{"id":93175,"date":"2026-08-20T18:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93175"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:54:51","slug":"nigerian-avoids-deportation-because-supporting-gay-rights-puts-him-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/nigerian-avoids-deportation-because-supporting-gay-rights-puts-him-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian avoids deportation because supporting gay rights &#8216;puts him at risk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22331\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LGBT-map-Nigeria-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LGBT-map-Nigeria-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LGBT-map-Nigeria-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LGBT-map-Nigeria-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LGBT-map-Nigeria.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Nigerian migrant can remain in Britain after claiming his membership of an\u00a0<a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">LGBT+<\/a> group means he would face persecution if returned to his home country.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/nigerian-avoids-deportation-because-supporting-gay-rights-puts-him-at-risk\/ar-AA2azmk4?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a874c516318439d9efeb695f21489a3&ei=31&cvpid=6a874c9939ad4a218bf03715ef43d0e2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A Nigerian migrant can remain in Britain after claiming his membership of an\u00a0LGBT+ group means he would face persecution if returned to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LGBT-map-Nigeria.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93176,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93175\/revisions\/93176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}