The BBC reports that “Nigeria’s government is planning a specific ban on same-sex marriages, with five years in jail for anyone who has a gay wedding or officiates at one”. Said the President at a conference of Nigerian bishops in October 2004: “Such a tendency is clearly un-Biblical, unnatural and definitely un-African”.
Preliminary Survey of Homosexuality in Nigeria
Gay Nigeria News and Reports 2002-05
Gay Africa News & Reports 2000-04
Behind the Mask : A website on gay and lesbian affairs in Africa
miss gay nigeria 2004/2005: a cry for understanding and acceptance
Jimmy Leon April 2005: Homosexuality remains one of Nigeria’s most serious crimes: your neighbours can denounce you on suspicion that you have slept with another man and turn you over to the police; if you live in one of [the] states that have adopted Sharia law you can be sentenced to 14 years in jail; in these states you could be stoned to death for showing feelings to someone of the same sex.Despite all these atrocities the Nigerian LGBTI community face, there can not be a better embodiment of the spirit of resilience, courage, pride and commitment one man possesses. This enormous courage, wit and talent are personal traits Wale is gifted with. He was crowned Miss Gay Nigeria in a glittering function in December 2004.
