East Africa: Inotyisidzira kuenda kune LGBTQ

Pakatenderera nyaya muna Nyamavhuvhu 2017 yeshumba dzechirume dzichiedza kuteedzana muKenya yenyika yeMasai Mara paki, misoro yenyaya neTwitter feeds zvakapinda musango nekufungidzira, kusekwa, uye kupomedzerwa. Kunyangwe Kenya iri imwe yenyika dziri kufambira mberi muEast Africa maererano nekuziva uye kodzero dzeLBBTQ, nyika ichiri kurambidza ungochani uye nekurambidza zviri pamutemo anal anal kuongorora nyaya dzeungochani.

Mumwe mukuru wehurumende akashora maitiro aVaShumba, achiti ivo "ndezvemadhimoni" uye vanofanirwa kupatsanurwa nekudzidzira hunhu hwavo "hunoshamisa".

Nepo mazwi aya achiverengwa sekunyepedzera uye achisekwa nevemamwe manzanga enhau, maitiro ake akapinda muEast Africa yakadzika midzi yekuvenga ngochani uye zvakare akadaidza kodzero dzeLGBTQ mubvunzo. Mitemo yedunhu inopokana ngochani yakanangana nevarume kupfuura vakadzi, avo vanoregererwa mune dzimwe nguva kubva kumitemo yeantigay. Asi zvapfuura zvinyowani muhurumende-zvakatemerwa kupokana-ungochani kutaura uye marongero akanongedzera varume nevakadzi nekuwedzera kuzvidza.

Vanorwira kodzero dzakadai vawanda mudunhu reEast Africa. AwaNairobi muimbi, Kawira Mwirichia, akaisa basa rake mumakore mashoma apfuura pakushora kuvengwa kwevanhukadzi kuburikidza nehunyanzvi, nechinangwa chekuita sevanhu nekuona hupenyu uye nyaya dzevamiriri vevamiriri kwete kuKenya chete asi kuEast Africa nepasirese pasirese.

Zvakadaro, kubva muna2010 kusvika 2014, Kenya yakatonga vanhu makumi mashanu nemapfumbamwe nemakumi mashanu nekuda kwekuita kwavo zvepabonde, uye National Gay uye Lesbian Human Rights sangano risiri rehurumende, rinogara muNairobi, guta guru, rave richishanda kushandura mitemo yakasimba inorambidza hukama hwevane ngochani. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzemadhorobha muKenya dzinogona kunge dzichienderera mberi pamusoro pekodzero dzeLBBTQ, asi dzinoramba dzichipesana nemaitiro ehurumende nemaitiro enyaya iyi.

Chokwadi, nepo Mwirichia aive nerutsigiro rweAFRA Kenya (Artists for Recognition and Acceptance) pakati pevamwe vazhinji, mamiriro ekunze muKenya akakomberedza kodzero dzeLBBTQ anoramba akadzikama mune dzimwe nzvimbo sevavakidzani vayo vekuEast Africa.

Nharaunda ye LGBTQ yekuUganda, semuenzaniso, yakagara ichirwa nemauto evhangeri anotsigirwa neAmerican vachimisa kusimukira mukuvenga ngochani. Zvakashatirisa vateveri vazhinji vekuUganda, Mutungamiri Yoweri Moseveni vakasaina chikwangwani chekurwisa ungochani muna2013 vachitsvaga mutongo werufu kana kugara mujeri kwevanhu vanoita zvechingochani, vachiti ungochani chisarudzo chisina hunhu, kwete chisungo chekuzvarwa nacho.

Kekutanga, bhiri iri raisanganisira ngochani, avo vaimboregererwa kubva kumitemo yeantigay muUganda. Bhiri parakadzimwa muna2014 nezvikonzero zvehunyanzvi mushure mekunge mutori wenhau wekuUganda akumbira chikumbiro pamwe nevatsigiri vekodzero dzeLBBTQ, zvakamutsa mafashamo ekusungwa zvisiri pamutemo, kushungurudzwa, mhirizhonga yemhomho, kupisa mudzimba nekushungurudzwa kwevasungwa pamwe nekutaura kwakashata kwekuvenga vanhu munhau.

Machechi mazhinji eAnglican akapokana nemutemo uyu uye akataura achipesana nawo, asi maevhangeri, senge anonyanyisa kupandukira Scott Lively, vakabatanidzwa mukukurudzira bhiri iri nekuenzanisa ungochani nemadhora uye nekukurudzira mutemo wevanhu vekuUganda kuburikidza nemipiro mikuru kubva kumachechi evhangeri ari muAmerica.

Kupikisa kuvenga ngochani muUganda kunogona kuuya nemutengo wehupenyu hwako. Kurangwa kwakaipisisa kwaDavid Kato, mumiriri ane mukurumbira, kunoshungurudza varatidziri vakaita saFrank Mugisha, director weSexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), isiri yehurumende LGBTQ yekodzero dzevanhu muUganda. Iye anonetseka kuchengetedza kodzero yekubata Pride muUganda kuratidzira mushure mekunge hurumende nguva pfupi yadarika yakarambidza nzira dzese dzekuratidzira kuruzhinji kwekupemberera ngochani.

Anoda kusvika makore matanhatu apfuura, Kato akaiswa bludge kufa kumba kwake muKampala, iro guta guru, mushure mekuyedza kuwana chirevo chakanangana naRolling Stone, bepa repanzvimbo iro muna 2010 rakaburitsa varwiri vekuUganda papeji rekutanga, kusanganisira iye, ndokudaidzira zvidzitiro zvavo.

Bepa rakazovharwa nemutongi wedare repamusoro nekuda kwekupinda muchivande, zvichiratidza kubudirira kweSMUG mukurwisa zviitwa zvebepa. Zvakadaro SMUG inoenderera mberi nekurwira Lively yekukonzera mhirizhonga uye ruvengo kune ngochani kuUganda mune yeUnited States federal court kesi, SMUG vs. Lively, yakamisikidzwa mu2012.

Muna 2016, Mugisha akati mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika akange ave nani zvishoma kubva pakaurawa Kato, asi Pride Uganda 2017 yakakwikwidzwa mushure mekunge Mugisha nevanoronga vatyisidzirwa nemhirizhonga nekusungwa.

Vamiriri veLBBT veMozambiki vanosangana nematambudziko akafanana, kunyangwe mumwe mutori wenhau weMozambique, Dercio Tsandzana, akadaro mukubvunzurudzwa, "Nyika dzeLusophone muAfrica dzinowanzoshivirira ungochani." (Nyika dzeLusophone ndedzekutaura chiPutukezi.) Tsandzana munguva pfupi yapfuura akataura nezvechisarudzo chakakosha kupa chinzvimbo chepamutemo kuLambda, sangano rekodzero dzeLBBTQ reMozambique, mushure memakore gumi ekurwira kuti ive yepamutemo.

"Mozambique yakashaya gakava paruzhinji nezvenyaya dzeLBBTQ," akadaro Tsandzana. "Zveungochani zvakatemwa zviri pamutemo, asi zvichiri kutorwa senge nharo dzehunhu." Nekuda kwemishandirapamwe yepamhepo uye nekushingairira kwepasi, Mozambique yakabvisa mitemo yayo yekupokana muna 2015, ichiita imwe yenyika shomanene mukondinendi yese uko hukama hwevane ngochani zviri pamutemo.

Tsandzana ane tarisiro yekuti kukunda kwaLambda mudare "kuchavhura nhaurirano uye kupa veMozambique chimwe chinhu chekutaura nezvacho, kururamisa nyaya kuburikidza negakava. Tichiri kufanira kurwa. ”

Mushure mekuramba vakanyarara pakudzvinyirirwa kweLBBTQ, nharaunda yeTBGTQ yekuTanzania yakatarisana nekuparadzwa kwakafanana muna Kukadzi 2017, apo gurukota rezvehutano rakazivisa kuvharwa kwenzvimbo dzinodonhedza makumi mana dzinopa rubatsiro rweHIV / AIDS, dzichiti ivo "vari kukurudzira chingochani muchivande."

Pakazosvika Chikunguru 2017, aimbova mutevedzeri wegurukota rinoona nezvehutano, budiriro yenharaunda, murume nemukadzi, vakwegura nevana, akataura mashoko ekurwisa ngochani muParamende panguva yekukurukura nezvechipfambi, zvichitungamira vamwe vamiriri kupokana chirongwa cheParamende che "kudzora ungochani" muTanzania.

Zuva rakatevera, vanhu makumi maviri vakasungwa vachipinda musangano usiri wehurumende unodzidzisa nezvehutachiwana hweHIV / AIDS, wakaitirwa pachitsuwa cheZanzibar chine masimba, uko ungochani hunorangwa nemutemo kusvika makore makumi matatu mutirongo Mwedzi mushure mekusungwa kwevanhu vazhinji, veZanzibar Imams Association vakaita musangano nevatori venhau vachikurudzira kurangwa zvakaomarara kune vanhu vanoita zveungochani, vachitaura nezvezvinotyisidzira izvo zvaityisidzira hupenyu hwevechidiki.

Targeting ungochani inogona kunge iri imwe yenzira zhinji iyo mutungamiri weTanzania, John Pombe Magufuli, ari kuronga kuratidza kukomba kwake mukushandura Tanzania kuva nyika inoteerera mutemo, isina huwori, chinhu chakakosha papuratifomu yake paakakunda musarudzo mu 2015. Pakazosvika June 2017, Magufuli akazivisa kugadzirira kwake kurwisa hungochani kunyangwe zvaizoreva kurega rubatsiro rwekunze, achipomera veMadokero kupinza hunhu pamwe nezvinodhaka.

Muna Chikunguru 2016, mafuta ekuzora akarambidzwa vachitya kuti vaisimudzira bonde nekumashure kunobuda nako tsvina nekupararira kweHIV / AIDS. Zvichakadaro, mapurisa anoshandisa anal anal probes inogamuchirwa zviri pamutemo kuti vaongorore kufungidzirwa kweungochani, kunyangwe vachichema nekodzero dzevanhu nemapoka ezvehutano. MunaGunyana 2017, bepanhau rehurumende reDaily Nation rakaburitsa chinyorwa chinotyisa icho chaiverengerwa senge danho rekurwisa ngochani.

Imwe nguva yekusungwa muna Gumiguru 2017 muDar es Salaam, guta guru reTanzania, raisanganisira gweta rekodzero dzevanhu rekuSouth Africa, Sibongile Ndashe, director director weInitiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa, akapomerwa mhosva yekusimudzira ungochani achishanda muTanzania. pane imwe nyaya inogona kudzikisira mabasa ehutano kunzvimbo dzekudonhedzera kune avo vari panjodzi huru yekubatira HIV.

Ndashe nevamwe vake vaviri, mumwe anobva kuUganda uye mumwe achibva kuSouth Africa, vakasungwa vasina mhosva, vakachengetedzwa zvisirizvo kwevhiki vasina kumiririrwa ndokudzoserwa, izvo zvinorongwa neboka reStrategic Litigation sekubvuma mhosva chaiyo asi kushungurudzwa nekutyisidzirwa .

Sekureva kwemutungamiriri wesangano rakakurumbira rekodzero dzevanhu veDanish LGBTQ aive kuTanzania panguva yekusungwa, "[vakasungwa] vese vakashungurudzika uye vachiri kufanira kumhan'ara kumapurisa. Mhosva yacho haisati yakavharwa zvakanaka. Chesa [sangano rinoshanda navo] richakamiswa, sekuziva kwangu.

MuPretoria, South Africa, kusungwa zvisiri pamutemo kwaNdashe kwakakonzera kuratidzira kunze kweTanzania High Commission, uko mazana evanhu vakaungana kuratidza kutsamwa nekusungwa uku. South Africa, nyika yega mu Africa yakanyoresa zviri pamutemo kuroorwa kwevanhurume nevanhukadzi, ine nhoroondo yakareba uye yakaoma yekodzero dzeLBBTQ, uye mumiriri weSouth Africa muDar es Salaam anonzi akateerera Ndashe nevamwe vake panguva dzese dzenjodzi.

Inozivikanwa senyika inoremekedzwa kwazvo muAfrica mukubvuma kuzvizivisa kweLGBTQ, LGBTQ maSouth Africa vane rusununguko rwakawanda uye kuzvitonga kupfuura vavakidzani vavo muKenya, Tanzania neUganda. Kunyangwe paine kubatana pamwe nehukama pakati pevamiriri veSouth Africa neEast Africa LGBTQ, vezvematongerwo enyika nevechitendero vanotsigira kodzero dzevanhu veLBBTQ vanoramba vasina simba.

Ilga, iyo inomiririra International Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans Association, yakateedzera mitemo ine chekuita nezvebonde muEast Africa, uye kunyangwe dzisiri nyika dzese dzinotaura nezvevabonde, "vakadzi vanotarisana nekushorwa pamwe nekusarurwa kwevanhu uye vanotungamirwa zvakanyanya pasi pevhu. nekuda kwebasa rechinyakare revakadzi: vanohwanda zvakanyanya, izvo zvinongokonzeresa mamwe marudzi ekurwadziwa senge zvemukati mekuvenga vanhu, kuzvishora, "sekureva kwemutungamiriri weDanish LGBTQ, uyo akabvunza kuramba asingazivikanwe, achipa kunzwisisika kwakanyanya kwenyaya iyi.

Mumakore mashoma apfuura, nyika dzakaita seUganda neTanzania dzakagamuchira kurudziro dzakawanda dzekurambidza mhosva, kusasarura uye matanho ehutano kuburikidza neUnited Nations kuongorora nguva nenguva, danho rekuzvidira rinotungamirwa neHuman Rights Council kuongorora mamiriro ekodzero dzevanhu. Mazhinji ezvekurudziro akarambwa zvine ruremekedzo, zvichiratidza kuti tsika dzakasimba dzetsika dzinowanzo vharidzira kumanikidza kwepasirese kufunga nezvekodzero dzeLBBTQ.

MuTanzania, President Magufuli vakaita masaisai pavakadzinga mukuru weUnited Development Programme munaKubvumbi 2017 vachinzi "vari kuita zvakashata." Magufuli haanawo kuenda kuvhurwa kwegore negore kweUN General Assembly munaGunyana, akataura nezve kukosha kwekudzora mitengo.

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