18th International Anti-Corruption Conference

This session will be an interactive workshop starting with a brief overview of the historical prevalence of bribery targeted at LGBT+ citizens. From there, we will take an in-depth look at the situation in Nigeria to talk about how homophobic private citizens are using gay hook-up apps to lure gay men into meetings at which they face extortion, forced outing and physical violence, thus addressing this issue through a business lens. The last part of the session will be use to find solutions and approaches to the challenges identified.

Bribery by state agents and private citizens continues to make LGBT+ people vulnerable in many places around the world. Wherever LGBT+ lives are criminalised or LGBT+ human rights are violated, we see an increased prevalence of bribery and corruption targeted at LGBT+ individuals. This creates a precarious situation for all LGBT+ people living in such societies, effectively denying them full citizenship. It also restricts the development of civil society space, and impacts negatively on business.