Niger criminalises same-sex relations with jail terms
5d 14h ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/Teknevra in queer_defense_front@lemmy.blahaj.zone from www.rfi.fr
Abidjan (AFP) – Military-run Niger has enacted a new penal code criminalising same-sex relations with heavy jail sentences, following other west African countries in adopting tough anti-LGBTQ legislation.
Although a taboo subject, same-sex relations had not been a criminal offence in Muslim-majority Niger.
General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of the military government, has pushed an anti-Western agenda since seizing power in July 2023, criticising some Western values.
Under Niger's new law, same-sex relations will be punishable by a jail term of between five and 10 years and a fine.
It sets out the same penalty for anyone committing or trying to commit "an indecent or unnatural act, or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) practices", or anyone who "artificially changes or attempts to change their birth sex".
It adds that "anyone who enters into marriage with a person of the same sex" faces 10 to 20 years' imprisonment.
It stipulates the same sentence for "any person who manages, directs, operates, finances or participates in clubs, societies, organisations or associations for homosexuals or LGBTQIA+ people".
Absolutely insane how somehow everywhere in the world, LGBTQIA+ folks continue to be under attack. The North American West, the European West, the African anti-West, the Asian anti-West...
And there was literally nothing to prompt this at all. The closest related topic you hear thrown around sometimes is the "BiRth rAtE" but that rarely is even brought up in these pushes, isn't even mentioned here, isn't even a real crisis, and can easily be modified with practical solutions that would make life better for all including those currently alive. It's yet another mass-psychosis, right up their with the generative AI obsession.
The short answer is it's Christianity., and it's child religion of Islam.
The reason why it's all happening at once is because of American zionists. And it's not about birth rate, it's genuinely because specific rich and powerful people think it's gross, and of course because it's an easy way to exercise power.