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Gay black kinshasa, democratic republic of congo
Patou Izai wanted to challenge the negative comments about the LGBTI community in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and create a space for dialogue. So he started a radio show.
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KINSHASA, Congo — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the World Health Organization reported that mpox, also known as monkeypox, was being spread via sex in Congo for the first time.
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The newly appointed Minister of Justice of Democratic Republic of Congo, Constant Mutamba, wants to crack down on homosexuality without waiting for a law. He has ordered the Attorney General to initiate proceedings "against the perpetrators of these deviant practices".
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Department of Family Medicine and Primary HealthCare, Protestant University of Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Department of Public Health, John Wesley Methodist University, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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LGBTQ rights in the Democratic Republic of the CongoLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) face discrimination and legal challenges not experienced by non- LGBTQ residents. [3] Same-sex sexual activity is legal for both males and females in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, although LGBTQ individuals may still be targeted.
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The struggle for the rights of sexual minorities is too frequently dominated by ideas, voices, and stories from the global North and West, says Congolese human rights activist and artist Jean-Claude Pongault Elongo. Erasing 76 Crimes: How does your organization deliver prevention and awareness in the African context?
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Inspired by the LGBT movement in the West, small groups of gays are timidly trying to make a place for themselves in Democratic Republic of Congo Inspired by the LGBT movement in the West, small groups of gays are timidly trying to make a place for themselves in Lubumbashi [the second largest city of the Democratic Republic of Congo]. But neither local customs nor Congolese law tolerate.
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Congolese member of parliament and former presidential candidate Constant Mutamba is standing by h is bill that would criminalize gay sex for the first time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, although he has clarified that his bill seeks to sentence homosexuals to prison, not to slavery, as had been reported in some outlets. Mutumba had described the bill as calling for “5 to 10 years.
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