Bisi Alimi

Bisi Alimi
Bisi Alimi at the Queerpedia 2023 program at Ibadan
Born
Ademola Iyandade Ojo Kazeem Alimi

(1975-01-17) 17 January 1975 (age 49)
CitizenshipBritish Nigerian
Alma materEko Boys High School, Lagos

University of Lagos, Birkbeck College, University of London,

Meyler Campbell,
Known forFirst Nigerian to openly declare his sexuality on national television
Notable workMen Can't be Feminist

The Development Cost of Homophobia

If you say being gay is not African, you don’t know your history

We will lose the battle against HIV without LGBT decriminalisation
AwardsAttitude Pride Awards (2024)
Website[1]

Bisi Alimi (born Ademola Iyandade Ojo Kazeem Alimi,[failed verification][1] 17 January 1975) is a British-Nigerian gay rights activist, public speaker, blog writer and HIV/LGBT advocate who gained international attention when he became the first Nigerian to come out on television.

  1. ^ "Comment: Let's do the black talk – HIV and black gay men in Europe". pinknews.co.uk. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.