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Bisi Alimi Quotes

born 1975 Nigeria

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

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I’m alive today because I got treatment, because I refused to hide, and because I chose hope. Anyone living with HIV can live fully. That’s the truth.

HIV is not a death sentence. Stigma is. The moment we treat people with compassion, everything changes.

I see the law as a catalyst for change for good in Nigeria. You don’t understand what it is like to fight a beast that you cannot see.

Growing up in Mushin shaped me. Over there, survival is a language. We don’t give up.

At first it felt like the world had collapsed. But slowly I realised I could either hide or fight. And fighting meant telling my story.

I think that was one of the most difficult times in my life. You know the feeling when the world is crumbling around you and you just wanted someone to lift you up and everyone is turning their backs on you.

There’s a curiosity about queer African stories — both within and outside the continent — that no one’s really talking about. But when you see how these stories are welcomed at international film festivals, it becomes clear: now is the time to start telling them.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bisi Alimi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.