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31 Jan 2010
The Irish Times has a piece looking at Africa and the virulent homophobia that is rife there.
Interestingly, African countries colonised by the French have no laws against same-sex sexuality, unlike those colonised by the British, where the majority do.
“In much of sub-Saharan Africa, male same-sex sexuality is interpreted firstly in political terms of racist, anti-black exploitation by whites (former colonial masters) and Arabs (former slave traders), and secondly in cultural terms as foreign, un-African and imported by whites,” according to Nel.
In the case of Uganda, gay rights campaigners are also accusing conservative American evangelists of encouraging homophobia. Three of these evangelists visited the country last year and held high-profile seminars at which they described homosexuality as a curable disease.
The one country on the continent in which gay rights are recognised and protected is South Africa, where the constitution protects human rights for all, and gay marriage is allowed under the law.
However, even here the reality on the ground for gay people differs remarkably from what is enshrined in the constitution, says Cape Town-based Marlow Valentine, deputy director of the Triangle Project, a gay rights organisation.
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