“I’m going to keep myself alive, so I can make a difference,” he told AFP defiantly, dressed in a black T-shirt and washed-out jeans, just like any other student in the city. He has even grown a thin beard over his delicate features. Now he takes care to cultivate what he says is an “androgenous look”, watching how he walks, talks and what clothes he wears. He had only just come to understand and accept that he was gay in a country where homosexuality is banned. It was a life-turning point… Something inside of me broke.”ĭavid, who comes from a working-class area of Lagos, was 19 when he was detained. “I kept strong in front of them,” he added. You don’t arrest someone because you don’t like the way he walks,” he told AFP. “If they caught me while I was with another man, maybe… but I knew my rights. A-ny-thing,” he stressed, recalling the incident.
