Rwanda:Gay Rights – When Perversion Turned to Orientation

The New Times reported on Wednesday December 23 that the parliamentary committee on political affairs had recommeneded the removal of homosexuality from the penal code. One would have expected an avalanche of protests from anti-gay groups. None has come. The proposal will probably go without much public notice and debate. The penal code will be amended and homosexuality will be decriminalised. It is a courageous step seeing that homosexuality is an emotive issue that generates some of the most heated, divisive and extreme positions.

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