Showing posts with label lgbtq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lgbtq. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

76 people arrested in Nigeria for attending suspected gay party

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On Saturday, October 21, 76 people, including 59 men and 17 women, were arrested in northern Nigeria for attending an alleged LGBTQ+ birthda...
Friday, May 21, 2021

HBO explores Nigerian human rights in “The Legend of the Underground”

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HBO is set to debut The Legend of the Underground, a 90-minute feature doc that examines systemic discrimination in Nigeria. In 2013, Nigeri...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Gender conversion 'therapy' made me suicidal. I fear for other young Nigerians

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When I was nine, my parents took me to a traditional healer. He used a razor to make three incisions on the insteps of my feet, my wrists, m...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Judge Dismisses Case Against 47 Men Charged Under Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law

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A Nigerian court on Tuesday threw out a case against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of same sex because of wh...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

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Two Nigerian filmmakers face the prospect of imprisonment if they ignore the stern warning of the authorities and proceed with the relea...
Thursday, August 6, 2020

Producer of Nigeria’s new history-making lesbian film has a cunning plan to beat homophobic censors

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Ife, which means "love" in the Yoruba language, tells the story of two young women who fall in love and face homophobia in the...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Nigeria is trying 47 men arrested in a hotel under its anti-gay laws

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Forty-seven men accused of homosexuality are standing trial in a Nigerian court, their lawyer and a rights group told CNN. The men, who say...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge

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Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence ...