Mob Tries To Lynch Men Awaiting Sentencing For Homosexuality

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Sentences for the 18 were to have been handed down last week by a Sharia court in the Moslem state of Bauchi.

They were arrested wearing women's clothing at a hotel where police say they had gathered for the wedding "of two men". An attorney for the men said they were at the hotel for a "graduation party".

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What is it with Africa and homophobia? I really would like to understand. Homophobia exists worldwide, but reading the news it seems to me again and again that the most aggressive, hateful, virulent examples 🔗 [Link: thegully.com/essays/africa/010327gay_​na.html/] of it occur more often in Africa.

Black gay blog The Republic of T 🔗 [Link: republicoft.com/2007/01/25/africa-​homophobia-​colonized-​minds/] looked at this issue. One of the comments offered this analysis: "Of course, in African countries where decolonization is poor/incomplete, it certainly stands to reason that there would be this kind of "othering" going on. It is a repetition of the same assertation of difference which was used to justify their colonization in the first place. In so many ways it is like a family cycle of abuse that does not end."

And yet South Africa 🔗 [Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_​rights_​in_​South_​Africa/] is a world leader in gay rights, so one must not generalize too much.