Popular Kannywood actor, Adam Zango, has denied speculations circulating in the Hausa film industry that he was involved in gay activities with some of his colleagues in the industry. Mr. Zango denied this on a Desmims Television talk show in Kaduna on Thursday. (more…)
Kenny Badmus who relocated to the US after he came out of the closet in January 2015, took to his Facebook page to express his sadness at not being able to come back home for fear of being lynched because of his sexuality. He said he's homesick but that even though it can be awfully lonesome sometimes, he is happy he can walk the streets in the US as a gay man without fear of being attacked. Read what he wrote after the cut ... (more…)
On Wednesday, January 13, LGBTI members took to the street to protest the senseless killing of Pasca. 21-year-old openly gay Matshidiso Pasca Melamu was brutally beaten and mutilated; a gruesome murder which has left her family, cops and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community reeling in shock. (more…)
After being lynched by six anti-gay vigilantes in 2007, Nigerian asylum seeker Abraham says that he will be killed if he is s made to return to his home country. Currently living in Sunderland in the north of England, Abraham is trying to claim asylum in Britain, and is still waiting to hear from the Home Office about his living status. He said that he had been attacked on social media by people in Nigeria since his sexuality became known. (more…)
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