Smart Joel, 25, one of the Nigerian men arrested on charges of public display of affection with members of the same sex, poses for a photograph in his bedroom at his home in Lagos, Nigeria, February 18, 2020. “I’m always scared,” he said, recounting an attack that took place last year in which a group of men called him out as the “gay guy who was arrested” and stole his phone, money and wristwatch. “It has not been easy,” he said. “At some point I had to move on, not minding the stigma, the discrimination and the dirty language.” REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
