A Nigerian man who was deported from Canada is currently on the run from police who are hunting for him after he escaped a mob that tried to kill him because of an alleged gay affair. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Nigeria
Nigeria: Ex-husband triggered raid, arrest for lesbian sex
Homophobic police + homophobic ex-husband = legal troubles for a Nigerian lesbian, as a woman in Lagos learned recently. Continue reading
What’s at stake in U.N. Human Rights Council election
U.N. Human Rights Council elections: Why they are important to the international LGBT movement Continue reading
From afar, pushing for repeal of Nigeria’s anti-gay law
Edafe Okporo, a Nigerian human rights activist living in the U.S., has sent a strong message home to the Nigerian government, demanding the repeal of the country’s draconian anti-same-sex-marriage law, which violates the human rights of LGBT Nigerians. Continue reading
First-ever Nigerian conference on LGBT issues to start tomorrow
Starting tomorrow, the Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) in partnership with the University of Lagos, will host the first-ever conference on diversity, inclusivity and equality in Nigeria. Continue reading
A gathering of LGBT-friendly faithful from 10 W. African nations
The goal: “a space in West Africa where persons from diverse faiths, cultures, class and sexual orientations can convene, work with faith leaders and communities to create a world in which everyone enjoys all human rights irrespective of class, religious belief, culture and sexual orientation.” Late last month, West Africa moved a step closer to … Continue reading
Report: Muslim police arrest 70 Nigerian youths for ‘gay’ party
Muslim religious police in northern Nigeria’s Kano State have reportedly arrested 70 youths following accusations that they were planning to organize a gay party. Continue reading
LGBTI news in brief: Good news, 4. Bad news, 6.
Modestly edited items from ILGA’s LGBulleTIn and UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes news summaries: Continue reading
Another U.S. pastor pushes homophobia in Africa
Pastor Monica Pinnock, founder of Rehoboth Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., traveled to Nigeria recently to advise church leaders to rebuke homosexuals, describing them as “devices of the enemy.” She follows in the footsteps of many other U.S.-based anti-LGBT evangelical preachers who have fanned the flames of homophobia in Africa, including Scott Lively and … Continue reading
Fear-mongering inflicts new abuses on 40 Nigerians
By Colin Stewart and Mike Daemon Human rights activists in Nigeria have blasted a fear-mongering article titled “HIV epidemic looms,” which appeared in the Sun News in connection with the July 29 arrest of 40 people in the Lagos area on homosexuality charges. Continue reading
