Collected Item: “LGBT Africans Share Challenges of Life During Pandemic”
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LGBT Africans Share Challenges of Life During Pandemic
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Press Release: Human Rights Watch
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This press release from the Human Rights Watch discusses a new podcast called AfroQueer. It discusses a variety of topics and how issues faced by LGBT Africans have been compounded by Covid-19. As a white gay man living in the United States, it is disturbing and saddening to learn of the plight of LGBTQ people in other countries and how these problems can be exacerbated by race. The theme that is emerging in marginalized communities is that the world won't stop its oppression of their identity and personhood, even during a global pandemic.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/20/lgbt-africans-share-challenges-life-during-pandemic
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Neela Ghoshal
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2020-05-19