Coming Out” or Coming in? Social Exclusion of Sexual Minorities in Africa

The article investigates issues surrounding same-sex relationships in an African context. Many countries on the continent outlaw such partnerships, creating complex dimensions for people trapped in a no-man's land of socially unacceptable reality. Furthermore, criminalization of same-sex practices results in a lack of targeted health and welfare programs, creating a dangerous lacuna in service delivery. To address this, academic programs, field supervisors, and practitioners, particularly in the field of social work, must be sensitive to the needs of sexual minorities, and those behind whose acceptability they are forced to hide, especially in an alien environment

Business · Context (archaeology · Criminalization · Criminology · Field (mathematics · Geography · Heterosexism · Homosexuality · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Sex work · Social exclusion · Sociology · Work (physics · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Engineering · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Social Work

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