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July 26, 2023

For LGBTQ+ Nigerians, visiting the doctor can be traumaticSocioeconomic Inclusion
People walk past a bus during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on the occasion of World AIDS Day at the Kuchingoro IDPs camp in Abuja, Nigeria December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

When Abimbola, a gay man from Lagos, went to a sexual health clinic for a yeast infection, the nurse who saw him said she would only treat him if he promised to "pray against the demon".

He swiftly left without being treated.

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