Anti Gay Laws in Nigeria

I am deeply saddened by the fact that Nigeria has through its lawmakers chosen to criminalize love between two people of the same sex. I was born and raised in Nigeria and sadly I know of MANY people of all ages who have practically lived in the closet for most of their lives.
This new law however takes it a step further and I imagine would drive countless Nigerians further into secrecy and fear: Fear of expressing in the least who they are or showing affection or expressing  love as they feel or perceive it!

The collective moral hypocrisy which is belted out from the ''highgrounds'' of faith and pulpit is at best a travesty of truth as it always ignores the need to address the audacious daily catalogs of injustice to women, children, the poor and the dispossessed. I always chuckle to myself when I hear people talk about Nigeria being a moral or Christian nation.

The truth is we have brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts, nephews, sons and daughters and even fathers and mothers who have struggled with their sexuality and this will only succeed in driving people further into the closet or force them to leave Nigeria and seek life in a place where they will  find freedom to express and live and love as they truly are.

My tears are shed for Nigeria tonight!!

Firstthoughts

I guess this advance into blogosphere is part curiousity, part desire to embark on a journey with myself. How like a child I have held on to the hands of my Faith and allowed it to lead and I guess I have cherished the numbing blindness that has inflicted. But hey that was before the days of my questions and with them eyes opening to ask for the need for answers.

With Open eyes
I will sift
The silence
And listen
To the whispering winds
Walking with the wounded
Words reflecting the world
Of places and faces
Worn over yesterdays naked spaces
Danced all over by darkness displayed
As I held your hand.

So I proceed with myself and I'm looking forward to the journey

F.L