Nigerian lawyer, journalist and publisher Richard Akuson of the gender-nonconforming magazine A Nasty Boy , recently fell victim of a homophobic attack and he has since fled the country for the United States of America for safety .
The creator and stylist of the gender-nonconforming magazine says the incident brought him "even closer to the harsh realities of LGBTQ + people in Nigeria and across the world." Back in 2017, he said he knew he'd be taking a risk in a country where toxic masculinity is rampant and homosexuality is punishable by law but he did it anyway As the stories of people and ideas that challenged rigid notions of gender and sexuality were too important to go untold—especially in Nigeria.
Recently,he was ambushed and beaten in a targeted attack that he claims was in response to his work. This in-human move led him to spend several months seeking asylum in the US. The publisher decided to share his story publicly in a two-part post on A Nasty Boy's Instagram page.
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