The Daily Beast
by Jonathan Krohn
January 14, 2014

Dozens of gays were reportedly arrested in Nigeria on Tuesday as the country’s draconian anti-gay law takes affect. As Nigeria begins implementation of a new anti-LGBT law—the so-called “Same Sex Marriage Act”—the local community of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered activists is in an uproar. The law in question calls for 14-year sentences for anyone convicted of same-sex relationships. “Living conditions and realities for LGBT have been … hell, frustrating, challenging, demonizing, violence filled, stigma-inflicted, just name it,” says Rashidi Williams, the Organizational Director for Nigeria’s Queer Alliance, “Conditions moved from worse to worst. We are terrified as a people.”

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