1. El Origen Colonial de la Homofobia.
Numerosos comentarios sostienen que la homofobia moderna en países de África, Asia y el Caribe no es una característica cultural inherente, sino una imposición directa de las potencias coloniales europeas, en particular del Imperio Británico, que implementó leyes anti-sodomía en sus colonias.
- Homophobia is not intrinsic to black or african culture. It was 100% placed on us by european standards and dismantling it should be a part of our efforts to decolonize ourselves.
- Homophobia was actively exported by western colonial powers across much of the world. One that continues to exist in some form or another was imposed by the british in india (ipc section 377), and then used as a model elsewhere.
- “sadly, out of the 69 countries where homosexuality is criminalised today, 36 of them are former british colonies” the british empire did a good job in exporting homophobia.
- I read misogyny but also homophobia were imported to communities in africa, asia and america by the european colonisers. They made homosexuality punishable by law and diminished coloured women's standing in society. So much for bringing "civilisation".
2. La Influencia de los Evangélicos Estadounidenses.
Se destaca el papel contemporáneo de grupos evangélicos y conservadores de Estados Unidos en la financiación y promoción activa de retórica y legislación anti-LGBTQ+ en el continente africano, exacerbando la discriminación existente bajo la apariencia de proteger "valores tradicionales".
- The conversation we need to have is how conservative evangelicals in the u.s. Dump money into the pockets of african "leaders" to get them to criminalize homosexuality.
- American politicians and pastors fuel homophobia in africa by exporting anti-lgbtq rhetoric, funding campaigns, and supporting laws that criminalize queer identities, often under the guise of protecting "traditional values.".
- Most of the violent homophobia throughout africa, that americans love to point to as examples of their backwards nature, was and is actively seeded by american evangelicals.
- Kenya anti-lgbtq hate is getting u.s. Funding and russian cash. Kenyan activists expose how far-right u.s. Groups are fueling homophobia across africa under the guise of "family values"—copy-pasting laws straight from uganda. This isn't cultural, it's imported bigotry.
3. África: ¿Una Intolerancia Importada?
La discusión se centra en la idea de que muchas sociedades africanas precoloniales tenían espacio para la diversidad sexual y de género. La homofobia actual es vista como un "artefacto colonial" y una contradicción para los movimientos de descolonización que no abordan este legado.
- Homophobia in africa is a colonial legacy. Pre-colonial societies across the continent had space for diverse sexualities and gender roles. If the sahel states are serious about decolonization, they must also confront the fact that homophobia itself is part of that colonial inheritance.
- Homophobia and transphobia is un-african in more cultures than one would imagine — the two hostilities do not occur naturally, but out of a social miss-step. The current rampant bigotry one sees in africa is a colonial artifact under the guise of "national identity & morals".
- Contrary to popular modern african belief, homosexuality is not a western import. But homophobia certainly is.
- It's so ironic that people in the global south think the existence of lgbtq folks is a western import when homophobia and the like usually is.
4. Consecuencias Económicas y Humanas.
Más allá del debate sobre sus orígenes, se señalan los graves efectos de la homofobia. Las leyes discriminatorias no solo resultan en violencia, persecución y la huida de personas LGBTQ+ como refugiadas, sino que también generan pérdidas económicas significativas para los países que las aplican.
- Africa kenya, uganda, tanzania, and rwanda are bleeding billions due to anti-lgbtq laws. Discrimination doesn’t just kill dignity—it kills economies. Homophobia isn’t just hateful, it’s expensive.
- The dislike and homophobia was so intense that even my relatives and friends disowned and ostracized me. As a result of the persecution (arbitrary arrests and assaults), discrimination, and the draconian homophobic laws, i fled uganda to kenya in 2021 and claimed asylum in kenya.
- Uganda homophobia-driven arrests now surpass violent attacks as the leading human rights violation against lgbtqi ugandans under the 2023 anti-homosexuality act. A stark reminder of escalating repression and the urgent need for global solidarity.
- We can start with homophobia, a legal relic of colonialism that still haunts the halls of our laws and penal codes.