Source: www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/07/13/us-vows-to-push-nigeria-to-outlaw-anti-gay-discrimination/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pinknews+%28Pink+News%29


America will continue to put pressure on countries
like Nigeria which have anti-LGBT legislation in
place.
The US Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated that
America will continue to pressurise Nigeria.
She made this known in a live-web chat with
journalists in Washington.
Thomas-Greenfield, who said the US had adopted
the protection of the rights of same-sex people as
a part of its foreign policies, has vowed that
Washington will continue to put pressure on
Nigeria and other countries to change their laws
against the LGBT community.
She said: “As a government, it is one of the
highest priorities and strongest values that
discrimination against anyone based on their
sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong.
We believe human rights should be available to
everybody.”
“As a policy, we will continue to press the
government of Nigeria as well as other
governments who have provided legislation that
discriminate against the LGBT community.” She
continued.
Thomas-Greenfield has also said that she does not
agree that pressuring Nigeria to reverse the anti-
gay law has amounted to interference. She also
said that Nigeria and Uganda had the hardest
legislation on the gay community.
She said: “This is very much a work in progress,
but I think you will agree with me that the law in
Nigeria really went far in discriminating against
this community but also people who associate
with them.”
“So we will continue to press the government, to
press the legislature to change these laws and
provide human rights for all Nigerian people
regardless of their sexual orientation.” Thomas-
Greenfield stated.
She said that she was optimistic that the US
would win the fight to protect the LGBT
community.
“With what is happening in the US, you can
determine how far we are willing to go. We
strongly believe human rights for all people and
we are particularly opposed to legislation that
actually targets the gay community for
discrimination. So we are prepared to push this as
a policy not just in Africa but across the world.”
She added.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to be
visiting the US in a few weeks time.
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