Popular gay Nigerian cleric, Jide Macaulay who was born on November 4, 1965. He is a lawyer, pastor, Human right activist and HIV/AIDS activist. He is set to be ordained an Anglican priest by the Church of England in June. Macaulay, who is HIV positive comes from a family of clerics.
Macaulay revealed this on his Instagram page on Wednesday where he also posted a copy of his invitation letter. He wrote “Wait on the Lord, be of Good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait I say, on the Lord” Psalm 27:14.”
His father is named August Olakunle Macaulay. He is a theologian, principal and founder of United Bible University. Also he is the president of the Association of Christian Theologians in Nigeria.
Macaulay studied at several primary and secondary schools in Nigeria, and graduated in 1986. While in school, he was directly involved in several drama and poetry activities. Later he set up the Poetry Inspired Club for young people.
Macaulay’s Christian upbringing had always forced him into a different understanding of same-sex relations, and he married a woman under the guise of spiritual healing at the age of 24. While Macaulay experienced same-gender relationships and desires before marriage, it was not until after his divorce in 1994 that he fully came out as gay, with a great effort to reconcile his faith, spirituality, culture, and sexuality.
