we've got some hot tips for your bucket list, the magic corner check for food and some great helpful memorials to boot the w travel off we go. welcome to the 77 percent show for you africa. you i'm bringing you this. we shaw from our crop, gone this capital, the international de against who will be withheld recently. and that is why we had to be kept in this show to africa, l g b t q, class community. that's lesbians. gaze cross, gender, bisexual, korea, and anybody else who doesn't fit within societies, gender structures for us deutsch villa issues goes in in the l g,

b t q plus community important because we believe in the rights and protections of all minorities. so here's what's coming up. we'll look at how the l g b to q class community is marginalized across africa. nice. you've done them. photograph up with tells stories and take a bath with walk around with musicians. one law l. yeah, this year. the house behind me was the focus of a hot debate over l g, b t q plus rights. for the 1st time, members of god as clear community had a center, a place where they could feel safe. but that was shortly shortly after gone his 1st sofa and only public space for the l g. b t q plus community opened police, the landlord and some traditional, less storm center. the threatened to bennett down alex don't call will be nice to see space belly caught out in time. i have to pass to the back door and

tuition from experience. a lot of times the police officers and media passes would read an individual and already criminalize the individual before justice even be even be saved. and i feel that was going to be the situation for me. should i still be in the gun in law? doesn't commit to same sex relationships. those arrested phase 5 to 25 sentences. and although no one has ever been in prison for homosexuality, homophobia is deeply rooted in gone in society. thing to do, i don't we don't condone such such because i think it's, it's flout on, on, on our, on our traditions,

it's loud and i do for our customs. it's something that's within, grew up with. it is not an african team. we are not into this, our system is martinez introduce and it is a town. so we do nudity a purely, we don't need it. the rates, public debate in ghana threats against don quit and others have gotten worse. but they are not alone. international celebrities like movie star, elbows and super model naomi combo have shown celerity. many of them have signed an open letter in support of goodness l g p t q plus community. but these actions have done little to change in canada. in fact, lawmakers are seeking to criminalize the promotion of l g b t q plus issues. that's why the threats and increased scrutiny. don't coin colleagues won't give up to fight one equal gonna for everyone. despite all of their pressure, alex duncan has agreed to speak with us. thank you for your bravery. because i

thought my 1st interest that i likes being understanding how the situation of sexual minorities has changed since the closure of the l g. b t classes center. the clues of this piece has led to the lack of services that we would have provided for the l g b t q, community, right? the psych with social services, the pro legal services, the health assistance that we will provide for this community is no more day as a result of the closure of this piece. there is also increase our lives as a result of the narrative or the rhetoric that has been put out today by politicians opinion needed for the job people. there is also currently some members of parliament putting out a bill that said, criminalize l g, b, c, q, persons in god. and why do people think that this same place?

that's what will, that will be a question for these people, right? because we try to explain to them to get them to understand that different tell us actually means to provide support to know we can use the right people who can make it. as a result of the new perceived sexual orientation or gender, nbc pool are equal tanya's. right? so for uses there's, there were numerous cases where l g, b, q purses, go to the police station to report issues of abuse to the police and the end up being discriminated against the police. the institution has been given the mandate to protect every gotten is there are due to go to the hospital and just by the amanda resumes and the behavior loan discriminated against, giving the basic services that didn't need to be provided for what i said in the

truck. was i hear people talk about you, you become the full cost of it just once you become the center of social discussions. how does that make you feel? it's really helpful, but it's not just limited to myself, right. interesting enough to me, the other korea pearsons in got that also experience that and some of them is like, oh bits been stone. been to den devin, you know, all of those that actually takes human life. some of the things that i hear people see, but of course it's fortunately the people who go with that kind of narrative, right? but it's also because of what people have been said, right? they have been fed with very many gets the narrative about the community. one that's demonize the community and put the committee bad lives and you stand at the center of all of this as a person. do you? how do you feel here, your name on the radio people discussing you that are probably been speaking to you to get your opinion right?

fortunately, right. because the narrative, i believe should come from the people who are affected by all of these challenges. that the fees and experiences here you got a but interesting me we have been dismissed. and then we have been taken out of the whole receiver rod that homophobes people who are already a gave the community are the ones who are given the platform to speak about issues that affect us as a community. and that is how come it is increasing the fall is again the community . i believe that it is about time that we open the discussion for us to have very close trustees discussion about l. g, b to q issues, because how would you be to campuses really normal people that we see on daily basis? us, you've just had, carla isn't exactly a queer friendly country, but how is the situation like across african countries? i asked some of my colleagues many have been arrested and tried in jerry as l g. b, c,

q plus community is when aware of the isolated attacks on the community, both in 64 percent of gay men of been being rejected by the on february the president must have any has previously called gave people disgusting homosexuality dawes. 4 and always has existed in nature as society. in 2014, the governments passed the same sex marriage where he be shut up into law, which makes the same sex relationships a crime punishable by up to 14 years in jail. although no one has been given the full same sense. yes, many have been arrested and tried in court nigeria as l. g. b, c, q plus community is well aware of the risks. so they explore their sexuality in secret, or even get married to hide very density. that it would be the t

q. pride flag fly is peaceably, but the community is less recognised in the country. the general attitude toward the 76 relations a negative and isolated attacks on the community often have been with 64 percent of gay men open being rejected by their own families. unlike in the neighboring south africa, where sim, 6 unions up emitted zimbabwe. constitutions prohibited gay marriages, zimbabwe laws, criminal ladies. so don't me. but i'm not clear on homosexuality. this is in clear violation of the human rights instruments such as the universal declaration of human rights to weak zimbabwe is a signatory in uganda. anything l g b to your class can be controversial. many people here, i really just, i'm publicly homophobic, for instance,

praises enjoy most have any have previously called gay people. disgusting. just recently, the beginning of may, you've gotten this parliament austin, you'll be the father criminalizes, sam, 6 relationship to m p. 's. how proposed in my mom, tammy dale, thought they caught natural arts get right talk to you about to challenge the new legislation in court of law, just like the successful a deed back in 2014. when parliament wanted to imprison, gave for life. to be your last, maintain that the means no one for their choice to love each other. you've got to follow me and say that it mirrors. this is where most people do that being gay is the more unfortunately, as you've just seen, the situation isn't very different. in other african countries and yeah, this year there was a massive our point of support from international celebrities. and then we come

bill, how has helped the situation. it is good that all of these celebrities and all of these institutions are calling out gonna to be a better place for all of us to be gonna is a signatory to almost all these you in treaties to he means that god has the responsibility to court all of these rights to its citizens, right? but then this is a case where that isn't happening. so it means that as we, he will write organization every institution to uphold and believe in the human right of the time to speak up. again, the says that ivan communists are going through in this country as a result of the new policies that show me and how come the ordinary economy and help to become better life. i think the other phone has to be a better people. right. and may be better people, i believe that we need to open the conversation up for me is to understand what

needs to be on l. g. b to q person. right? all this while, like i mentioned earlier in the narrative, had to be shipped by homer fault. and that is how come people have the idea of all pump isn't diapers. it's ridiculous in the treaty for some people to think that it is all key to discriminate against other people based on sexual orientation agenda identity. i think it is about time that we open the composition one that is on by as one that allows for the other side to speak about the issues that are fixed so that we can all come to an a me couple of solution to the challenges that we are fees that you can dismiss bill g, b to q person l g, b q versus exists. and we will continuously as the sun for people for a couple about that would you be to q person means that the needs to be discriminated against or 80 said, i believe it's about time that we opened up as

a community or as a society and allow for every citizen to leave out to their full potential employee the quarter to the developmental discovery. and don't mean that a cool protection for every citizen, irrespective of their sexual orientation, gender identity. res carla got religion whatsoever. what i got from this conversation is respect, respect. if that keyword, you need to respect the court regardless of what your views orientation saw. but if you are wondering, what is all of this l g b to your class? well, somebody has the same question. and fortunately, aspects and expert cars, how come on the hello there and welcome to the spread of faith space, where we get to discuss everything, facts and relationships. today we have a question on gender and sexual diversity. the question reads, hey kev, as

a person trying to be a better l g b t q plus ally. i'm finding it hard to understand all the new language around agenda, sexuality and sex. is there a way you can simplify it for me? so i can better understand how to conduct myself in spaces where i meet diverse group. i'd really appreciate it. thanks. let's start by creating 3 boxes, biological or assigned sex, gender, and sexual orientation. each of these boxes has many sub sections, but we'll focus on the most important points. the 1st box, biological sex, is what the doctor use is to identify you at best, based on your genital. yeah, most of the time it's either male or female, but there are also cases where one is born with both male and female genitalia, that person is known as intersects the 2nd box, is gender. gender is a social construct. it's what society throw that you to place you in a binary box of either male or female. for example,

dolls and the color pink or said to belong to only girl. whereas trucks and the color blue are set to belong to only boys. but not everybody conforms to this gender. binary gender identity comes from your in a sense of self and may not aligned with the sex that you are assigned at birth. you could be male, female, both neither or some other agenda. and this could mean, for example, that you're not comfortable with a pronouns, he or she and would rather be referred to as they are them. for example, the 3rd box is sexual orientation. the has to do with attraction that you have to a person based on their agenda, which could be romantic, emotional, or physical men. and women strictly attracted to the opposite gender, and known as heterosexual. if you're attracted to someone of the same gender, you could be homosexual. if you're attracted to someone regardless of their sex or

gender identity, you could be pansexual. keep in mind that this really is just the tip of the iceberg. this so much more to learn about the l g b t q plus community. i hope this has been helpful and i do urge you to keep doing your research online. well informed allies like you are very important. that's it for me, kaz till next time. good bye. thank you, cause now i want to introduce you to the native photographer. below the clock are less wet, focuses on changing perceptions and fights in stereotypes. it's a small, private photo shoot. i love you, call gallery, home and compiler. today's work as part of the lobby's gender identity project. i think the kingdom of photo theories documenting clear people across africa

would put the i phone my voice as a queer person, you know, in a country way you know, like illegal to be yourself. i want to normalize, you know, but in the friends that comes with us, you know? because when they talk to people like gender identity or sexuality or the stereotypes of beauty, you know where they have to say the boys can do make up or like flowers for boys for goes in like, you know, boys country addresses for me. my, well that doesn't apply cuz they feel like it should be a free while of like free expression you know, identified as non binary. clear. this means that love, it doesn't identify as a man or a woman. and consequently, she wants to be referred to as day of them rather than he or she yet. and you done the telling l g b t q stories and things part of the minority. queer community is anything but easy

. i had my 1st coming confiscated because, you know, i was in someone's backyard to, you know, like shooting, you know, like mike, we are friends for the going don't predict some things like i'm afraid to get out of the house because on the streets i've been called the p g because i simply have a symptom and they can be, was the arrest intimidation and the treatment and those strangers and you got the community. but the threats and insults have not pushed in lovey off their course the photographer. believe that every community where the queer young old rich or poor to be able to tell it story in some yeah. one of components to the slums. the love inspire the next generation of photographers. they teach photography for the heart of dance african rhythm project. a local n g o which helps children learn new skills and everything. the kids are bursting

with potential already or just because they're young and age doesn't mean they're not able to apply on the skills just because they're young and it doesn't mean they're not able to sell our story. everyone has the best fix with about 12, with like, you know, 17 or whatever. but like, everyone has the story because we all go through different, you know, circumstances. well, we grew up strong, you know, so it's important to be able to share back home to love his daughter favors also try her hands with photography. the 7 year old documents the world around her taking queues and tips from her parents and leg they taking momentarily for me. like for myself so, so, so like when she's gone, oh something i can just give the camera and you look at the moment

the as a child flavor surrounded by people of bearings and identities. it's a world where it doesn't matter what us or whether she wants to play with gold, football or cameras. they will often joins injuring port sessions and in her lobby, tease and empowered, upcoming generations of storytellers. i'm trying to tell them to read to, you know, i'm trying to, you know, to defy the serious have because i feel like there's a lot of like misconceptions of things about, you know, like, brought to us more acceptance, more open mindedness and freedom to love who and once an express oneself, that's what they love you want and they hope the photography can inspire this one shot at a time. in on this story, you meet one law. the cobol, cobol is a music icon,

a film director and an activist. he's one of a few musicians here in ghana who advocates paula runs for the countries, korea community. but that's not the only reason why he said bit controversial barefoot with a wild main of dreadlocks. the money was a will to bonds, to stand out on the streets of acura, best known by his state name, one, let the cooper load the gun. a romanian musician is known, his distinctive style as much as his controversial phone. the 1st time he was seen the, the look around at each other to try and see if somebody has an explanation for what the team. but i've seen you 123 times, people get used to me and me, no way shoes is because everywhere in the world i go, i remember how the ground feels like i have

a memory of the ground in paris on the ground in mean jazz everywhere. i've been barefoot, i remember the ground, you know, and so is like close the eyes of my feet any more by way issues, most time. law, which means vagabond in the like language began his music career over a decade ago. as well as performing as a solo artist, also one half of to do or f, okay, and boy is quite the form of god is life movement has carved out his own musical. somewhere between peach and wrap and dip the style. and sometimes shocked audiences, playfully, crudely, or if i make whatever feels true to me and i use it to speak truth, i call it to music, but i can do what kind of music i feel because we are now in a world where the expos swim anytime types of sounds and visuals growing up.

so, shutting yourself, if you feel the kind of music i do, what one wants to achieve with his music above all, is bringing about a change of mindset in the deeply conservative and society. over the years he has spoken out the l g b t, t plus right. but his activism has treated some backlash, especially in social media. people, i think i've been given a 1000000 euros from some organization in europe to promote homosexuality. because we are not educated. we, we do not know that most of the laws we are dealing with that and keep for people on p o g, b, t, q, and anti woman. all your piano is to we are trying to remove do a lot of but i've read wasn't, it sees it as we are trying to instill european values while we are simply trying to re instill africa we today,

he's on the 3rd of his upcoming music video. he's like, tried to use the abuse of gone as l g, b t t plus community. but one love admits, even he wasn't always an ally to queer people. it was only around 10 years ago that he started to change his mindset. now, i look at our society hang on, and i see that if you call me as the most important marginalized group of people that will liberate the whole consciousness of the end. you know, once we are able to can reprogram our psyche, she will love and quality and compassion to marginalize group of human beings. we will excel as a people, as a country one love the crew below is definitely one of the most divisive figures on god music scene. but his willingness to push boundaries is undoubtedly opening

doors and amplifying his voice. they've come to the end of this week. sure. i hope i help you to better understand . i forget to take your class community. you can write to us and tell us what you think about the topics that we have covered. the interest of in the w dot call, all boss social media. l. yeah, you saw one love the color went in on a music video, and here it is. fresh also the editors enjoy. and i will next time. thanks for the the actually good job is the

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