Lagos

=== Not LGBT-friendly, but no convictions ===
Despite its active nightlife and prevailing [[joie de vivre]], Lagos, like all cities in Nigeria, is "not LGBT-friendly". [[Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013|Nigeria's 2014 legislation]] in this regard is among the most draconian systems of repression<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Isaack |first=Wendy |date=2016-10-20 |title="Tell Me Where I Can Be Safe" |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/10/20/tell-me-where-i-can-be-safe/impact-nigerias-same-sex-marriage-prohibition-act |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref> against queer people in the world. Homosexuals, but also their "supporters" such as people who have attended a same-sex wedding in another country, or hotel staff who have provided a room for a queer couple, theoretically can be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

In Lagos, however, internet searches reveal only ''one'' case of persons being prosecuted under the 2014 laws (as of 2023). The 47 men were arrested in December 2019 after a raid on a bar frequented by local men.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Jason |date=2019-12-11 |title=First men go on trial under Nigeria's anti-homosexuality laws |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/first-men-go-on-trial-under-nigerias-anti-homosexuality-laws |access-date=2023-07-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Over 40 Men Have Been Arrested in Nigeria for Homosexual Acts |url=https://www.globalcitizen.org/fr/content/nigeria-police-arrest-men-for-homosexuality/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Global Citizen |language=fr}}</ref> The Federal High Court in Lagos acquitted all the accused in October the next year. The case was considered a "test case" for the application of anti-LGBT laws in Nigeria, but was dismissed because prosecutors failed to appear at trial and no incriminating witnesses could be found.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigerian judge throws out homosexuality case against 47 men |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/27/nigerian-judge-throws-out-case-against-47-men-over-homosexuality |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-10-27 |title=Nigerian judge throws out case against 47 men facing homosexuality charge |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-lgbt-idUSKBN27C1TZ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref> No other arrests or convictions are known from Lagos. However, three men were convicted and subsequently stoned to death by an Islamic court in [[Kano (city)|Kano]], northern Nigeria. Tourists should definitely take the legal situation in Nigeria very seriously.