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Junta-run Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality and instituting punishments of up to five years in jail, the latest in a clutch of African nations to pass anti-gay legislation.

"The law provides for a prison sentence of between two and five years as well as fines," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said on national broadcaster RTB.

"If a person is a perpetrator of homosexual or similar practices, all the bizarre behaviour, they will go before the judge," he said, adding that foreign nationals would be deported under the law.

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[-] nocturnedragonite@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago

“This is the new trend in the United States.”

More like the old ways that got erased by colonialism

[-] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago

More like the old ways that got erased by colonialism

Exactly. This is the type of thinking that permeates in places that have anti imperialist thinking.

We can't let the imperialist use the identity of our LGBT+ comrades as justification to destroy nations like Burkina Faso. Also, we need to reassure the people in these nations that we are part of their development and the revolution. We are allies and not their enemies.

The imperialist from the US and Europe are well known to fund LGBT+ campaigns. We all know that most of those programs don't really help our LGBT+ comrades but it does help to fund terrorists:

"Without the support of this American aid agency, terrorist groups like the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara or Iyad Ag Ghaly's JNIM could find themselves short of weapons, ammunition, and reconnaissance means. This is very good news for Africa, because USAID is an unconventional warfare weapon for American special forces, which use psychological manipulation methods and support insurgency and irregular warfare against Africans ," said a Nigerien on condition of anonymity.

[-] nocturnedragonite@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago

It also gives justification for the imperialists to impose sanctions on them, which also don't help anyone at all, most especially queer comrades in places that are besieged by imperialism.

[-] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

UK and USA imperialists are cheering. This is going to be interesting to see how it plays out

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