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Posted inEquality, News/Politics

Your homophobia is un-African

Thorne Godinho by Thorne Godinho 21 January 201421 January 2014

The average gay African is no stranger to torture, rape, prison or terror. Thirty-eight countries in Africa now oppress LGBT individuals in one way or another, and although a recent wave of anti-gay legislation is gaining massive media traction, the dignity of these people has never really been embraced in all corners of the continent. […]

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