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• FALLY, EEDOM! IT’S OFFICIALLY LEGAL TO BE GAY ANGOLA
• ANGOLA HAS DECRIMALIZED GAY SEX
• UN WEL ANGOLA’S REPEAL OF ANTI-GAY LAW, AND BAN ON DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN
• ANGOLA LEGALIS GAY RIGHTS GROUP NATNAL FIRST
• 'NOW THEY MT RPECT ': A BEAN OF HOPE FOR AI AS ANGOLA BANS GAY DISCRIMATN
• GAY'S HOPS-N-SCHNAPPS
• FEAR AND STIGMA MARK LIFE FOR GAYS NSERVATIVE MALAWI
• GAYT PLAC IN INDIANA FOR 2020
• BOTSWANA CRIMALIZ GAY SEX LANDMARK AI SE

FALLY, EEDOM! IT’S OFFICIALLY LEGAL TO BE GAY ANGOLA

Angola has legalised same-sex marriage 133 years after the proscriptn of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) muny the untry. The reform has been hailed by human rights activists who have been phg for equal rights for the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) muny Angola and other Ain untri.

“The law crimalisg homosexualy adopted Angola 2019 took effect today, ” LGBTQ+ rights advote Jean-Luc Romero-Michel tweeted.

Bin a statement on Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World directed Amerin Embassy Nigeria and other untri to ph for the legalisatn of homosexualy their rpective untri of rince.

ANGOLA HAS DECRIMALIZED GAY SEX

The US print said the memorandum reaffirms and supplements the prcipl tablished the Printial Memorandum of December 6, 2011 (Internatnal Iniativ to Advance the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Persons).

Angola has fally shed the divisive “vic agast nature” provisn s law, wily terpreted to be a ban on homosexual nduct. While there have been no known prosecutns unr the law, provisns like this one curtail the rights and eedoms of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people, subjectg their timate liv to unwarranted scty.

UN WEL ANGOLA’S REPEAL OF ANTI-GAY LAW, AND BAN ON DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN

Iris Angola, the untry’s only gay rights lobby group, has often plaed that s members face discrimatn when accsg health re and tn.

In ntrast, Mozambique, another former Portugue lony, crimalized homosexualy 2015, when too adopted a new penal , but cled to register the untry’s biggt LGBT group, Lambda, leavg to operate eely, but not legally.

ANGOLA LEGALIS GAY RIGHTS GROUP NATNAL FIRST

While untri such as India have been pelled by urt lgs to strike anti-homosexualy laws om the books, others have done so through legislative reform. The new law overturned a lonial-era "vice agast nature" provisn that was seen as a ban on homosexual relatns.

\u201cLa loi d\u00e9p\u00e9nalisant l\u2019homosexual\u00e9 adopt\u00e9e en #Angola en 2019 a pris effet jourd\u2019hui. The 134-year-old lonial-era ban on homosexualy Angola is no more after the untry’s revised penal me to effect this week.

'NOW THEY MT RPECT ': A BEAN OF HOPE FOR AI AS ANGOLA BANS GAY DISCRIMATN

The new Penal Co and Penal Procre Co will no longer crimalise “vic agast nature”, which is wily unrstood to refer to gay and lbian sexualy. Although the 1886 ban had not been ed by the state to prosecute LGBTQ people recent tim, the velopment is a landmark statement agast homophobia Angola and the rt of Ai. He told DQ that while much work remas, the law now at least provis “a legal amework to go after homophobic crim.

Pri month is a time to reflect on progrs but also ongog challeng  advancg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. Last July, five men acced of homosexual nduct were arrted Kano State, Nigeria by a relig police un that enforc Sharia, or Islamic law. And Augt, lawmakers proposed a bill (still unr review) so extreme that simply sayg you are gay or lbian uld land you mandatory nversn therapy or prison for up to 10 years.

GAY'S HOPS-N-SCHNAPPS

Same-sex nduct is not illegal  Rwanda, but thori there round up and arbrarily taed people regard as socially unsirable, cludg over a dozen gay and transgenr people, sex workers, street children, and others the months before a planned June 2021 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetg. Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✔ No censorshipChangg Genr✔ Legal, surgery not requiredNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyConversn Therapy✖ Not banned.

By The Numbers63% Of Angolans agreed that Transgenr people should enjoy the same rights as straight people61% Of Angolans agreed that gay, lbian and bisexual people should enjoy the same rights as straight peopleHistoryHomosexual activy Angola? Unregnized Angola do not regnize same-sex legalAs homosexualy is illegal, same sex unn is by flt illegalCensorship of LGBT Issu Angola? Human RightsIn a move to embrace equaly, Angola has crimalized homosexualy and banned discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, a sweepg review of s lonial era penal , which had stood sce pennce om Portugal 1975.

FEAR AND STIGMA MARK LIFE FOR GAYS NSERVATIVE MALAWI

Also welg the cisn, a UN Inpennt Expert on protectn agast vlence and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, said that such legislatn “was one of the root behd grave and pervasive human rights vlatns agast gay, lbian, trans and bisexual people”.

In his statement, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, urged other Stat to follow Angola’s move, addg that “all other untri that still crimalize homosexualy, mt observe the procs of crimalizatn as motivatn to exame their own legal ameworks, and to brg themselv to full pliance wh this human rights imperative”. “In Angola lbians, gays, and bisexual and trans persons have nounced signifint barriers accs to health, employment, tn and other sential procs, all due to the perceptn that their very inti are crimal nature”, he nclud.

Commentg on the ban, the Human Rights Watch NGO, noted that Angola's only gay rights lobbyg anizatn, Iris Angola, was granted legal stat last year after four years of operatn. Neighborg Mozambique removed anti-gay laws 2015, while Sao Tome and Cape Ver have also abolished laws crimalizg gay relatnships. “If you’re homosexually cled, Nigeria is not a place for you, ” Dolapo Badmos, a Chief Supertennt wrote on her Instagram.

GAYT PLAC IN INDIANA FOR 2020

The Angolan Natnal Assembly voted of 155 to 1 to abolish the provisn crimalisg homosexual relatnships on January 23.

This is a great step forward for Angola’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer (LGBTIQ) muny. In s 2016 survey pennt Ain rearch work Aobarometer found that tolerance towards homosexual persons the regn was higher than any other part of the ntent.

BOTSWANA CRIMALIZ GAY SEX LANDMARK AI SE

In the survey, an average of 32% rponnts southern Ain untri exprsed a favourable view towards havg neighbours who are homosexual. Angola has given legal regnn to a gay rights lobby group, sourc briefed on the cisn said Wednday, markg a major breakthrough for the closed and nservative society.

“We’re turng the page for gay cizens who now have a body that is regnised by the state which giv more weight to the work of our anisatn, ” said Iris Angola’s Carlos Fernans. Iris, which has 200 members, is one of two gay rights groups active Angola but the other has not yet been given legal regnn.

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – A UN human rights expert today weled Angola’s cisn to crimalize same-sex relatns, and urged other Stat to follow, sayg such legislatn was one of the root behd grave and pervasive human rights vlatns agast gay, lbian, trans and bisexual people. Angola adopted a new Penal Co on 23 January, the first sce lonisatn 1975, that elimat a provisn on “vic agast nature” historilly lked to a ban on homosexual nduct. “All other untri that still crimalize homosexualy and other forms of sexual orientatn and genr inty, whout exceptn, mt observe the procs of crimalizatn as motivatn to exame their own legal ameworks, and to brg themselv to full pliance wh this human rights imperative.