An LGBT advocate and HIV activist, Adebisi Alimi was the first person to ever come out as gay on Nigerian television. After an attempt on his life in 2007, he fled to the UK where he was granted political asylum. Before he left, he founded The Independent Project for Equal Rights-Nigeria, where he served as …
AROUND THE WORLD, IT CAN BE VERY HARD TO LIVE AS AN OPENLY HAY MAN. HOST MICHEL MARTIN LEARNS MORE FROM TWO LGBT ACTIVISTS: JAMACIAN MAURICE TOMLINSON AND NIGERIAN BISI ALIMI. Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: To a related story now. In the seven years that we've been on the air, we've …
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When Adebisi Alimi’s best friend died of HIV, his trajectory changed, as he devoted his life to fighting the disease. As part of the Undaunted: 10 frontline innovators shaping global health session at the Aspen Ideas Festival The Aspen Ideas Festival is the nation’s premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the globe and …
LONDON — As a gay man living in Nigeria, my biggest challenge was choosing between my sexuality and my job. In 2004, I was at the start of my acting career. I had just left university, and I was featured in “Roses and Thorns,” a prime-time soap opera on Galaxy Television, one of Nigeria’s most …