Relaxg on the terrace of a gay bar Ivory Coast's mercial pal Abidjan, a group of men embraced and lghed as people walked past whout even glancg their way.
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- IVORY COAST OFFICIALS REFE TO EXPLA WHY TWO GAY MEN WERE JAILED
- JAILG OF GAY IVORIAN MEN STOK FEARS LGBT SAFE HAVEN
IVORY COAST OFFICIALS REFE TO EXPLA WHY TWO GAY MEN WERE JAILED
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Blood donatns by MSMs Côte d’Ivoire is banned (fe ferral) (fe ferral) Permanent ferral for homosexual and bisexual people.
JAILG OF GAY IVORIAN MEN STOK FEARS LGBT SAFE HAVEN
Acivists say if cency law was applied would be first known stance of beg ed to jail gay people * cote d'ivoire gay rights *
Authori the Ivory Coast have refed to expla why two gay men were arrted and jailed a untry that do not crimalise same-sex acts, and is wily regard as a bean of tolerance for sexual, 31, and Abdoul, 19, are openly gay but ny any romantic relatnship. They were arrted October a village southwtern Ivory Coast, apparently for “public cency” prosecutors have cled to nfirm the charge agast them, activists say if the cency law was ed would be the first known stance of the provisn beg ed to jail gay people the Reid, director of the LGBT rights programme at Human Rights Watch, said: “A vague law, arbrary arrts and an unexplaed nvictn: this is pletely ntrary to the le of law.
”The se highlights the limed geographic reach of many gay rights groups the regn.
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But while the cy is often viewed by gay wt Ains as a relative haven, wh an imprsive work of gay bars and drag shows, secury is hardly is no legal protectn for sexual mori, and cints of discrimatn cludg physil asslts are mon, activists year, several gay men were beaten and forced to leave their hom after the US embassy Abidjan posted a photo of them signg a ndolence book for victims of the nightclub shootg Orlando, Jr, print of Lbian Life Associatn, a lol group closely followg the se, said the Sassandra cint had also receivedsensatnalist verage Ivorian newspapers, potentially endangerg Yann and article, the Soir Info, ntaed fabrited quot purportedly om the two men that they had sex public.