For students who are homosexual or bisexual and who identify with the Christian faith, this process of determining their social identity can be complicated as many sectors within the Christian community may only support heteronormative behaviour. Furthermore many cultures, particularly African cultures, do not condone homosexuality and/or bisexuality.
“Our cultures have an important place in the society so to fight for rights should be done through dialogue”. Jimmy, a missionary brother says during the interview he had with us about his life...
Neela Ghoshal*, Human Rights Watch, October 31, 2019 Emelia, a woman in her thirties living in Kumasi, Ghana, will never forget the day her father found out she was a lesbian. He beat her...
The title “Love won’t fail us” in regards this letter means that Dunny went through all the mess because of love but kept on going. “In this letter, it looks like love betrayed me...
A Cape Town pastor, who may find himself behind bars for defying a court order barring him from making anti-gay comments, accused the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Wednesday of trying to make an example of him.
En Afrique, la communauté LGBT reste vulnérable face à l’homophobie, aux persécutions et aux discriminations commises en raison de l’orientation sexuelle et de l’identité de genre, qu’elles soient réelles ou supposées. En plus de criminaliser les pratiques sexuelles entre personnes de même sexe, plusieurs dispositions pénales perpétuent et promeuvent les stéréotypes, augmentant la vulnérabilité de la communauté LGBT.
Je suis allée pour la première fois à Madagascar en avril 2013 dans le cadre de l’association missionnaire pour laquelle je travaille, la Centrale de Littérature Chrétienne Francophone. Sans étonnement, j’ai constaté que tous les protestants que je croisais avaient une énorme envie de discuter de ce que les médias, chez eux, appelaient « l’inter- LGBT [Lesbiennes, Gays, Bisexuels, Trans] du mariage homosexuel ».
In this piece I’m not concerned with “African homophobia” as such – although I’d like to pose the question whether homophobia is the most useful term to understand the politics around homosexuality and LGBT rights in contemporary African societies. Neither am I concerned with the reasons why Western media tend to depict “African homophobia” in rather sensationalist ways – although I do wonder whether it has something to do with the deep-rooted perception of Africa as “backward” that allows the West to see itself as “progressive” and “modern”.
Last Sunday, at a weekly literary gathering in Kaduna, a bearded dark macho guy openly said, smiling with a perfect row of white teeth, “I am homophobic, so writing this story was very difficult for me” as if he expected the audience to give him a standing ovation.
I had to confirm what he had said by asking him to repeat himself, which he did in clearer terms. I couldn’t even wait to hear his short story.
I am PROUD that I knew intrinsically, in spite of being surrounded by all the negative messages, that I was not bad.
I am PROUD that although it took a lot of years to come to terms with
my sexuality, I finally arrived and accepted myself for who I am.
Until that time there was a HOLE in me and now, in its place, there is a
WHOLE me.