Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
Lesbians in South Africa face abuse and violence simply for not fitting social expectations of how women should look and act.
importance of feminine values in society February 16, 2005: The Igbos have a saying: "Nne bu isi uwa", which freely translated means that the mother is head of the world, that is, the anchor of life. Is it not wonderful that a patriarchal so...
16/2/2005
alliance rights nigeria win award December 19, 2003: Nigeria's first LGBT organisation, Alliance Rights Nigeria have won a Breaker of Silence Award in Nigeria's prestigious Red Ribbon Awards ceremony for action against HIV/Aids....
19/12/2003
gay movement in the open October 24, 2003: The Weekly Trust has published an analysis by Nasir Dambatta on the achievements of Alliance Rights Nigeria, but misinformation and prejudicial reporting does little to stem the flow...
24/10/2003
sodomite sentenced to death by stoning September 29, 2003: Jibrin Babaji, a 43-year-old man has been sentenced to death for sodomy by a Shari'a court in Nigeria but will the world come to his aid as they did with Amina Lawal?...
29/9/2003
organising in nigeria May 9, 2003: Organising towards gay rights in Nigeria has been a patchy process with Nigerians earning an unjustified reputation for dodgy dealing....
9/5/2003
bad news May 2002: Several recent articles in The News, a newspaper in Nigeria, have tried to link gays with pedophilia and social degeneration but have also highlighted the work of Alliance Rights Nigeria, an...
2/5/2002
gay murder in jigawa April 22, 2002: An effeminate student is beaten to death at his university in Nigeria. ...
22/4/2002
the nigerian closet 2002: Radio Netherlands, the Dutch International Service, presented "The Nigerian Closet". The programme was produced and presented by Eric Beauchemin....
24/1/2002
nigerian photographer fanikayo dies at 34 2001: The sudden death, at the age of 34, of the Nigerian-born photographer Ratimi Fanikayode robbed South African gay art of great talent....
24/11/2001
nigeria orders man's death by stoning October 1, 2001: A man has been sentenced to death by stoning by the Birnin-Kebbi metropolitan Upper Sharia Court in Kebbi State, Nigeria....
1/10/2001
lesbians raped September 1994: The rape of four Nigerian lesbians in Calabar confirmed by IGLHRC. The four women had sought refuge at a feminist center, when an unknown number of men attacked the center and raped th...
2/9/2000
alternative lifestyles foundation of nigeria 1999: Under the fear of imprisonment and legal persecution, gays and lesbians in Nigeria have been prevented from seeking equality. ...
2/9/2000
sagbas organise in nigeria July 1999: Alliance Rights Nigeria is a gay welfarist association and was formally launched on the 2nd of July, 1999 in Lagos, Nigeria. ...
2/7/2000
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Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
