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Title:Homophobic legislation and its impact on human security
Editor:Makofane, Keletso
Year:2014
Periodical:African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128)
Volume:23
Issue:2
Pages:186-195
Language:English
Geographic terms:Nigeria
Uganda
Subjects:homosexuality
LGBT
legislation
human security
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2014.913832
Abstract:Despite sustained opposition, legislation criminalizing homosexuality persists and threatens human security in Africa in numerous ways. This paper explores the circumstances around the enactment of new anti-homosexual legislation in Nigeria and Uganda, examining five categories of insecurity faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the context of these laws: physical violence; extortion and blackmail; arbitrary arrest and detention; displacement from home; and loss of work. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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