REPEAL NIGERIA'S ANTI GAY LAW NOW

Nigeria’s Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) was signed into law in January of 2014. The law includes a number of measures criminalizing people who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual.Both living in a relationship with someone of the same sex, and getting married to someone of the same sex are punishable with 14 years in prison; membership in a gay-affirming organization is punishable with 10 years; and public displays of an amorous same-sex relationship is punishable with 10 years. The law also criminalizes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) supporters. Simply witnessing or aiding a same-sex couple’s marriage or supporting the registration of LGBT-affirming organizations is punishable by 10 years in prison.