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Author Description Bisi Alimi is an international-award-winning LGBT/HIV activist. Born in Lagos, Nigeria on January 17 1975, he made in 2004 when he came out on national television, making him the first gay man in the history of Nigeria to openly declare his sexuality on television.<br />In 2007, due to great threat to his life, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he was granted political asylum. Bisi presently lives in London, from where he travels the world sharing the story of equality, respect, love and humanity.<br />He has won many awards and been nominated for many more. In 2014 he was listed on the Guardian/Square Peg Media World Pride Power List at number 77. He has also featured on <i>the Independent on Sunday</i> Pink List of the most powerful LGBT people in Britain, as well as listed number three on the UK atheist/Humanist power list.<br />He has written for many magazines, journals and newspapers including <i>the Guardian</i>, <i>Huffpost</i>, <i>Gay Star News</i> and <i>Project Syndicate</i>. His most recent article, 'The Economic Cost of Homophobia', was translated into seven languages.<br />As a social commentator, he has been a regular guest on the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera. He also lectures at Freie University, Berlin. As a motivational speaker he has spoken in schools and universities around the world.

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