Republic of The Congo - GlobalGayz

Contents:

• GAY LIFE REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
• CONGO BRAZZAVILLE LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG
• CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE GAY RIGHTS NEWSWIRE
• GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK
• CONGO BRAZZAVILLE LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

GAY LIFE REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)

Bee of the social stigma associated wh homosexualy there is no public gay or lbian muny or anizatn. There is very ltle ter rmatn about gay life Congo but the followg two reports reveal the gree and extent of homophobia Congo:. Female Homosexualy Republic of Congo.

Dpe promisg chang, many margalized groups, cludg the homosexual mory (lbian), which ntu to be nied a right to visibily. Homosexualy is forbidn by biblil law.

The Bible says that homosexualy is an “abomatn” of homosexualy would be, “perversn of the dive orr, nial of nature, the Bible and Ai.

CONGO BRAZZAVILLE LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

” Far om nmng such remarks, the majory of Ains acquice many church, templ or mosqu the Congo, relig lears preach agast homosexualy and clared that AIDS is another shower of ston at homosexuals. For the mon opn, homosexualy is lked to the stereotype of the effemate men and mascule women. In other words, the butch lbian would be, while the effemate homosexual or gay would.

In Senegal, for example, the term for homosexuals is “gorjigeen” Wolof, which lerally means “man woman”. Homosexualy is also often nfed wh pedophilia and perasty. If the homosexual lover of etymologilly means the barely pubcent boys, the pedophile turn will be the dividual who has a sexual preference for children, while genr nfed.

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE GAY RIGHTS NEWSWIRE

The majory of Ains really have a misperceptnof homosexualy. Anythg that nstut sexually viant behavr is homosexualy.

GLOBALGAYZ: THE BOOK

But the fact that several untri have terms of their languag ​​to x homosexual practic shows that homosexualy has always existed. Already ancient and tradnal societi, certa forms of homosexual practic were allowed. Homosexualy has always existed, varyg gre, all societi, Ai is no exceptn, sometim prohibed, sometim tolerated.

CONGO BRAZZAVILLE LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

Except Ai, people live hidg their homosexualy. Homosexualy remas largely taboo most SSA untri, but also the Maghreb untri. South Ai and Ivory Coast are the only Ain untri to accept homosexualy.

In the field, homosexuals suffer a fate more terrible. In Nigeria, the largt Mlim untry black Ai, the Koranic law is clear on this: “Homosexualy is a repulsive act agast nature. ” For any homosexual found, the punishment is the same as that rerved for thiev and other highwaymen.

There are those who marry wh the oppose sex to hi, but live hidg their homosexualy. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s print, 1998 scribed homosexuals as “worse than pigs and dogs. It is te that some homosexuals are grouped associatns, but they are not regnized.

Life as a Gay Refugee From the Republic of the Congo. Life South Ai as a gay black Congole person is a horrendo nightmare.

I am a refugee and a gay activist – this is my story. I fled my home after my mother tried to ject me wh a syrge full of gasole when she disvered that I was gay. I beme iends wh other gay stunts at the universy and began to date and experiment.

When I did not change my behavr, my father spread the news of my homosexualy to the muny. I was particularly weary of a notor group that hunted homosexuals.

Firstly, there is a lot of homophobia the Congole muny South Ai. When he found out om my fay Congo that I was gay, he kicked me out on the street.

Sce then I have moved around a lot, livg wh different Congole people, but the story is always the same: once they tect that I am gay, they kick me out. But fdg a job South Ai is tough enough as is; tryg to fd a job as an openly gay foreigner is close to impossible. I have been lookg for a job sce I me here and I felt that most of the managers were judgg me by my ‘gay’ physil appearance.

Although the South Ain nstutn protects LGBTI people om discrimatn, homophobia is eply rooted South Ain society. The majory of South Ains, like most other Ain untri, thk homosexualy is a wtern culture emulated by some Ain youths who are beg reced by whe sugar daddi to homosexualy.