Bee of the social stigma associated wh homosexualy there is no public gay or lbian muny or anizatn.
Contents:
- GAY, OUT AND ON THE AIRWAV IN KSHASA
- GAY LIFE REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
- GAY LIFE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
GAY, OUT AND ON THE AIRWAV IN KSHASA
* congo gay men *
Stg at his sk a stuffy office wh a rabow flag hangg behd him, 31-year-old Patou Izai says tak a lot of urage to e out as gay Kshasa, the sprawlg pal cy of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Although this vast, volatile Central Ain natn do not have the harsh anti-gay laws adopted by neighbors such as Uganda, eply graed nservative cultural norms routely stigmatize, silence and lead to physil threats agast LGBTI (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex) people.
Them range om basic sexual health tips to alg wh prsn to rencilg homosexualy and relign. A particularly popular episo asked Kois, as Kshasa rints self-intify, how they'd react to fdg out a close fay member was gay.
GAY LIFE REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
Inspired by the LGBT movement the Wt, small groups of gays are timidly tryg to make a place for themselv Gay Democratic Republic of Congo. * congo gay men *
He draws hope om the ttimony of a listener who said he regretted mistreatg his brother, who had e out as gay. He remas unsettled by repeated attempts, most recently 2014, to pass an anti-gay bill DRC's Natnal Assembly.
GAY LIFE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The proposed bill would make homosexualy punishable by prison sentence.
This adds urgency to his work wh "Jniai, " Izai says: "I feel obliged to speak, to ll out, to keep remdg society that we homosexuals exist.