Nigerian LGBTIs in Diaspora against Anti Same Sex Laws commemorated IDAHO with a protest rally! Special thanks to everyone who joined us to stand up against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. A very special thank you to Peter Tatchell for his solidarity and our very special comrades from Uganda who showed their massive support! Together We Can!!
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Nigerian LGBTIs in Diaspora against Anti Same Sex Laws commemorated IDAHO with a protest rally!
Nigerian LGBTIs in Diaspora against Anti Same Sex Laws commemorated IDAHO with a protest rally! Special thanks to everyone who joined us to stand up against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. A very special thank you to Peter Tatchell for his solidarity and our very special comrades from Uganda who showed their massive support! Together We Can!!
Monday, 14 May 2012
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia- We are Family-Freedom to Love for all Nigerians!
NIGERIAN LGBTIs IN DIASPORA AGAINST ANTI-SAME SEX LAWS
We Are Family- Freedom to Love for all Nigerians
Date- Thursday 17 May, 2012
Time- 3:00pm-6:00pm
Venue- Nigeria House, 9 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BX
Theme- “We Are Family- Freedom to Love for all Nigerians”
Nigerian LGBTIs in Diaspora
Against Anti Same Sex Laws will hold a rally outside Nigerian Embassy
in London to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and
Transphobia (May 17th).
We will be sharing our personal stories and
experiences of Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Nigerian LGBTIs in
Diaspora, LGBTIs of other nationals and our straight allies are most
welcome!
We will also deliver to the Nigerian High Commissioner, our position paper on the Anti Same Sex Marriage bill currently pending before the Nigerian Legislatures.
Join us in solidarity to commemorate IDAHO!
Venue Map link
KINDLY SIGN OUR PETITION AGAINST THE ANTI SAME SEX MARRIAGE BILL HERE-
Link here to our event on Facebook.
Coordinator- Yemisi Ilesanmi (nanfs2001@yahoo.com)
Monday, 7 May 2012
The Dictators Are Not Only Those...A poem dedicated to a dear friend COMRADE OLAITAN OYERINDE. He was assassinated on May 4, 2012 about 2am at his residence in the Government Reservation Area, Benin, Nigeria.
The Dictators Are Not Only Those
The Dictators are not only those
Who terrorized us in military clothes
Banned the ballot boxes, rolled out armored tanks
From their hallowed barracks their records stank
The dictators are not only those
Who unleashed on us bullets doses
Arrests we endured, Teargas we inhaled
Bullets we survived, in victory we exhaled
The dictators are more than men in khakis
Now they strut around with official cardkeys
They dined with the military killers
Frolicking and posing as civilian rulers
The dictators are the beneficiaries of our struggle
The throats of the people they now strangle
Feeding fat on the carcass of the masses
Belching on empty electoral promises
The dictators are the pot bellied old men
Toasting their ‘do or die’ politics with a mien
Drinking the blood of our youth
While our treasury they loot
With our blood we paved the way for elections
With our limbs new mansions are now erected
Assassins they wantonly hire to come and raid
As they willfully gun down our trusted comrades
Arise comrades, for our work is far from done
From the wrinkled, bloodstained hands of the dons
Our country we shall capture and reclaim
Our comrades’ blood shall not be in vain
The dictators are the 1 percent
We the masses are the 99 percent
With unity, might and strength
We shall sniff out their odious scent
The dictators we shall once again oust
Our flag they shall no longer hoist
They shall all be gone
Before we are done.
BY © YEMISI ILESANMI. 5 MAY , 2012
Who terrorized us in military clothes
Banned the ballot boxes, rolled out armored tanks
From their hallowed barracks their records stank
The dictators are not only those
Who unleashed on us bullets doses
Arrests we endured, Teargas we inhaled
Bullets we survived, in victory we exhaled
The dictators are more than men in khakis
Now they strut around with official cardkeys
They dined with the military killers
Frolicking and posing as civilian rulers
The dictators are the beneficiaries of our struggle
The throats of the people they now strangle
Feeding fat on the carcass of the masses
Belching on empty electoral promises
The dictators are the pot bellied old men
Toasting their ‘do or die’ politics with a mien
Drinking the blood of our youth
While our treasury they loot
With our blood we paved the way for elections
With our limbs new mansions are now erected
Assassins they wantonly hire to come and raid
As they willfully gun down our trusted comrades
Arise comrades, for our work is far from done
From the wrinkled, bloodstained hands of the dons
Our country we shall capture and reclaim
Our comrades’ blood shall not be in vain
The dictators are the 1 percent
We the masses are the 99 percent
With unity, might and strength
We shall sniff out their odious scent
The dictators we shall once again oust
Our flag they shall no longer hoist
They shall all be gone
Before we are done.
BY © YEMISI ILESANMI. 5 MAY , 2012
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
IF ONLY
If only my heart didn’t beat
At the promise of your heat
Eagerly awaiting that touch
That leads to the brunch
If only it wasn’t just a few days
That happened to be the best lays
With a promise of unknown tomorrows
While the goodbye herald the sorrows
If only we didn’t feel the connection
Even though tis a rare selection
Enjoying the poetry, music and the dreams
While sharing the pleasure of the streams
If onlys are not a strong enough stacks
Like a lioness I am focused on my prize
Poised, I reach out for the drum
Calling home my hunter to strum
If Onlys can’t hold back the harmony
Bees and birds must make the honey
Like a Siren I summon my sailor as I weave
To sounds as timeless as the ocean waves
By ©Yemisi Ilesanmi 2 May, 2012
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