[throwaway16399]

> I am an African. And I live in a country where such laws targeting LGBTQ has been enacted. FYI, Most people here have no idea what LGBTQ means and those who do don't give a damn.

Counterpoint (quotes from Wikipedia about Tanzania, where the conference was held):

> 95 percent of Tanzanian residents believed that homosexuality is a way of life that society should not accept [2007 survey]

> same-sex sexual acts (even in private and consensual) are criminal offences, punishable with life imprisonment

> On June 19, [2013] Human Rights Watch and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition released a report including several detailed allegations of torture and abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals while in police custody.

> In 2018, a so-called "witch hunt" was declared against gay people in Dar es Salaam, where gay men were forced to endure anal examinations and torture.