A useful run down of the attitudes of African countries towards homosexuality. Two things I find particular interesting:
male homoxuality seems to be the most problematic, since many of the laws are expressly against it. In Kenya, male homosexulaity is illegal, but lesbian relations are not.
It's in the struggle against apartheid that acceptance of gay rights emerged. Imprisoned political prisoners had at some point to confront the fact that one of their own was a homosexual.
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Well I recall that in britain male homosexuality was illegal while female homosexuality was not.
Indeed, I recall that there was a debate in parliament (or in a Judicial case in the early 19th century in which it was determined that women have no sexual feelings so there can be no sexual relations between women. Thus how can it be illegal?
It can't exist, so how can it be legal? Benightedness has its fringe benefits I guess.
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