast homosexualy Ai.

The 12 northern stat uld already sentence people to ath unr Sharia, or Islamic law, for engagg homosexual acts. In 2014, media reports of vlence, mob jtice and extortn agast LGBT people were mon and activists say there has sce been an explosn ko s sce ptn, Uyai Ikpe-Etim says some people celebrate the targetg of LGBT peopleFilmmaker Uyai Ikpe-Etim, who liv openly as a gay woman Nigeria, said blackmail agast LGBT people is "rampant". " She said the gay muny, which is forced to live onle, has to be reful there too.

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"If anybody brgs a se to my table ncerng any se of blackmailg of a gay person, I will hunt for them. In a untry where beg gay may send you to jail, few people would stand up and be hont about their sexualy.

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It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said. McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals.

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'Passag' director nounc 'dangero' NC-17 ratg on a film pictg a gay love story .

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