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# What's life like for LGBTQ people in Nigeria?
- URL: https://www.gtv.blue/nigeria/
- Published: 2025-12-14T00:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-27T11:06:55.000Z
- Description: Let's take a look at some of the key equality indicators.
- Author: Gareth Johnson
- Tags: An LGBTQ Guide to the World

What's life like for LGBTQ people in Nigeria? Let's take a look at some of the key equality indicators.

### Is homosexuality legal in Nigeria?

No. Same-sex sexual activity is explicitly criminalised.

If convicted, the punishment can be up to 14 years in prison. There are a number of states that impose Sharia law – the penalty in these states is death.

### Are there anti-discrimination protections in place for LGBTQ people in Nigeria?

There are no protections in place against discrimination on the grounds of sexuality.

### Is there Marriage Equality in Nigeria?

There is no legal recognition of same-sex relationships, and legislation has been passed specifically prohibiting same-sex relationships and any suggestion of same-sex marriage.

### What’s life like for LGBTQ people in Nigeria?

Nigeria is a socially conservative country, split between the Muslim north and the Christian south. Religion plays a significant role in shaping public opinion and attitudes.Homophobia is systemic, and LGBTQ people are actively targeted for state-sanctioned harassment, arrest, and persecution.

The major political parties are overtly hostile to LGBTQ people.Nigeria is widely recognised as one of the world’s most homophobic and aggressively anti-gay countries in the world.

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