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22 December 2011
Nigerian health minister says bisexuals “pose a challenge” to HIV efforts 15 Nigeria's health minister has warned that bisexual men pose a "challenge" to efforts to tackle the spread of HIV in the country, as the prevalence of HIV among gay and bisexual men in the country was found to have risen.
6 December 2011
60,000 petition Nigerian President not to sign anti-gay law 56 Activists have delivered a copy of a 60,000-strong global petition addressed to the Nigerian President, urging him not to sign in new laws that target gays.
30 November 2011
Nigerian Senate votes to punish gay marriage with 14 years in prison 150 The Nigerian Senate has voted through a bill criminalising gay marriage, with prison sentences of up to 14 years for those couples who try to enter into an unofficial union and ten years for witnesses.
14 November 2011
London campaigners to stage kiss-in over Nigeria’s anti-gay draft law 70 Organisers say the protests hopes to "kiss homophobia, biphobia and transphobia goodbye" after Nigerian government considers criminal sanctions for those holding unofficial gay weddings.
21 October 2011
Nigeria seeks to strengthen anti-gay laws 59 Lawmakers in Nigeria hope to pass a bill which strengthens laws against homosexuality.
29 September 2011
Gay former basketball sttar John Amaechi launches HIV support for UK Africans 14 John Amaechi, the openly gay former basketball player, is supporting a new HIV programme aimed at African communities in the UK.

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