I tried to register an organization in 2018 but the Nigerian government said “no” because the name of the Org. had the word “lesbian” in it. That was a blatant violation of my constitutional right to freely associate and freedom of expression. When I sued the govt. and..
the High Court sided with the government, citing the discriminatory section 4 of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act signed by @GEJonathan , Nigerians cheered. I remember people saying “no space for this in Nigeria”. I laughed cuz discrimination be like breakfast
It goes round and everyone will eventually get their share. The truth is that when we allow the government to discriminate against people and deny them their constitutionally guaranteed freedoms simply because we do not like them or agree with them, we inevitably…
…lay the path for us to face the same discrimination somewhere down the line. That’s what’s happening today. We’re so quick to support oppression of groups we think are “bad”, but really, it’s oppression that’s the real enemy and we ought to defend each other’s freedoms.
Now they’ve come for all of us. No one remembers the other person sexual orientation/gender identity. We’re speaking as one. This is how we should unite to fight oppression wherever it rears its ugly head. None of us are free until ALL of us are free #KeepitOn #TwitterBanNigeria
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