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Gabon has voted to decriminalise homosexuality in a landmark ruling. In , Gabon became the 70th country in the world to ban gay sex under a penal code that vowed to publish ‘offenders’ with up to six months in jail and a fine of five million Central African francs (over £6,). Kamala Harris has been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights. US Vice-President Kamala Harris who is on a tour of three African countries - Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia - has drawn criticism over her support for LGBTQ rights. In Ghana, in a speech calling for "all people be treated equally" she appeared to criticise a bill before the country's parliament which criminalises advocacy for gay rights and proposes jail terms for those that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
GlobalGayz» Africa» Gabon» Gay Life in Gabon Compiled by Richard Ammon February Introduction Gabon has been a victim of it own people since independence with brutal leaders, military violence, irrational homophobia and tribal warfare. It is a sad state of being even as business does reasonably well. Despite political and humanistic chaos, a small population, abundant. The central African nation of Gabon has adopted a law against same-sex sexual relations, running counter to the general trend of countries overturning such repressive laws in recent years. With the addition of Gabon, the tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws rose to From the African Human Rights Media Network.
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Gabon has voted to decriminalise homosexuality in a landmark ruling. In , Gabon became the 70th country in the world to ban gay sex under a penal code that vowed to publish ‘offenders’ with up to six months in jail and a fine of five million Central African francs (over £6,). .
GlobalGayz» Africa» Gabon» Gay Life in Gabon Compiled by Richard Ammon February Introduction Gabon has been a victim of it own people since independence with brutal leaders, military violence, irrational homophobia and tribal warfare. It is a sad state of being even as business does reasonably well. Despite political and humanistic chaos, a small population, abundant. .
Gabon's LGBT+ community said on Wednesday they feared a homophobic backlash after the lower house of parliament voted to legalise gay sex, less than a year after making it a crime. .