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Being Gender Non-Conforming Yet Heterosexual in Africa is Dangerous for My Life & Many Other Women
Monday, 17 April 2023
By: TB Obwoge
Gender non-conforming, I don’t wear woman’s clothing nor do I wear what people call men’s clothing.
Ghana’s Anti-LGTBQ bill punishes anyone who wear clothing not for their assigned at birth gender. Africa is the first place where this author has ever seen men wearing pink without shame. Boys in tights without sexualizing them in any way.
In several African countries which are ramping up their hatred for homosexuals, they’re adding clauses & laws which will punish anyone who doesn’t wear their gender specific clothing. They mostly already have laws against homosexual sexual relations. (Homosexuality isn’t illegal in African countries)
Meaning like the photo above you can actually go to jail for wearing your girlfriends shirt or vice versa.
People who are gender non-conforming can also be punished if someone claims you’re not dressing to match your natural born genitalia. Who is going to check your genitals and your clothing or check to see your vagina or penis? The police? Which is comprised of more men then women in every African country pushing for stricter Anti-LGTBQ bills.
Countries like Burundi, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Kenya and now Tanzania. Countries where people suspected of being homosexuals are beaten and punished even without proof of their sexuality.
These countries are also taking away vibrators, sex toys mostly used by women. Some used by heterosexual adult couples during sexual acts.
Women are often known to use vibrators alone, as 80% of women claim to not reach sexual climax during sexual intercourse with their male partners. Again these LGTBQ bill punishes heterosexuals.
