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Pride in Lagos

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Pride in Lagos
The pride in Lagos Ball held on 27th June 2025
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Lagos, Nigeria.
InauguratedJune 2021
Next eventJune 2026
Organized byQueer City Media

Pride in Lagos jẹ ajọdun igberaga LGBT ti olọ̀dọọdún ti o man wáyé ni ọsẹ to kéyin Oṣu Kẹfà ni Eko, Nàìjíríà. [1] Ti a da silẹ ni ọdún 2021 nipasẹ QueerCity Media labẹ olùdarí Olaide Kayode Timileyin, [2] o ṣiṣẹ bi pẹpẹ fun hihan, mimọ ẹgbẹ́, ìjà fún ẹgbẹ́, ati ayẹyẹ ni ihamọ òfin àti ipò àwùjọ. [3]

Àjọ̀dun náa ti fa àwọn ọgọọgọ̀rún àwọn ènìyàn aládùn ni ọdọọdún mọra ati pe o ti wáyé ni itẹlera láti ọdún 2021. Àjọ̀dún ọdún 2022 náà jẹ́ ayẹyẹ àkọ́kọ́ ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà, ayẹyẹ Ìgbéraga ọlọ́sẹ̀. [4]

Ni Oṣu Karun ọdún 2024, Pride in Lagos gbalejo Bọọlu pataki kan ni ọlá fun Oloogbe Fola Francis, [5] ti n samisi ìbẹrẹ Oṣu Igberaga èyítí o sayẹsí ohun-ini ipa rẹ gẹgẹbi awoṣe transgender akọkọ ni gbangba Nigeria ni Ọsẹ Oge Eko ati awọn idasi rẹ si ile-iyẹwu agbegbe ati agbegbe LGBTQ+. [6]

Ni orile-ede Naijiria, àwọn wọlé-wọde ibalopo kanna, awọn ifi ifẹ han gbángba láàrin àwọn eniyan-ibalopo kanna, ati awọn ẹgbẹ LGBTQ + ti wa ni ọdaràn labẹ ofin Kanna-Ibalopo Igbeyawo (Idinamọ) ti 2014, eyiti tí awọn ijiya rẹ to ọdun mẹ́rinlá. [7] Laibikita àbuku ti o gbilẹ, aṣa ìbàjẹ́ ti o wa ni abẹlẹ ti tẹsiwaju ni Ilu Eko, pẹlu àwọn aye ifaramọ laarin aṣa, awọn agbegbe ti òlàjú, ati awọn ìwòyè yara bọọlu. [8]

2021 - Ipilẹṣẹ

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Pride in Lagos ṣe ariyanjiyan ni Oṣu Kẹfà ọdun 2021 gẹgẹbi lẹsẹsẹ awọn iṣẹlẹ oloye bii awọn panẹli, awọn iboju fiimu, ati awọn idanileko lati ṣe agbero iṣọkan ati agbegbe, ti samisi ọkan ninu awọn iṣẹlẹ ìgbéraga eleto diẹ ni Naijiria titi di oni. [9]

2022 - àkọsílẹ àkọ́kọ́ gbangba

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Lati ogúnjọ́–ọjọ kẹrindinlọgbọn oṣù kẹfà ọdún 2022, ajọdun naa gbalejo awọn ìfihàn àwòrán, awọn ijiroro ajọsọ, iṣafihan oju-ofurufu kan, ati fifa ipari ti yàrá bọọlu. Awọn oluṣeto ṣapejuwe rẹ bi “akọkọ ti iru rẹ” ni awọn ofin ti arọwọto ati ipa. [10] O ṣe afihan awọn eeyan olokiki bi Aja Kween ati Bisi Alimi, pẹlu oṣere Temmie Ovwasa . [11] [12]

2023 - Ìdàgbàsókè ati hihan

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Ni aarin ọdun 2023, iṣẹlẹ naa ti ni iwoye ti o pọ si, pẹlu ikopa ti gbogbo ènìyàn, aṣoju nla ti awọn iṣẹda alaimọ, ati itẹwọgba ti agbegbe ile ballroom. [13]

2024 - Gbọla fun Fola Francis ati ifilọlẹ Apejọ Onídéédé

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Ni Oṣu Kẹfa ọdun 2024, ajọdun naa pẹlu àgbéga ìpele ballroom “neo-goth” ti o ga julọ ni iranti ti oloogbe Fola Francis, awoṣe transgender akọkọ ti Nàìjíríà ni gbangba, ti o ku ni Oṣu kejila ọdun 2023. [14] [15] Ni ọdun yẹn tun ṣafihan àpéjọ onídéédé àti àmì ẹyẹ, ti n ṣafihan awọn panẹli lori aabo agbegbe, ifiagbara ọrọ-aje, ati agbawi ẹtọ LGBTQ+.

Àtúnse 2025 tẹsiwaju aṣa atọwọdọwọ ọdọọdun pẹlu bọọlu yara kan ti o waye ni ọjọ kẹtàdinlogun oṣù kẹfà ọdún 2025, ti n fidi ipo rẹ mulẹ bi iṣẹlẹ LGBTQ+ ti gbogbo eniyan ni Nigeria.

Awọn iṣẹlẹ ti o wọpọ lakoko Pride in Lagos ni:

  • Symposia ati awọn ifọrọwerọ lori awọn ẹtọ alaigbagbọ, aabo agbegbe, ilera ọpọlọ, ati irolagbara. [16]
  • Awọn ifihan aworan, awọn iṣafihan èrè, ati awọn idanileko iṣẹda ti n ṣafihan ẹbùn queer àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà.
  • Ballroom ati fa awọn iṣẹlẹ bii “Grand Masquerade Ball”, pẹlu awọn akori Afro-surrealist ati awọn iṣe iṣe aṣa. [17] [18]
  • Awọn amí ẹyẹ ati awọn akoko nẹtiwọọki lati gbe awọn ajo ati awọn alajọṣepọ ṣiṣẹ fun ifisi LGBTQ+. [19] [20]

Fun awọn idiwọ ofin Naijiria, ajọdun naa nigbagbogbo waye ni ikọkọ tabi awọn ibi ikọkọ, ti a kede ni kete ṣaaju. Awọn oluṣeto ṣe awọn ìgbésẹ ààbò gẹgẹbi awọn iwadi abẹlẹ ati awọn eto ìmúlò àiya àwòrán fun ààbò àwọn olukopa. [21]

  1. https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/56473/1/the-inside-story-of-nigeria-s-first-ever-pride
  2. https://www.gaytimes.com/originals/pride-in-lagos-photos-from-nigerias-2023-lgbtq-celebration/
  3. https://marieclaire.ng/adunni-tiwatope-wants-to-build-a-community-for-queer-people-with-pride-in-lagos/
  4. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240611-nigeria-s-repressed-lgbtq-party-people-let-true-self-out-at-lagos-ball
  5. https://guardian.ng/life/nigerias-lgbtq-embraces-true-selves-at-lagos-ball/
  6. https://www.morebranches.com/history-was-made-fola-francis-becomes-the-first-trans-model-to-walk-lagos-fashion-week/
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220404102814/https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1250681/download
  8. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/africa/2022-06-23-pride-month-in-nigeria-remains-behind-closed-doors-due-safety-and-legal-concerns/?utm_
  9. https://www.ige-srh.org/the-history-of-pride-from-stonewall-to-nigeria/
  10. https://www.gaytimes.com/originals/pride-in-lagos-stunning-photos-from-nigerias-first-ever-pride-event/
  11. "For queer Nigerians, Pride celebrations mark hope and resilience". https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0623/For-queer-Nigerians-Pride-celebrations-mark-hope-and-resilience?utm_. 
  12. https://www.thebody.com/article/nigeria-ballroom-bastion-joy-lgbtq-community
  13. https://www.thebody.com/article/nigeria-ballroom-bastion-joy-lgbtq-community
  14. https://www.them.us/story/fola-francis-legendary-nigerian-designer-remembered-essay
  15. https://levelupmag.com/private-runways-nigerian-fashion-labels-navigate-anti-lgbtq-challenges/
  16. https://hivos.org/blog/chioma-about-pride-in-nigeria/
  17. https://www.alturi.org/news_items/what-it-was-like-to-attend-nigerias-first-ever-pride-event/
  18. https://levelupmag.com/private-runways-nigerian-fashion-labels-navigate-anti-lgbtq-challenges/
  19. https://www.cntraveler.com/story/in-lagos-creative-identity-thrives-in-community
  20. https://time.com/5942353/clubhouse-queer-nigerians-community-bigotry/
  21. https://www.thebody.com/article/nigeria-ballroom-bastion-joy-lgbtq-community