Africa: How (Not) to Talk About Sex in Africa

It is time the LGBTQ+ coalition changed its strategy on the continent.

Considering the urgency with which authorities in a certain African countries have moved to pass anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, one might be forgiven for seeing LGBTQ+ people as an existential threat to the continent.

From Burundi through Kenya and lately to Uganda and Ghana, the LGBTQ+ community and those engaged in same-sex relations have been targeted for a list of alleged crimes, ranging from the corruption of “African values” or…