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(2005):
Youth homosexuality is on the rise along east Africa's Indian Ocean
coast and must be stopped, a Muslims clerics' meeting in Tanzanian's
semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar said on Thursday... On Zanzibar,
lawmakers last April amended the penal code to specifically outlaw
sexual acts between men and to impose lengthy jail terms for men
convicted of seducing boys under the age of 18. They prescribed a
maximum of 25 years in prison for male partners found having sex and
seven years for lesbian sexual acts. Despite the harsh penalties, the
clerics complained that homosexuality had resurfaced on Zanzibar and
further afield, heaping much of the blame on foreign, mainly western,
tourists who holiday there. And despite the laws, they lamented that it
was difficult to successfully prosecute alleged homosexuals in court,
suggesting that alternate methods of preventing the practise might have
to be found.
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The Kinondoni District court passed the sentence after finding John
Paul (39) guilty of sodomising his "partner" for the period of eight
months. In mitigation, the partner, a 16 years old boy, agreed that
they have been having sex for that period and that he never really
reported the incident to anyone... The prosecution lined up five
witnesses who told the court that they knew of the above mentioned
affair with the boy for a long time. Although the age of consent in
Tanzania is 16, section 154 to 157 of the Penal Code describes
homosexuality, or sexual acts between two men, as criminal with a
maximum penalty of up to 14 years' imprisonment. - (2005).
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Earlier this year, the archbishop of Dar es Salaam, Cardinal Polycarp
Pengo, hit out at homosexuality, saying it was one of the most heinous
sins on earth. "God said people should bear children to fill the world.
How can a sexual relationship between two men, or two women for that
matter, fill the world? ... - (2000). - (2006). -
(2007): Bishop Mdimi goes on: “We live in our cultural context where
gays and lesbians are regarded as criminals, punishable by long-term
imprisonments. We also live in a country where gays and lesbians are
violently persecuted, mistreated, hated, and ostracised. . . We as
Black Africans know the hurts and permanent damage caused by our past
experiences, which still linger on to the present. . . We have gone
through that, and we don’t want to go that way again.” The Bishop
concludes that the issue of homosexuality “is not fundamental to the
Christian faith, although many try to make it that way”. He also writes
that although the House of Bishops’ statement carries weight, it “does
not express the will and wishes of the whole Anglican Church of
Tanzania”..
(2000):
In Swahili there is traditionally no word for "male homosexual". (If
one has been coined recently, it is not generally known.) There is a
term for "lesbian": msagaji, literally, one who grinds. The verb for
lesbian lovemaking, sagana, means "grind together". In Tanzania
lesbians are even less visible than gay men. I was told that certain
women were lesbians, but I never met anybody who said she was. As in
other African countries, the idea exists of one man playing the woman’s
role in sexual intercourse. This man (the msenge) is usually expected
to be younger. It is thought that he consents to be used by another man
for money or because he is impotent. The other man (the basha) is
assumed to sleep with women as well as men. He will probably be older
than the msenge and give him money. In other words, these roles are not
unlike the dated "butch" and "femme" stereotypes of Western gay
circles... The small town that I lived in, Bagamoyo, had very few young
men who were "known" to be a msenge. (All of the ones that I knew of
eventually moved to larger towns, such as Dar es Salaam.) By contrast,
many men would in certain circumstances have sex with a msenge. The
prevalent hostility to gays was therefore somewhat hypocritical.
However, there were many people who treated homosexuality
sympathetically, as just another human quirk. These were not
necessarily the more educated people...
(2009): The report by Tanzania equates sexual orientation (a person‘s
sexual and emotional attraction to people of the same sex, another sex,
or both sexes) with sexual activity (a man/woman having sex with a
man/woman). Furthermore, Tanzania‘s penal code reaches far beyond
private, adult same-sex sexual activity. According to a report by Human
Rights Watch, ―a 1998 amendment to the Tanzanian Penal Code clarified
that gross indecency included any act that ‗falls short of actual
intercourse and may include masturbation and indecent behaviour without
any physical contact.‘ Thus two men kissing, holding hands, sleeping
together, or conceivably even looking at one another with sexual
intent, could break the law... The Government of the United Republic of
Tanzania has demonstrated enmity toward LGBT people through both
statements and actions, and the trend has yielded harsher
criminalization of the private lives of MSM/WSW. According to a report
by the LGBTI Support Unit, Tanzania has continued to strengthen the
criminalization of same-sex relations...
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working paper entitled Sexual Minorities, Violence and AIDS in Africa
(Anyamele et al July 2005, i) – written by a medical doctor based in
Nigeria, the co-founder of an international development
non-governmental organization (NGO) in Uganda and two World Bank
professionals (ibid.) – reports that homosexuals in Tanzania run a high
risk of experiencing violence and intolerance (ibid.,16). The paper
surveys relevant literature and reports on the results of an assessment
done at the 2004 All Africa Symposium on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
(ibid., 1). The findings reported in the working paper indicate that
social risks – such as the risk of being evicted or losing a job
(ibid., 9) – were "especially high" in Tanzania (ibid., 10). In
addition, the paper reported that "adverse comments" against
homosexuals in Tanzania were regularly made by senior politicians,
including the head of state (ibid., 8)..
(2008): All over the world, sex between men has been associated with
increased risk for HIV transmission. In Africa, however, the impact of
the HIV epidemic on men who have sex with men (MSM) has not been well
studied. In Tanzania, no previous study has been cond ucted. MSM have
also not been a prominent target group in prevention programs.Although
Tanzanian law criminalizes sex between men, the country's multisecoral
strategic framework on HIV has identified MSM as a vulnerable group and
advised increased effort s to develop services, interventions and
studies. Similar calls have been voiced by the Norwegian government in
a recent position paper on HIV and development. The proposed study will
explore identities, sexualities and HIV-related vulnerabilities among
MSM in Dar es Salaam..
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ZANZIBAR-
Zanzibar is an archipelago made up of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, and
several islets. It is located in the Indian Ocean, about 25 miles from
the Tanzanian coast. Zanzibar is an island state within the United
Republic of Tanzania, and has its own semi-autonomous government made
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(2004): Zanzibar's parliament has passed a bill that outlaws
homosexuality and lesbianism. The bill imposes stiff penalties which
include up to 25 years imprisonment for those in gay relationships. The
overwhelmingly Muslim Indian Ocean island is a key tourist destination
on the East African coast. The attorney-general said they were
determined to prevent Zanzibari culture from being corrupted. The
president is expected to approve the bill into law. - . (2004, ):
"In Swahili a gay man is known as a msenge," one gay Zanzibari
explained. "He is the passive one. The active one is called the basha.
He gets respect and he will not call himself gay." The dishonesty
around gay sex tends to encourage dubious relationships. Ahmed, a
hairdresser, is openly gay, but prefers to conduct affairs with married
men. "When someone is married they respect you, because they are afraid
of being found out," Ahmed explained at a dimly lit salon decorated
with posters of women's haircuts and a newspaper picture of his
heart-throb, the actor and singer Will Smith. "And I like to play
around. If someone is married, they will not have time to see anyone
else, but I am free to get another man."
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(2004): But there may be hope for a reprieve for Zanzibar’s gay
community. The main opposition party, the Civic United Front (CUF), say
they would amend the law if they came to power in elections due in
2005. “In today’s world, human rights are given a very prominent place.
I feel there is need to review such laws that violate some people’s
basic human rights,” said Ismail Jussa Ladhu, CUF’s deputy director of
foreign affairs. - (2005): The discreet ceremony was stopped after reports reached members of the Zanzibar Imams' Propagation Association. Police
have arrested four imams who allegedly assaulted the couple. They have
also launched investigations with a view to prosecuting the partners.
(2006, ):
A 60th birthday gala for the late gay rock star Freddie Mercury was
canceled Thursday on the east African island of Zanzibar, where Mercury
was born, after outraged Muslims threatened to disrupt it, Agence
France Presse reported. - (2006):
He may be Zanzibar's most famous son but religious leaders on the
mostly Islamic island are demanding the government block an
international party to mark what would have been Freddie Mercury's 60th
birthday. The mullahs say that the openly gay Queen frontman who died
of complications from AIDS in 1991 brought shame on the island because
of "his lifestyle".
(2005):
Homosexual rape is rife in prisons in Kenya and Zanzibar. For the first
time, victims talk about their experiences in a shocking indictment of
neglect and violence... One man told me he was raped within hours of
the gates closing behind him at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, where
he was jailed for five years for robbery. "They were fighting over me,
they were fighting over who should get me first," he said... Another
young man, too ashamed to want his name revealed, was jailed for three
years for the theft of a bicycle. It was his first offence and within
hours he had been gang raped... Male rape happens in many prisons
around the world. What makes it different in East Africa is that
attitudes to homosexuality in society generally mean that this terrible
problem is never acknowledged, never spoken about, even by the victims.
It is denied by officials - and by society at large... "Prisoners are
just human beings," said Emmanuel Wetangula, a lawyer in one of Kenya's
leading law firms. "They do have sexual needs which they have to attend
to. They do not get conjugal visits from their wives or girlfriends."
... So when a new prisoner arrives, he is actually seen to be different
from the rest of the prisoners - and deemed "fresh." "It commonly
happens among the newcomers, the new entrants into prison," he
added...
(2011): We conducted a respondent driven sampling survey to estimate
HIV prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM)
in Unguja, Zanzibar. Men aged ≥ 15 years living in Unguja and reporting
anal sex with another man in the past 3 months were asked to complete a
questionnaire and provide specimens for biologic testing. HIV
prevalence was 12.3% (95% confidence interval 8.7, 16.3). HIV infection
was associated with injecting drugs in the past 3 months, Hepatitis C
virus infection and being paid for sex in the past year. Interventions
for MSM in Zanzibar are needed and should include linkages to
prevention, care and treatment services. .
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(2006, ):
Le climat hostile pousse Alex à retourner au Burundi où
il lui reste quelques amis et famille.Mais Alex veut devenir une fille
où il se sent bien dans sa peau et n'hésite pas à
la montrer mais les Burundais lui jettent des pierres et il se
réfugie en Ouganda où il fut jeter en prison de BASIMA.
Alex fut successivement emprisonné à Zanzibar, à
Dar es Salaam ou il fut même violé. Ramené de
force au Burundi il fut emprisonné... Alex décide d'aller
vivre en Aventure au Kenya pour de bon. Très vite Alex
découvre une vie nouvelle.Bien dans sa peaux de jeune fille il
mène une vie très excitante car il rencontre des hommes
qui l'aiment pour ce qu'il est, il dis: "J’avais plein d'amants, il
étais impossible pour moi d'avoir un seul copain car beaucoup
d'hommes me désiraient et pour moi le fait d'être
désirée, aimée et cou risée était
une chose très excitante et tellement nouveaux"... - (2004).
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