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Further implications and areas of further research suggested. What is it like for a Gay, Nigerian Male living in Nigeria? More Detail. Adolfsen, A. Multiple dimensions of attitudes about homosexuality: Development of a multifaceted scale measuring attitudes towards homosexuality.

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Their families, mainly subsistence farmers, turned down an offer of legal representation because they preferred to negotiate with the judge and get the case behind them, Ms Aken'Ova said. Nigeria is a deeply conservative country, where most people - Christian and Muslim - are opposed to homosexuality.

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He described the moment when a phone call to his son saved him from ending it all. My son told me he loves his father. Even if his father is queer, he has no issues with that. Mohammed broke down at this point, wrenched off the white hood, got up, hid his face and began to cry.

In March, 42 persons were arbitrarily arrested and detained by the police in Kaduna based on their perceived sexual orientation, according to The Initiative for Equal Rights, a local NGO. In December, 40 men, presumably gay, were arrested at a birthday party in Bauchi. The Police and Hisbah, the Islamic morality police, misreported the issue, stating that the men were conducting a gay marriage.