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Nigerians are homophobic and rights for LGBQ people are trash in Nigeria, and we will table that one in its own time, but please, it is wrong for LGBQ people or LGBQ groups to hijack the #EndSARS 
protest for their own cause.
Bringing your own flags etc divides the campaign focus
protest for their own cause.Bringing your own flags etc divides the campaign focus
And I’ve noticed this is a thing that happens with protests in general and nobody ever says anything about it because nobody wants to be branded homophobic
But if you look at most protest images, there is always an LGBQ group that comes with their own flags different from others
But if you look at most protest images, there is always an LGBQ group that comes with their own flags different from others
A movement in Nigeria specifically about LGBQ rights is long overdue.
And that’s one thing in of itself.
But there’s a bad habit of hijacking movements and protests about other equally important things to push for LGBQ rights that must stop.
Don’t dilute this protest’s focus.
And that’s one thing in of itself.
But there’s a bad habit of hijacking movements and protests about other equally important things to push for LGBQ rights that must stop.
Don’t dilute this protest’s focus.
Don’t come to a protest about police brutality, about ending SARS with a rainbow flag or a pink and blue flag, chanting your own slogans or carrying your own placards different from the main group.
That’s literally creating ANOTHER protest within the main protest.
It’s unfair.
That’s literally creating ANOTHER protest within the main protest.
It’s unfair.
If you want the next protest after #EndSWAT #EndSARS to be LGBQ Rights Protest, no wahala.
But don’t see people protesting for A, then come and start your own protest for B inside their protest that is not even concluded, then get angry when they push back or reject you.
to be LGBQ Rights Protest, no wahala.But don’t see people protesting for A, then come and start your own protest for B inside their protest that is not even concluded, then get angry when they push back or reject you.
As I said, Yele Sowore and Revolution Now tried your hijack the #EndSARS protest.
No other group of people should do the same thing. https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/1316410030158237704
protest.No other group of people should do the same thing. https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/1316410030158237704
The fact that #NigerianQueerLivesMatter is emerging as a trend is proving my point that this #EndSARS #EndSWAT protest may splinter along ideological lines.
Right now nothing has been concretely won.
Everyone has to focus their energy on the same one goal.
#EndSWAT protest may splinter along ideological lines.Right now nothing has been concretely won.
Everyone has to focus their energy on the same one goal.
Yet people are wilfully refusing to understand how the Nigerian Government is just salivating to accuse everyone in the #EndSARS #EndSWAT protest of "illegality" over a few rainbow flags and placards. https://twitter.com/KolaOyeneyin/status/1316851311116251137
#EndSWAT protest of "illegality" over a few rainbow flags and placards. https://twitter.com/KolaOyeneyin/status/1316851311116251137
Merging LGBQ with #EndSARS means:
1. You lose the entire North
2. You lose the Muslims
3. You lose most of the Christians
4. You lose most of the “Older Generation”
5. It’s fucking illegal so the Nigerian Government gets just cause they’ve been looking for
It should be obvious.
means:1. You lose the entire North
2. You lose the Muslims
3. You lose most of the Christians
4. You lose most of the “Older Generation”
5. It’s fucking illegal so the Nigerian Government gets just cause they’ve been looking for
It should be obvious.
Winning is more important than optics.
This is a fight we must win at all costs, not a fight we must win with “the right people” or “the right messages” onboard for optics.
People have already died for the #EndSARS cause.
For every dead person, we have to win.
Win FIRST.
This is a fight we must win at all costs, not a fight we must win with “the right people” or “the right messages” onboard for optics.
People have already died for the #EndSARS
cause.For every dead person, we have to win.
Win FIRST.
That tweet is playing right into their hands.
Segalink has already pounced on it to make the case that this is not a human rights movement (which it is) against SARS but rather a “gay rights agenda” which the Nigerian Government will never stand for
https://twitter.com/segalink/status/1317908285102718987
Segalink has already pounced on it to make the case that this is not a human rights movement (which it is) against SARS but rather a “gay rights agenda” which the Nigerian Government will never stand for
https://twitter.com/segalink/status/1317908285102718987
Now is not the time to introduce additional agenda to #EndSARS
Yes LGBQ people are oppressed horribly in Nigeria.
Deny that and you’re a heartless liar.
But what helps THE MOST is to gain some real power not lose the main war to win a fucking skirmish.
Smh
Focus the fuck up
Yes LGBQ people are oppressed horribly in Nigeria.
Deny that and you’re a heartless liar.
But what helps THE MOST is to gain some real power not lose the main war to win a fucking skirmish.
Smh
Focus the fuck up
