Tag: rwanda gay rights
Rwandan LGBTIQ people warn: It’s unsafe to send queer asylum seekers here
The UK intends to send asylum seekers to the east African country. Rights groups say LGBTIQ people will be particularly at risk Gerald* and his boyfriend fled Rwanda in February this year to escape persecution from their families and church. “They beat us, starved us and refused to give us shelter,” he told openDemocracy from… Read more »
Rwandan LGBTIQ people warn: It’s unsafe to send queer asylum seekers here
The UK intends to send asylum seekers to the east African country. Rights groups say LGBTIQ people will be particularly at risk Gerald* and his boyfriend fled Rwanda in February this year to escape persecution from their families and church. “They beat us, starved us and refused to give us shelter,” he told openDemocracy from… Read more »
Gay man in Rwanda notes ‘intense pressure’ after coming out
Kigali, Rwanda — A Rwandan gospel singer who recently came out as gay says he has quit his day job as an accountant after “intense pressure” from colleagues. Albert Nabonibo says he felt alienated and no longer a part of the beverages company that employed him in the capital, Kigali. He says that after he… Read more »
Rwandan gospel singer comes out as gay, to country’s shock
Kigali, Rwanda — Friends of Albert Nabonibo, a well-known gospel singer in Rwanda who recently came out as a gay man, do not want their names revealed. It is too shameful, one says. Another says he is anguished because his family knows he often used to socialize with Nabonibo. Nabonibo shocked many Rwandans in August… Read more »
Kagame: Rwanda has no problems with gays
Rwanda President Paul Kagame doesn’t want to have the same trouble as his neighbors Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda when it comes to the LGBT community. Some of Rwanda’s neighboring countries have passed anti-gay laws and harassed their queer communities, resulting in criticism from around the world. “It hasn’t been our problem,” Kagame said before an… Read more »
The LGBT Refugees Who Are Seeking Asylum In the World’s Most Notoriously Anti-Gay Country
If they’re seeking sanctuary in Uganda, just imagine what they must be running from. Kampala, Uganda — With one of the world’s most infamous anti-gay laws, Uganda seems like the last place on Earth an LGBTI person would go seeking safety. But almost 100 LGBTI refugees have sought help from an NGO in Uganda’s capital… Read more »
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