Queer Nigerians gathered in their numbers at the country’s capital, Abuja, on May 1st, 2022, protesting the amendment to the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (“SSMPA”), seeking to criminalize crossdressing and the overall scapegoating of queer citizens that began in the early 2000s. The protest was the first mass demonstration since the October 2020 #EndSars…
The United States Supreme court ruled on Monday, 15th June 2020, that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that outlaws discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin protects LGBTQ+ workers from workplace discrimination. “Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone simply for being homosexual or transgender. The answer is clear….
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