Comments on: Nigeria presents new homophobic Bill

By: Black Looks » Responses to homophobia in Africa

Black Looks » Responses to homophobia in Africa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:48:26 +0000

[...] over the past five years. The two Nigerian Bills – the Same Sex Marriage Bill and the The Same Gender Prohibition Bill have both been shelved despite the backing of both bills by religious leaders such as the Nigerian [...]

By: Sokari

Sokari — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:00:40 +0000

@roi – Thanks for your comment. You are absolutely right, Nigerian lawmakers and religious leaders have a selective and distorted sense of morality in their approach towards homosexuality in the country. If only they would use their energy to deal with corruption etc rather than interfering in people’s personal lives.

By: roi

roi — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:09:40 +0000

firstly i’m nigerian, i’m gay and i’m not ashamed in the slightest. i have 2 points to make here, the first being this morality rubbish that is going around coming from a country that tops the list of corrupt nations. immorality is when leaders sell books that are supposed to be free, it is when you make a gay man marry a wife, go out and sleep with men and pass aids on to his wife, immorality is children forced to be sex slaves in the name of tradition, it is when a freedom of information bill is deemed inappropriate for a country NOT WHEN TWO CONSENTING ADULTS DO WHAT EVERY CONSENTING ADULT IS ALLOWED TO DO.

besides this argument about homosexuality in nigeria is strictly religious in my opinion not about morality. but in the case of religion, the bible clearly condemns fornication but i dont see the bill banning that do u? a few years ago, the message in nigeria regarding sex was abstinence, today its protection, nigerians naturally are very easily influenced, one small minded agrument and everyone is on the band wagon, no debate no nothing.

but finally and most importantly, look back in time and see every situation where a part of society was discriminated against, whether in america or england or anywhere, what happens is that the more d segregation, the more people feel CONNECTED for the plight of suffering people and eventually a louder voice ll be formed.
so i say NIGERIA SAY NO NOW, THE REASON IS SIMPLE, WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET TO GET RID OF THESE FAT BASTARDS THAT CHOSE TO FOOL YOU. TELL EM YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT AND IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD

By: benjamin david

benjamin david — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:29:45 +0000

well i think gay or what ever u call it is not right, most of them look funny …i hv been to more than 14 nations,there way of life is wrong . despite the fact that we cant hurt them coz of there choice, the have no place in an african way of life . Apart of the bad leaders in africa ..the west still envy our way of life. people who think that learning evil from them is the right thing is making a grave mistake. let’s hold up to our morals. In our quest for freedom of choice let rem that there is heaven and that affections is great when directed to nature given style.

By: solomonsydelle

solomonsydelle — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:08:33 +0000

I am shocked that I missed this news. I am even more shocked that any bills passed in the House of Reps given that they are already behind schedule for the year according to their Speaker, Bankole Dimeji. NIGERIAN CURIOSITY IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN I ONLY HAD ONE...

By: anengiyefa

anengiyefa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:16:08 +0000

I’m not surprised by this, seeing as Nigerians have been totally overrun by archaic European ideas acquired from the colonialists and their missionaries. Homosexuality has always existed in Africa. In the old days, homosexual men and women were revered in many African societies, being seen as possessing the spirit of both the male and the female. Many societies believed that such people posesed mystical powers. Our ancestors were wont to ascribe such explanations to matters which they didnt fully unserstand. There is no tradition of homophobia anywhere in African culture.

The malicious homophobia that we are seeing in Nigeria is a direct consequence of our people embracing the ideas of Victorian era Europe. Europe has moved on, but in Nigeria we seem to be stuck in the 19th Century. In more ways than one, this failure to evolve along with the rest of the world is the reason for our backwardness and under-development. A very sad development indeed.

By: Beauty

Beauty — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:09:49 +0000

Of course sokari cannot claim that gay people are being stripped of ALL rights.The fact is they will always enjoy the most fundamental of rights-life ,liberty ,movement and the likes. What about if we pass a law mandating all homosx to wear dog collars? At least we gave them something. Beautys last blog post..Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the UN

By: romain

romain — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:08:48 +0000

Hello,

Im French and im so scandalised by this site….
You are Afro-Americain and youre not really Africain because you’ve not see this continent so chut up..no you are americain a fucking americain

By: Sokari

Sokari — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:29:43 +0000

‘Tanya@ Reading the new bill (unlike the 2006 one which was shelved) it would not be illegal to be involved in “a march of meeting or “public show of same sex amorous relationship DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY”. However you would be putting yourself at risk of violence and possibly arrest under some other law.

By: tanya

tanya — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:45:29 +0000

Tari: “all am saying is that if this fighting process is not done properly, starting with the people who are gay and making them confident to join and come out to fight”

Well Tari don’t you think this is now a bit of an ask when what you are doing is not only demonised by stupid uninformed mass media like the Sun but is now completely illegal? Do you know Sokari what sort of sentencing someone would get if they are involved in a march of meeting or “public show of same sex amorous relationship DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY”

I guess we shall sadly soon see.

The door is obviously now wide open for the most awful abuses…it is amazing and awful it has been created in 2009.