Bisi Alimi was the first person to come out as gay on television now based in London where he works as an HIV consultant and on global LGBT advocacy.
The Nigerian LGBT activist, Bisi Alimi has been named among the top 100 most influential gay persons in the world, according to a newly published list of 2014′s leading LGBT figures worldwide. Bisi was listed for being the first Nigerian to come out as gay on national TV and he's sitting on the #77 spot.
On the weekend that Gay Pride marches were taking place across the globe, the title claimed its World Pride Power List came ‘at a time where homosexuality remains illegal in 80 countries’. Adding that: “The list is a chance to celebrate what has been, and is being, done to promote equality.”
Also on the list are Ellen Degeneres, 2014 Eurovision winner Conchita, Elton John, Laverne Cox and Prison Break star, Wentworth Miller
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