Anything that constitutes sexually deviant behavior is homosexuality. It is not a product of the West. Already in ancient and traditional societies, certain forms of homosexual practices were allowed. Homosexuality has always existed, in varying degrees, in all societies, Africa is no exception, sometimes prohibited, sometimes tolerated. Except in Africa, people live in hiding their homosexuality.
Homosexuality remains largely taboo in most SSA countries, but also in the Maghreb countries. South Africa and Ivory Coast are the only African countries to accept homosexuality.
In , with the end of apartheid, South Africa became the first African country whose constitution explicitly protects all citizens, whatever their sexual orientation. But this is just a drop in an ocean. In the field, homosexuals suffer a fate more terrible. They are stoned in the streets, burned alive by the people.
There are those who marry with the opposite sex to hide, but live in hiding their homosexuality. It is true that some homosexuals are grouped in associations, but they are not recognized. And if they appear in the public square, they expose themselves to lynching.
It would be better that they live in hiding their orientation as to expose to heterosexuals. It is a choice to live his life. Well, many days I wish it were just a nightmare. But it is the reality for me. This reality is one full of intolerance, discrimination, and prejudice.
I am a refugee and a gay activist — this is my story. I fled my home after my mother tried to inject me with a syringe full of gasoline when she discovered that I was gay. I became friends with other gay students at the university and began to date and experiment.
During this time, my father saw a picture taken of me kissing another man. When I did not change my behavior, my father spread the news of my homosexuality to the community.
Local boys began to beat me. I was particularly weary of a notorious group that hunted homosexuals. My friends and family shunned and banished me. My life was in danger and I had nowhere to go, so I came to South Africa. I came full of hope that things would get better; that I would be able to live my life without fear of being persecuted for who I am. And in some ways I do feel safer here than I did in Congo. But after being here for a year, I can honestly say that this hope did not come true.
Life is tough here. Firstly, there is a lot of homophobia in the Congolese community in South Africa. When I first arrived, I lived with my cousin. When he found out from my family in Congo that I was gay, he kicked me out on the street. My mother ensured that no other family member in South Africa took me in after that.
Since then I have moved around a lot, living with different Congolese people, but the story is always the same: once they detect that I am gay, they kick me out. I also lived in some shelters and there I experienced xenophobia from South Africans.
I wish I could just get to my feet and find a job. But finding a job in South Africa is tough enough as it is; trying to find a job as an openly gay foreigner is close to impossible. The majority of South Africans, like in most other African countries, think homosexuality is a western culture emulated by some African youths who are being recruited by white sugar daddies into homosexuality.
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