Bisi Alimi, the Nigerian gay activist got married to his equally gay boyfriend Anthony, earlier in August this year after dating for some years.
Alimi who shocked Nigerians when he became the first ever gay man to come out and declare his status on national television as a
guest on Funmi Iyanda's New Dawn with Funmi, a talk show on the Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA).
On
Decemeber 23, 2014, Alimi who is also HIV positive, introduced the man
in his life to the world and now, they've taken their union to the
next level by solemnizing their union, he decided to give details of the ceremony
and what followed to the Huffington Post.
“We had a small ceremony under the
leaves of some great old trees on the lawn of an adorable little
restaurant. My family and our closest friends joined us. Our vow
exchange was only 30 minutes long. What followed was a day of love,
laughter, joy, eating, sore feet, kids running circles around the yard,
and family and friends celebrating our day together. We posted only a
few photos to our Facebook pages and asked guests to not post photos or
mention our marriage.
“That night, we went out dancing to a
club with friends who stayed over. The next morning, we decided to take
some friends with us on the first day of our honeymoon to see Niagara
Falls. We were still enjoying every moment of calling each other
husband, taking photos kissing in front of the falls, getting sprayed at
the Cave of the Winds, and accepting well-wishing texts from family and
friends.”
Eric painted a miserable picture of what
happened when he woke up on Monday morning after the wedding to return
the rental car used for the occasion. “When I returned, my husband was
pacing and crying, distraught, pointing to his phone. Somehow, someone
had either sold or given photos from our wedding and first dance to one
of Nigeria’s notorious gossip bloggers, Linda Ikeji who chose to publish
them on her blog. Whether to out David and make a mockery or to somehow
use it as advocacy, no one knows. What we do know is that she had no
permission from either of us to use our photos or story.
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