Perspectives of the region from the region - LGBTQ RIGHTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: - Gerbrandt van Heerden

The following is a brief summary of the situation in countries that have been at the forefront of cracking down on the LGBTQ community. [...] The intention was to include grass-roots level opinions on the state of LGBTQ rights on the continent, and try to establish whether or not the situation is improving and what more needs to be done to encourage positive change. [...] ‘In most cases, there is no support system at all for LGBTQ pupils at Zimbabwean schools.’ Due to the conservative nature of Zimbabwean society and most of the schools in the country, Lipian states that ‘remaining in the closet was not a matter of choice’. [...] The Bible is regarded in some countries as the supreme law of the land, as in the case of Zambia. [...] The United States has done extensive research on the power of the Pink Dollar, the purchasing power of the LGBT community.