Gay in Nigeria: Staying safe is hard, but here’s how to do it
The Initiative for Equality Rights [TIERs] a Lagos-based Nigerian organization working to ensure LGBTIQ equality, protection and acceptance,…
Survey: Nigerians are more accepting of gay people
A new survey in Nigeria reveals growing acceptance of LGBT+ people, including family members who are gay.
Nigeria: 8 touching personal stories of human rights violations
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), through its “Human, Not Number” advocacy project, has highlighted eight touching cases…
Rights of 286 LGBT Nigerians violated in 2018, report says
Without any protection against anti-gay discrimination in Nigerian law, LGBTI Nigerians continue to suffer human rights violations based…
Secrecy, depression, glimmers of hope: HIV+ life in Nigeria
Secrecy, thoughts of suicide, fears of discrimination, support from a few trusted confidantes — those have been the…
Nigerian activist: Being gay is beyond sex
People should stop thinking of gays and lesbians only in terms of sex, Nigerian human rights activist Olumide…
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…
International appeals seek release of 42 in Nigeria
An international outcry has greeted the July 30 arrest of 42 men on homosexuality charges as they partied…
Preparing to publish stories of older gay men in Nigeria
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), a leading human rights NGO in Nigeria, is working on a project…
Will new Nigerian film change narrative about homosexuality?
Another venturesome LGBT-themed movie has emerged from homophobic Nigeria.