The Initiative For Equal Rights Explained

TIERs
Type:Non-profit
Location:Nigeria
Area Served:Nigeria
Focus:Discrimination and marginalization of sexual minorities
Headquarters:Lagos, Nigeria
Method:Documentation and Monitoring, Legal Representation, Advocacy and Security Protection, and Storytelling
Num Employees:6-25

The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) is a Nigeria-based registered non-for-profit organisation which advocates for LGBT rights in Nigeria.[1]

TIERs provides support and resources for the LGBTQ+ community,[2] including conducting educational programs, workshops, and seminars related to LGBTQ+ advocacy.[3]

The organization conducts research on issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community, producing reports and polls on issues regarding LGBT rights and public opinion.[4] [5] It has also documented and reported human rights abuses in Nigeria.

History

The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) was founded in 2005 as a response to the discrimination and marginalisation of sexual minorities in both HIV prevention programming, human rights protection, advocacy, and mainstream human rights work.[6] It is based in Lagos.[7]

Programs

TIERs has partnered with Nollywood to produce films which represent queer characters and experiences in a positive light, as most Nigerian films portray negative stereotypes of queer character.[8] In 2016, the organization released Hell or High Water,[9] a short film which deals with societal expectations regarding sexuality in Nigeria.[10] It sponsored the 2018 film We Don't Live Here Anymore.[11]

TIERs has released 10 publications on issues concerning human rights, sexuality and gender orientation, violence, social rights and cultural relativism.[12]

See also

References

  1. Makanjuola . Olumide . Folayan . Morenike Oluwatoyin . Oginni . Olakunle A. . 2018-10-02 . On being gay in Nigeria: Discrimination, mental health distress, and coping . Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health . en . 22 . 4 . 372–384 . 10.1080/19359705.2018.1482809 . 149625171 . 1935-9705.
  2. Web site: Group demands release of men charged with alleged homosexuality . Ezeamalu . Ben . August 5, 2017 . Premium Times . June 8, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121080056/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/239322-group-demands-release-men-charged-alleged-homosexuality.html?tztc=1 . November 21, 2023.
  3. Web site: The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) . Devex . 2023-11-21 .
  4. Web site: 2019-06-13 . TIERs' 2019 Social Perception Survey of LGBT Persons in Nigeria . 2023-11-21 . African Liberty . en-US.
  5. Book: Jjuuko . Adrian . Queer lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation . Gloppen . Siri . Msosa . Alan . Viljoen . Frans . 2022-11-21 . Pretoria University Law Press . 220 . en.
  6. Web site: TIERS - The Initiative for Equal Rights . 2023-11-21 . ORAM Refugee . en.
  7. Sogunro . Ayodele . 2018 . Citizenship in the Shadows: Insights on Queer Advocacy in Nigeria . College Literature . 45 . 4 . 632–640 . 10.1353/lit.2018.0037 . 149898115 . 1542-4286.
  8. Green-Simms . Lindsey . 2021-01-02 . Walking with Shadows : Jude Dibia and Olumide Makanjuola in Conversation with Lindsey Green-Simms . Journal of African Cultural Studies . en . 33 . 1 . 101–108. 10.1080/13696815.2020.1816932 . 229182388 .
  9. Web site: Communication . 2016-03-22 . TIERs and Asurf Films release trailer for LGBT-themed film 'Hell or High Water' . 2023-11-21 . RED For Africa . en-GB.
  10. Web site: 2016-03-17. Watch the trailer for the Nigerian LGBT-themed film 'Hell or High Water'. 2021-06-07. GLAAD. en.
  11. Web site: Tope Oshin's 'We Don't Live Here Anymore' Rattles Nollywood . October 27, 2018 . June 8, 2024 . This Day . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20191031184320/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/27/tope-oshins-we-dont-live-here-anymore-rattles-nollywood/ . October 31, 2019.
  12. Web site: The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) . June 8, 2024 . Africa Portal . https://web.archive.org/web/20200815044334/https://www.africaportal.org/content-partners/initiative-equal-rights-tiers/ . August 15, 2020.

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