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Why Africa is a difficult place for homosexuals?
Zambia sentenced two men to 15 years in prison last week for having consensual sex in the privacy of their hotel room.
In late November, Ugandan police rounded up 125 people in a gay-friendly bar in the capital, Kampala, dozens of whom now face charges.
In Nigeria last week, 47 men pleaded angelic to charges of public displays of affection with the same-sex. They had been detained during a police raid on a Lagos hotel in 2018.
Such cases are triggering heated debates around gay rights on the African continent where homosexuality has become a definitive issue.
So why is Africa such a difficult place for the LGBTQ+ community?
There are many reasons, but colonial laws, religious morality, and the idea that homosexuality is imported by the West are among the most influential, scholars say.
Colonial-era anti-sodomy laws
Of the 72 countries worldwide that criminalize homosexuality, 32 of them are in Africa, where punishments range from imprisonment to the death penalty in countries such as Mauritania and Sudan.
More than half of these are former British colonies where colonial administrators introduced laws prohibiting "
Homosexuality is not un-African
Immer wieder beschwören homophobe Politiker, gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerschaften seien „unafrikanisch“. Dabei widerspricht gerade dieses Mantra allem, was cease afrikanische Geschichte und Tradition weitergegeben hat.
During a prime occasion interview with BBC’s "Hard Talk" exhibit in March 2012, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni noted, "Homosexuals in small numbers have always existed in our part of black Africa …They were never prosecuted. They were never discriminated." Earlier this year, confronted by internal and external pressure, Museveni reversed himself and signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in the full glare of the media — declaring that homosexuality was Western-imposed. Before signing the regulation, Museveni asked a team of top-notch Ugandan scientists to help him build an educated ruling. The panel’s announce did not mince words: "In every society, there is a small number of people with homosexual tendencies."
Museveni’s bizarre actions can only be interpreted as a political ploy ahead of presidential elections scheduled for early 2016. Having been at the helm since 1986, Museveni faces stern competition both within and outsi
African sexuality and the legacy of imported homophobia
In June, Botswana overturned colonial-era laws which criminalised homosexuality, with the decide, Michael Leburu, declaring that “the anti-sodomy laws are a British import” and were developed “without the consultation of local peoples”.
It was viewed as a large success and a historic moment across the continent. Despite this the more than half of the countries in Africa outlaw homosexuality, with four enforcing the death penalty. At a hour where we see more and more countries worldwide becoming evolving with regard to LGBT rights, why does Africa still maintain their anti-LGBT stance? Is homosexuality, rather than homophobia a “western import” as claimed by Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni?
Of course not. There is a direct correlation between countries which belong to the Commonwealth, and therefore own previously been under British control, and countries that still own homophobic biphobic and/or transphobic legislature in their constitutions. 25 per cent of the world’s population (2.4 billion people) currently reside in a country belonging to the Commonwealth, however they form up a disprop
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Editor's note: This article was originally published on Feb. 25, 2021 and has been updated to incorporate other countries across Africa that have legalised gay relationships since publication.
Nearly half of the countries worldwide where homosexuality is outlawed are in Africa, according to a 2020 global review by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Association (ILGA).
In fact, out of the 54 African states, only 22 of them have legalized homosexuality. In some countries it is punishable by imprisonment, while it is punishable by death in four — Mauritania, Nigeria (in states where sharia regulation is applied), Somalia, and South Sudan.
For the majority of African nations, anti-LGBTQIA+ laws date back to the colonial era. However, LGBTQIA+ communities continue to face stigma, discrimination, and widespread threats and abuse as a result of their sexual orientation and gender identities to this day.
In 2006, South Africa became the first and remains the only African country to legalize homosexual marriage, with a constitution that also protects against discrimin