A new report from PBS News looks at the dire conditions facing gay men living in Nigeria. As journalist Nick Schifrin reports, gay men in the African nation are subject to beatings, arrest, torture … [Read more...] about Gay Nigerians Share Horrific Accounts of Torture, Imprisonment and Death Threats: VIDEO
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London Protest Demands Action on Anti-Gay Commonwealth Laws: VIDEO
LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell (right) last week supported a London protest highlighting anti-gay laws in Commonwealth countries. Organised by Out and Proud Diamond Group African LGBTI, the … [Read more...] about London Protest Demands Action on Anti-Gay Commonwealth Laws: VIDEO
23 Arrested in Nigeria for Alleged ‘Gay Sex’ Acts
Nigerian newspaper The Punch is reporting that 21 students were arrested for gay sex in Asaba, Delta State at a state-owned school which was "a beehive of perverse sexual acts" where "male students … [Read more...] about 23 Arrested in Nigeria for Alleged ‘Gay Sex’ Acts
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Urged To Repeal Brutal Anti-Gay Laws: VIDEO
A new report published by the PEN American Center and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (above) to end discrimination against LGBT … [Read more...] about Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Urged To Repeal Brutal Anti-Gay Laws: VIDEO
Anti-LGBT Groups are Making Inroads Across East Africa
BY JACOB KUSHNER and ANTHONY LANGAT NAIROBI, Kenya — Two years after Ugandan legislators proposed a law that would condemn active homosexuals to death, a precedent is spreading throughout the … [Read more...] about Anti-LGBT Groups are Making Inroads Across East Africa
GOP Congressman Chris Smith: ‘I Do Not Construe Homosexual Rights As Human Rights’
Republican New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith made the anti-gay remark during a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday where the subject on hand was human rights in Nigeria. Smith, … [Read more...] about GOP Congressman Chris Smith: ‘I Do Not Construe Homosexual Rights As Human Rights’
12 Men Arrested In Northern Nigeria In Violation of Sharia Law Forbidding Gay Marriage
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 Sharia law is in effect. The 12 men were accosted by … [Read more...] about 12 Men Arrested In Northern Nigeria In Violation of Sharia Law Forbidding Gay Marriage
Nigerian Author and Marketing Exec Kehinde Bademosi Comes Out As Gay
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 publically disclosed his HIV-positive status last … [Read more...] about Nigerian Author and Marketing Exec Kehinde Bademosi Comes Out As Gay
Nigerian Expatriate Turned LGBT Activist Sees Anti-Homosexuality Laws As An Opportunity for Change
In 2004 in an appearance on "New Dawn with Funmi," a morning talk show program on Nigeria’s largest television network, Adebisi Alimi announced to the world that he was gay. The 29 year-old … [Read more...] about Nigerian Expatriate Turned LGBT Activist Sees Anti-Homosexuality Laws As An Opportunity for Change
Anti-Gay Hate Leader Tony Perkins Attends Catholic Conference On ‘Traditional Marriage’ – VIDEO
Tony Perkins, the president of anti-gay listed hate group Family Research Council (FRC), is to take part in a Catholic church summit on “traditional marriage” this week Tony Perkins, the president of … [Read more...] about Anti-Gay Hate Leader Tony Perkins Attends Catholic Conference On ‘Traditional Marriage’ – VIDEO
