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• THE BT COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELERS
• GAY RWANDAN MAN WHO FOUND SAFETY THE UK WARNS LGBTQ+ ASYLUM SEEKERS WILL BE ‘SEEN AS CRIMALS’
• VTAGE 80'S STYLE RWANDA GAY PRI MONTH PREMIUM T-SHIRT
• GAY PRI CALENDAR

THE BT COUNTRI AI FOR GAY TRAVELERS

“We have the personal stori to share as proof of the discrimatn we face, ” said Nabonibo, 36, an acuntant and former gospel sger who me out as gay on televisn is one of a handful of Ain natns not to crimalise gay sex, but same-sex marriage is banned and LGBT+ rights groups the largely nservative Christian natn say homophobic attus are Rwandans say they are often fired, evicted, labelled as satanic, or ostracised by fay and iends if they e out, wh vlent threats forcg some to flee the Chikalogwe, director of People Agast Sufferg, Opprsn and Poverty, which has helped more than a dozen Rwandan LGBT+ refuge South Ai, scribed the cisn to host a Rwandan Pri as “brave and hopeful” march are rare Ai as they n “put targets on the backs of LGBT+ people” and lead to arrts, said Roche Kter, hate crim manager for OUT, an LGBT+ rights group South Ai, which has been hostg Pri paras sce Rwandan Pri anisers plan to host a football match between LGBT+ Rwandans and the media to help them get to know each other, as well as cktails and a fashn show.

Dpe Rwanda havg jettisoned a provisn the nstutn that crimalised homosexualy 2010, the guaranteeg eedom of associatn and worship and ensurg sexual mory groups are protected by the law, and although the untry is a signatory to the Uned Natns Declaratn on Sexual Orientatn and Genr Inty, members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muny and anisatns the East Ain natn ntue to face creased discrimatn and stigma om fay and muny members. “We want the media to be an tegral part of our mpaign to raise awarens about the tough ndns gay people go through while g mass munitn platforms to reach out to any member who might be livg and fear, “add Nabonibo.

AllOut has prevly supported such events Uganda and Eswati, two untri that to this day crimalise homosexualy. Ultimately, Isange Rwanda is lookg to grow the anisatn orr to enomilly empower s members, create rmatn platforms for them, fluence polici around equal rights and treatments by workg wh the ernment and engage more wh lol lears to addrs homophobia and stigma. Public OpnSurveys Rwanda have unvered eply graed homophobic attus, which may pose ser risks to LGBTQ+ muny members.

GAY RWANDAN MAN WHO FOUND SAFETY THE UK WARNS LGBTQ+ ASYLUM SEEKERS WILL BE ‘SEEN AS CRIMALS’

HistoryHomosexual activy Rwanda? Homosexual activy Rwanda is legal.

"UnregnizedNo nstutnal ban or statue makg gay marriage illegal. Illegal Homosexualy is legal. See also: [Homosexualy, Sodomy].

ILGA: State-Sponsored Homophobia 700. Homosexualy, Sodomy.

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In January 2010, the Rwandan Government announced that an anti-gay measure suggted by a mtee reviewg the untry’s crimal will not bee law [R1. On 16 December 2009, the lower hoe of the Rwandan Parliament was expected to hold s fal bate on a draft revisn to Article 217 of the Penal Co that would, for the first time, make homosexualy a crime [R1. Sydney Star Observer: Rwanda backs down on gay law reform 26 JAN 10.

IGLHRC: Rwanda: Law crimalizg homosexualy not clud text of penal revisns 23 DEC 09.

IGLHRC: Rwandan Parliament to Vote on Crimalizg Homosexualy 15 DEC 09. ILGA: State-Sponsored Homophobia page 48, MAY 09. As the UK ernment fights to save s Rwanda asylum plan the Supreme Court, a gay man om the untry reports on the dangers facg the muny there.

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Innocent Uwimana – whose name has been changed to protect his inty – is a gay man om Rwanda who migrated to the UK about 20 years ago.

Rwanda is one of the few Ain untri that do not overtly crimalise gay sex, and is a signatory to the UN claratn nmng vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.

In addn, many polil and social fluencers Rwanda equently utilise overtly relig jtifitns to nmn homosexualy, llg not only “un-Rwandan, ” but also “sacrileg”. On tope of that, homophobia has evolved to a rallyg cry that mobilis the mass by urgg them to guard themselv agast wternisatn. They claim that homosexualy and non-heteronormative genr inti are not part of Ain culture and that they were brought to Ai by Wtern untri (pecially the US and European natns) as a way to impose their beliefs on the ntent.

Some also claim that Wtern untri tend to wipe out the Ain populatn by promotg homosexualy and preventg people beg heterosexual relatnships which they n have children. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) people livg  Rwanda face legal challeng not typilly experienced by non-LGBT rints.

While neher homosexualy nor homosexual acts are illegal, homosexualy is nsired a taboo topic, and there is no signifint public discsn of this issue any regn of the untry. Acrdg to a report by OutRight Internatnal, the creasg level of harassment and timidatn the untry around the issue of homosexualy, and recent cints which the rights of dividuals were vlated bee of their sexual orientatn, are clearly vlatn of the rights and eedoms guaranteed to dividuals by the nstutn. The same report stat that the past, there has been an crease rhetoric wh the prs on the subject of crimalizg homosexualy the untry.

Several members of Parliament and other dividuals have exprsed the tentn to troduce a law to crimalize homosexualy, though is unclear whether such reforms have a high level of support om other lawmakers or om the public. For example, Deputy Francis Kaboneka is quoted as sayg, "We don't have a specific law on homosexualy, but we have a fay law which stat that a person only gets married to another person of the oppose sex.

" Though he thought that there were not yet many s of homosexualy the untry, he add: "We need to have a law agast this vice. Siarly, acrdg to the New Tim newspaper, Deputy Henriette Sebera argued, "that MPs should table a motn on and e up wh a law agast the practice of homosexualy Rwanda.

" She said, "Homosexualy is tomatilly illegal our untry; our culture only allows a man to have a relatnship wh a woman, and that is why anybody ught that act should be punished. Go to AskGaybrosOver30.