John Ademola knows there is no asylum from hatred, no refuge from ignorance.
But after decades of battling his own identity as a gay man in Nigeria, afraid for his life and safety, the former Catholic priest who now lives in the Chicago area knows a new reality.
"If any crazy person decides to kill me simply because I'm gay, here [in the U.S.], the community will still ask, 'Why did you do it?' " he says. In America, he says, "there's not a government after me."
"If any crazy person decides to kill me simply because I'm gay, here [in the U.S.], the community will still ask, 'Why did you do it?' " he says. In America, he says, "there's not a government after me."
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