16 Are You Living a Double Life on Social Media?
by Paige Cohen
Bisi Alimi is done living a double life.
It’s been a journey, literally, across land and sea.
Today he is an executive coach and the founder of the Bisi Alimi Foundation, which advocates for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in the Nigerian workforce. In 2004 he was an actor and activist in Lagos, and the first man in his country to come out as gay on national TV.
When I first came across Alimi on LinkedIn, I knew nothing about his story. That day I logged into my account with the regular expectations: the bright landing page, the long list of updates, and my connections, clad in crisp attire, grinning as I scrolled through the feed. I didn’t expect Alimi, fierce and unapologetic, ...
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