A South African study has found homosexuality is “not un-African” and sexual behaviour is naturally varied. The research on the science of human sexual diversity from the Academy of Science of South Africa says discrimination is unjustified, there is no evidence that sexuality can be altered by therapy or that being gay is contagious. “There is no basis for the view that homosexuality is ‘un-African’ either in the sense of it being a ‘colonial import’, or on the basis that prevalence of people with same-sex or bisexual orientations is any different in African countries compared to countries on any other continent,” the study reads. It adds that tolerance of sexual diversity benefits communities and also positively impacts public health, civil society and long-term economic growth. Gay laws in Africa (via Amnesty International): Death penalty Mauritania, Sudan, Northern Nigeria, Southern Somalia Illegal Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Legal Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, South Africa.
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First published: Monday, 24th August 2015 - 8:32am