Bisi Alimi

Bisi Alimi

Bisi AlimiBisi is a British-Nigerian gay rights activist, public speaker, blog writer and HIV/LGBT advocate who gained international attention when he became the first Nigerian to come out on television. Bisi writes for outlets like The Guardian and Project Syndicate and is co-founder of the Rainbow Intersection, the largest LGBT charity in Nigeria. Bisi is the founder and the Executive Director of the Bisi Alimi Foundation, an organisation working to accelerate social acceptance of LGBT people in Nigeria. He has a BA in Theatre Arts (2004) from the University of Lagos Nigeria and MSc in Global Governance and Public Policy (2011) from Birkbeck College University of London. Bisi is a multitalented storyteller, actor, activist and angelic troublemaker. He has over 15 years’ experience working on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Africa. Before starting Bisi Alimi Foundation, he was a lecturer at the Humboldt University in Berlin teaching “Pre and Post Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Africa”.