Abstract: Homosexuality is a relationship that allows any two consenting individuals of the same biological sex to form an intimate relationship. The issue of homosexuality is a controversial discourse in all the countries of the world including Nigeria. Thus, this study aims at ascertaining the debates of the discourses on homosexuality in Nigeria. The study was anchored on Richard Troiden’s Ideal-typical model of gay/homosexual identity acquisition. The model was adopted to explain and describe the development of homosexual identity formation as taking place against the backdrop of a stigma, which heavily influences identity development and personal adjustment. A systematic review method was adopted for this study. This method was considered the most appropriate research approach in gathering information about scholars’ line of arguments on this controversial issue of homosexuality in Nigeria. The study unveiled that homosexual is to a greater extent not culturally, politically, legally, religiously and socially acceptable in Nigeria because Nigerians perceived the act to be a taboo, animalistic, inhumane, sin and illegal. The study also discovered that many homosexuals are still in the closets due to the strong cultural aversion towards the practice, although some are gradually coming out of their closet to assert what they perceive to be their constitutional rights. Based on the research findings, this study therefore recommends full enforcement in criminalizing homosexuality in Nigeria.
Keywords: Dialectic, Discourse, Homosexuality, Heterosexuality, Nigeria.
Title: THE DIALECTICS OF THE DISCOURSE ON HOMOSEXUALITY IN NIGERIA
Author: Dr. Chinonye Faith Chinedu-Okeke, Dr. Ijeoma Obi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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