Bisi Alimi Foundation

{{Short description|Foundation registered in England and Wales}}

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{{notability|Org|date=October 2021}}

{{COI|date=October 2021}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Bisi Alimi Foundation

| image = Bisi Alimi Foundation logo.png

| formerly =

| formation = 2015

| founder = Bisi Alimi

| type = Non-governmental organization

| status = Charity

| headquarters = United Kingdom

| website = {{URL|https://bisialimifoundation.org}}}}

The Bisi Alimi Foundation (BAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2015, and registered in England and Wales, but operating in Nigeria as a result of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2013 (SSMPA). The foundation aspires to create a Nigeria in which everyone is treated equally, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.{{Cite web|title=Bisi Alimi Foundation - Grantees - Welcome To SRT|url=https://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/Grantees/Bisi-Alimi-Foundation|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-18|title=About Us {{!}} Bisi Alimi Foundation|url=https://www.bisialimifoundation.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-09-23|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2017-08-05|title=Group demands release of men charged with alleged homosexuality {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/239322-group-demands-release-men-charged-alleged-homosexuality.html|access-date=2021-09-23|language=en-GB}}

Bisi Alimi is the founder and director of Bisi Alimi Foundation.{{Cite web|title=Bisi Alimi|url=https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/bisi-alimi/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=The Resource Alliance|language=en}} In 2019 Bisi Alimi Foundation, in partnership with Elton John AIDS Foundation, organised a Gay Pride event in Nigeria; the event tagged “Night of Diversity 2019” held in Lagos, Tuesday 29 October 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-30|title=Bisi Alimi Organises First-ever LGBT Event In Lagos|url=https://guardian.ng/life/bisi-alimi-organises-first-ever-lgbt-event-in-lagos/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}} In 2018 money from the Whitsun Tournament outreach campaign was allocated to Bisi Alimi Foundation. Whitsun Tournament Outreach campaign supports an LGBT organisation, movement or initiative abroad.{{Cite web|title=Bisi Alimi Foundation|url=https://www.smashing.pink/index.php?page=90|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.smashing.pink}}{{Cite web|date=2015-06-30|title=VIDEO: Nigerian LGBT advocate Bisi Alimi shows personal side of being LGBT in Nigeria|url=https://www.glaad.org/video/video-nigerian-lgbt-advocate-bisi-alimi-shows-personal-side-being-lgbt-nigeria|access-date=2021-09-23|website=GLAAD|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929173748/https://www.glaad.org/video/video-nigerian-lgbt-advocate-bisi-alimi-shows-personal-side-being-lgbt-nigeria|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=2015-07-02|title=Join LGBT Nigerian leaders in a Twitter chat about #LGBngPolls|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/join-lgbt-nigerian-leaders-twitter-chat-about-lgbngpolls|access-date=2021-09-23|website=GLAAD|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929173748/https://www.glaad.org/blog/join-lgbt-nigerian-leaders-twitter-chat-about-lgbngpolls|url-status=dead}}