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GOP Congressman Chris Smith: ‘I Do Not Construe Homosexual Rights As Human Rights’

January 31, 2015 by Steve Pep

Republican New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith made the anti-gay remark during a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday where the … [Read more...] about GOP Congressman Chris Smith: ‘I Do Not Construe Homosexual Rights As Human Rights’

Filed Under: News, Nigeria, Republican Party Tagged With: News, Nigeria, Republican Party

12 Men Arrested In Northern Nigeria In Violation of Sharia Law Forbidding Gay Marriage

January 30, 2015 by Charles Pulliam-Moore

Yet another group of men suspected of being gay have been arrested in Nigeria, this time in the northern, predominantly Muslim city of Kano where … [Read more...] about 12 Men Arrested In Northern Nigeria In Violation of Sharia Law Forbidding Gay Marriage

Filed Under: News, Nigeria Tagged With: discrimination, gay marriage, News, Nigeria

Nigerian Author and Marketing Exec Kehinde Bademosi Comes Out As Gay

January 9, 2015 by Charles Pulliam-Moore

Kehinde Bademosi, founder of Nigerian marketing school Orange Academy, has come out as gay in a public posting on Facebook. In a similar move Bademosi … [Read more...] about Nigerian Author and Marketing Exec Kehinde Bademosi Comes Out As Gay

Filed Under: Africa, Nigeria Tagged With: Africa, AIDS/HIV, I'm Gay, Nigeria

Nigerian Expatriate Turned LGBT Activist Sees Anti-Homosexuality Laws As An Opportunity for Change

December 29, 2014 by Charles Pulliam-Moore

In 2004 in an appearance on "New Dawn with Funmi," a morning talk show program on Nigeria’s largest television network, Adebisi Alimi … [Read more...] about Nigerian Expatriate Turned LGBT Activist Sees Anti-Homosexuality Laws As An Opportunity for Change

Filed Under: Africa, Nigeria Tagged With: Africa, Bisi Alimi, Nigeria

Nigerian Court Dismisses Challenge to Powerful Anti-Gay Law

October 24, 2014 by Jake Folsom

On Wednesday, Nigeria's federal court dismissed a challenge to the nation's powerful anti-gay law, the Anti-Same Sex Marriage act, signed into … [Read more...] about Nigerian Court Dismisses Challenge to Powerful Anti-Gay Law

Filed Under: News, Nigeria Tagged With: act, activist, Anti-gay, anti-same sex, Bisi Alimi, challenge, court, discrimination, dismiss, gay rights, goodluck jonathan, law, legislation, marriage, News, Nigeria, Teriah Joseph Ebah

LGBT Immigrants Hold Reform Rally in Front of White House: VIDEO

September 10, 2014 by Jake Folsom

A group of LGBT immigrants rallied in D.C. Tuesday to protest the federal government's immigration policies in light of news that President Obama … [Read more...] about LGBT Immigrants Hold Reform Rally in Front of White House: VIDEO

Filed Under: News, Nigeria Tagged With: asylum, El Salvador, Honduras, immigrant, immigration, LGBT, lgbtq, News, News Clips, Nigeria, Obama, policy, President, protest, pseudonym, rally, Washington DC, White House

Barack Obama Must Raise LGBT Discrimination At U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: READ

July 30, 2014 by Michael Fitzgerald

Human and gay rights activists are urging Barack Obama to discuss anti-gay discrimination at next week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit with 50 African … [Read more...] about Barack Obama Must Raise LGBT Discrimination At U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: READ

Filed Under: Africa, Barack Obama, News, Nigeria, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni Tagged With: Africa, Barack Obama, gay rights, goodluck jonathan, Human Rights First, leaders, LGBT Rights, News, Nigeria, President, Summit, The Human Rights Campaign, U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Uganda, Washington DC, Yoweri Museveni

Nigerian Asylum Seeker Has Two Weeks To Prove She’s A Lesbian Or Face Death: VIDEO

April 9, 2014 by Daniel Villarreal

… [Read more...] about Nigerian Asylum Seeker Has Two Weeks To Prove She’s A Lesbian Or Face Death: VIDEO

Filed Under: News, Nigeria, United Kingdom Tagged With: asylum, Asylum, News, Nigeria, United Kingdom, video, Video

Jailed Suspected Gay Nigerian Men Released On Bail

March 30, 2014 by Steve Pep

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Filed Under: Africa, News, Nigeria Tagged With: Africa, News, Nigeria

Cutting Foreign Aid Won’t Defeat Anti-Gay Laws in Africa and Latin America

March 20, 2014 by GlobalPost

BY ARI SHAW AND MAURICIO ALBARRACÍN / GlobalPost Commentary: Human rights courts and commissions are the best tools to diminish violence and … [Read more...] about Cutting Foreign Aid Won’t Defeat Anti-Gay Laws in Africa and Latin America

Filed Under: Africa, News, Nigeria, Uganda Tagged With: Africa, Chile, Chile, GlobalPost, GlobalPost, News, Nigeria, Uganda

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