BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWILL) – Bolu Okupe, son to Doyin Okupe, former presidential aide former president, Goodluck Jonathan, says being gay is not anti-christ as he knew he was gay at 10.
Bolu made this known during an interview with The PUNCH, saying the awareness usually comes when one is approaching puberty.
According to him, the fear of stigmatisation has made gay people not to openly disclose their sexuality.
He said: “From the age of 10 or 1, I knew I was different, and if you speak to more people in the LGBTQ community, they will tell you the same thing, it starts around pre-puberty years.
“We would progress more as a society if we speak more to each other and judged less.”
The 26-year-old also refuted the claim of his father that homosexual is anti-Christ, saying Christains often play judge on issues concerning morality.
“With regard to homosexuality being anti-Christ, this is not incorrect, as many have pointed out to me,” he said.
“It is clearly forbidden in the Bible; however, I would like to also mention that there are a lot of things that are also forbidden in the Bible that many Christians partake in.”
Bolu also stated that contrary to the view of his father, he won’t reconsider his sexual orientation.
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“Sexual orientation is not something that one can ‘reconsider’. This is the way I am and it is the way I have always been and will always be,” he added.
“I and many others in the LGBTQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community were born the way we are, many may not understand this but stop and think for a second, why would we intentionally choose this lifestyle when we know that we will be ridiculed and shamed by society?”
