Fear grips Nigeria's LGBTQ+ community after popular cross-dresser killed

FILE - LGBTQ activists commiserate after a court upheld laws that criminalize same-sex relations in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 24, 2019. Kenya and Nigeria are among the more than 30 African countries that criminalize homosexuality.

LGBTQ+ activists in Nigeria are raising concerns about their safety after a popular cross-dresser was killed Thursday in the capital. Police have launched a probe into the killing, which activists say is one of many cases recorded in recent weeks.