Advertisement'Sex Education's' Eric Effiong is inspiration to Nigeria's gays, says activistOctober 14, 2021Marc SilverfacebookEmailThe character Eric Effiong (portrayed by actor Ncuti Gatwa) is an openly gay British teen in the Netflix series Sex Education. In a storyline in the new season, Eric travels to his mother's homeland of Nigeria — where sex between men and sex between women are against the law — for a family wedding. (Sam Taylor/Netflix)