Bisi Alimi On Homophobia and Violence Against Gay People In Nigeria

Nigerian gay activist Bisi Alimi has again written about what it means to be a gay Nigerian. He talks about his own experience of bullying on social media, death threats he got before he left Nigeria and the violence against other gay people who are still living in the country. The article was published on the Washington Post and titled "After I kissed my boyfriend, 10 people said they wanted to kill me - This is what it means to be a gay Nigerian." Read below...

Bisi Alimi On Coming Out Gay In Nigeria, Death Threats and Living With HIV

Gay activist, Bisi Alimi may be based in London but remains one of the most prominent Nigerians fighting for homosexuals to be accepted back home. He recently took the fight to social media, using a picture of his white boyfriend to pass a message saying “love is love.”

Bisi Alimi described his boyfriend as the “best gift from life in a very long time”, and in a new interview with NPR, he opens up on the challenges of living as a gay Nigerian man, living with the HIV, and his relationship with his immediate family members.

Bisi, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2004 and came out as gay in 2007, says he's happy about the new Nigerian anti-gay law and it gives him hope. You can read excerpts from the interview below...