I and two trans women. We are living openly and fighting for our lives everyday in Nigeria. The least you can from anywhere in the world is support this fight.
Tweet aggressively using
#WithdrawCrossdressersBill
and share! ✊🏾
My only hope is that Nigerians will understand that the same way the police has no right to kill or harass innocent citizens so also citizens don't have any right to kill or harass other citizens of the LGBTQ+ community and that if we ever protest, we will have the same support🙏
All Nigerians are shouting,
"Ellen, have Josh2funny on your show."
She is a lesbian o! A lesbian! What happened to queer people being a taboo? Why have you all buried your disgust just because she has a platform? Fucking fools!!!!
If her country and government hadn't given —
Namibian people are protesting against sexual & gender based violence and femicide. please post & retweet the hashtag
#ShutItAllDown
to create awareness ❤️
It’s my birthday b*tches! 😎Celebrating the new year and the fact that a few weeks ago I boarded a plane for the first time thanks to a generous sponsor, so yeah, that’s off my bucket list 🥂🌈❤️
Watching sex education and the part Eric came to Nigeria and went out with Oba got me bad. When Eric came down from the car and started suspecting something, I literally burst into tears. I'm like, "No! No!"
Thank God it turned out well.
"I don't really care what people think of my video. There is a revolution happening. And in a revolution, we don’t care what our oppressors care or think."
Matthew is a force!!!!
Really want to thank everyone so much for your support these last two days.
The reason I started this protest was so that this conversation can go on in places where it mattered the most, not just social media, and that has already started happening.
#RepealSSMPA
Terrible terrible things happened to me. I'm trying not to blame myself for everything but how can I not? I was held for two nights, two nightmares! I've lost so much.
Thanks to everyone who helped, prayed and shared.
During the EndSars y’all said that was not the right time for queer people to speak up. Now again, y’all are saying there are more important issues in Nigeria. Do you see you’re as wicked as your government?
#RepealSSMPA
Please a girl was badly injured at the protest yesterday. She wore contact lenses and the teargas affected her. Please someone should reach out to her, she's in need of med care. Her no 09096557995
Cc:
@fkabudu
@Jollz
Please RT
Nigerians are so wicked that they’ve singled out the hunger strike and are making fun of it. What about other things I said in the video? The 70 arrests in Anambara state? The assault LGBTQ+ people go through daily? The 14 years jail term for our existence? None of this matter –
I remember when that girl was burned to death by religious extremists and the whole Twitter was on fire. Now three men have been sentenced to death by stoning for homosexuality in Bauchi and y’all are quiet?????
#SaveBauchiThree
#EndHomophobiaInNigeria
her her rights to exist, to live and shine in broad day light, so you think her platform would have grown to where it is today? Do you think she would have the mental energy and range to be innovative and energetic?
Again, if you're a homophobe or bigot, you're a big FOOL
Almost the end of day 2 and I’m beginning to feel it. But however it is, I’ll be there tomorrow again. They will all come to work, hoping to casually drive in in their tinted cars, and sit on a law that criminalizes the existence of the LGBTQ+ community. I’ll be there –
As many of you already know, I came out to my family and need help. A friend has helped me organize a GoFundMe:
Please donate and if you can't, help me retweet. My story is on the GoFundMe page if you'd like to read or watch
On the road towards LGBTQ+ freedom in Africa, we must not beg!
What is happening in Ghana now is a clear depiction of how many people think they would be doing queer people a favor by legitimizing our existence. You are not! It is our right!
Thread.
You fucking Homophobe and average Nigerians. You will see us on your streets this year. It won't be next year. This year!!! This country Nigeria, we must share it. LGBTQIAP+ people are going nowhere. Y'all are mad!
I need men to see how women are twerking and having fun at
#HERtitude23
so that next time they want to say women do these things for male validation, thunder will strike them down!
Because I’ve been seeing comments saying that maybe we’re being discriminated against as LGBTQ+ Nigerians, but we’re not being killed and that we’re throwing a pity party. These are reports from reputable journals.
#RepealSSMPA
Thank you all. For the love, the support, the emails (which I’ll read tonight). Just spoke to my dad and he said he loves me and wants us to continue to keep in touch. Even though I wasn’t physically with people today and today felt lonely like most –
Y’all are so dishonest. If someone tells you to your face that you don’t have sex appeal, you know it will hit you bad. But “you didn’t see anything wrong with what that babe said”.
I’m really just glad to be able to breathe. This year was so tumultuous. Lost my mum, came out as gay, had to start living on my own. I have good hopes for 2021 but let’s bathe in the goodness of the remainder of 2020! ❤️❤️
Lol Nigerians are going to lose their shit over Lil Nas X’s new video and honestly that’s their business. I Stan the young fellow. He’s doing something unheard of in the rap community. It’s going to mean so much to a lot of queer youth.
"Respect" is probably the most dangerous culture we have as Africans, and specifically Nigerians.
While I was growing up, I was taught never to look an elder in the eye, to always say yes to an elder, never to argue with an elder. And it didn't matter if this elder was —
After getting kidnapped some weeks back and taking some time off to heal, I’ve decided to share my story.
I just need y’all to know that HOMOPHOBIA is never innocent. Hate fuels violence!
Watch here and please share.
The LGBTQ+ community in Nigeria will not hide so that y’all can be comfortable. We will continue to be visible, to take up space. We will continue to push it down your throats (since Nigerians claim this is what we do). This country belongs to us all!
#RepealSSMPA
Ghanaian LGBTQ+ community are going through it. If you’re in Ghana, support them. Open your homes to them. Donate to their course. Speak out on their behalf. They’re your brothers and sisters and niblings.
The government hates them, raided their center with armed men, –
We're at the Enugu state government house. We requested for the governor, Ifeanyi. He came out and said, "Enugu state is in the hands of God"
We shouted "No, it's in your hands!"
He said he was to have side talks with our representatives. We chanted "no side talks"
He —
Yesterday, I paid my rent for the second year. Absolutely wild that I’ve been living on my own for the past one year. It also made me realize that it’s been one year since I came out to my family and the world as a gay man.
What have I learned in the past one year? Thread.
"They didn't caught me."
This statement was a powerful defiance to injustice and police brutality made by James Brown. But the entire Nigeria twisted it and turned it into a circus. Not surprising though.
What was actually surprising was that you, a queer person joined in. —