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Apr 13, 2007
Quickie Link: Africa and Homosexuality: In Denial
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By vanrozenheim
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It is hard to tell how many active homosexuals there are in Africa: the International Lesbian and Gay Association, a Brussels-based lobby, guesses there are more than 24m in a continent-wide populace of 900m-plus. Some are beginning to speak up, challenging a widespread notion that homosexuality was brought in by foreigners. Africa's Anglican clergymen get little education in sexuality. Some preach abstinence yet turn a blind eye to polygamous marriages, adultery and genital mutilation.
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