![]() ![]() “Nigerians originally judged people by their spirits, rather than their gender or their sexuality, so that definitely came when the Brits came and forced Christianity on the Nigerians. “It’s a construct when Christians came to Nigeria,” Yashere explains. “You’ve got people even who are still living in the closet - politicians being caught all the time indulging, because they’ve been living in the closet because they feel they have to hide who they are to appeal to some right-wing rhetoric - so it’s a story that plays out wherever you are in the world, not just in Nigeria.”īut in this particular case, the way Kemi and Abishola respond to Morenike’s secret most certainly stems from the prejudice they were exposed to in their native land. ![]() “In America, homophobia and transphobia are causing a lot of people to be attacked violently, and to be thrown out of their families,” Yashere points out. Of course, homophobia is by no means exclusive to Nigeria. “I’m lucky I was born outside of Nigeria, so I haven’t had the same struggles that my gay brothers and sisters have had within Nigeria, and the problems that they’re having: being arrested all the time, being harassed when they go out being thrown out of their families.” “Because I’m gay and my family is Nigerian, I know what it’s like,” Yashere says. ![]() B Positive Appears to Be Going There With Gina and Drew - Is It a Good Idea? ![]()
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