Anything Remotely Gay To Be Outlawed in Nigeria
Get ready for some serious closet!
A Nigerian bill is poised to outlaw anything that’s remotely close to being interpreted as sort of gay in the country. The bill prescribes a five-year prison sentence for—are you ready for this? Meeting with gays, promoting equality for gays, donating money to gay organisations, expressing gay love in letters and emails, attending or participating in a gay wedding or ceremony, publishing, selling, renting, or loaning a gay book or video, taking or possessing pictures of a gay couple, selling or renting housing to gay couples, and visiting, hosting, or creating gay websites. That, of course, in addition to the harsher interpretations.
Hey, how about that? Slap’s actually illegal somewhere! Kudos to you, my law-breaking visitors!
Anyway, misinformation about homosexuality is rampant in Nigeria. A special advisor to the president recently announced that being in a same-sex relationship directly causes “mental retardation, and high tendency to commit suicide.”
Fascinating, no?
- Nigeria planning crackdown on gays [Edmonton Journal]
- 4% of Nigerians are homosexuals [The Tide Online]
