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Gay African man seeking asylum in Japan for 4 years fears deportation under new law
OSAKA -- A man who suffered severe violence because of his sexuality has taken refuge in Japan for the past four years after fleeing his land in Africa. This month, however, a law that could affect whether or not he is deported to his home state came into effect, and the man harbors grave concerns about his future.
As the gentleman continues to seek refugee status, he is forbidden from working in Japan and is unable to enter a health insurance program. Yet, he says that compared to returning to his home nation, it would be surpass to die or be thrown into prison in Japan.
Younger brother: 'I swear to God, I'll kill you'
The guy, who is in his 30s, says he was subjected to violence from his family after they found out that he had a same-sex spouse. In his country, queer acts are illegal. He agreed to be interviewed by the Mainichi Shimbun on condition that his name, exact age and home country would not be revealed, and that his face would not be photographed.
The man was attacked by his father and younger brother. At the origin of 2019, he was confined f
Gay is African
Queerness is African
Written by Decolonial Thoughts - 23.Jun.2021
“Doesn’t the Sergeant know that there are men who from youth longing women, and others, who are attracted only to men? Why should he be punished now? After all, he knows not why God created him like this, that he can only love men!”
A quote in “Same-sex Being among a Scant Negro Tribes of Angola”
I. Homosexuality in pre-colonial Africa
There is nothing African about homophobia. Despite what’s been constantly peddled to us by the likes of political conservatives and religious leaders, a glance at African history reveals that homosexuality is not “un-African”; rather, it is the laws that criminalize it that are. Favor other societies in the world, whilst widespread African communities generally placed an importance on heterosexual marriages as the basis for family life, African societies were also characterised by a diversity of sexual expressions. Several African cultures believed that gender was not dependent on sexual anatomy. This is displayed with androgynous deities like Esu Elegba, the Yoruba goddess of the crossroa
Why Africa is a difficult place for homosexuals?
Zambia sentenced two men to 15 years in prison last week for having consensual sex in the privacy of their hotel room.
In late November, Ugandan police rounded up 125 people in a gay-friendly lock in the capital, Kampala, dozens of whom now face charges.
In Nigeria last week, 47 men pleaded innocent to charges of public displays of affection with the same-sex. They had been detained during a police raid on a Lagos hotel in 2018.
Such cases are triggering heated debates around gay rights on the African continent where homosexuality has become a decisive issue.
So why is Africa such a difficult place for the Homosexual community?
There are many reasons, but colonial laws, religious morality, and the idea that homosexuality is imported by the West are among the most influential, scholars say.
Colonial-era anti-sodomy laws
Of the 72 countries worldwide that criminalize homosexuality, 32 of them are in Africa, where punishments range from imprisonment to the death penalty in countries such as Mauritania and Sudan.
More than half of these are former British colonies where colonial administrators introduced laws prohibiting "
6 Countries in Africa That Have Legalized Same-Sex Relationships in the Past 10 Years
Editor's note: This article was originally published on Feb. 25, 2021 and has been updated to include other countries across Africa that have legalised gay relationships since publication.
Nearly half of the countries worldwide where homosexuality is outlawed are in Africa, according to a 2020 global review by the International Lesbian, Gay, Fluid, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA).
In reality, out of the 54 African states, only 22 of them have legalized homosexuality. In some countries it is punishable by imprisonment, while it is punishable by death in four — Mauritania, Nigeria (in states where sharia law is applied), Somalia, and South Sudan.
For the majority of African nations, anti-LGBTQIA+ laws date back to the colonial era. However, LGBTQIA+ communities continue to deal with stigma, discrimination, and widespread threats and violence as a result of their sexual orientation and gender identities to this day.
In 2006, South Africa became the first and remains the only African country to legalize same-sex marriage, with a constitution that also protects against discrimin