These are our stories, stories of official oppression and
persecution, with the happy blessing of the ‘authorities’. Stories which
usually didn’t get out…,
Or, they would be published in the likes of the ‘red pepper’
in Uganda, tabloid journalism geared towards hyena like savagery of the victims
of assault.
The 09th Oct 2016. Sunday evening, very early Monday morning. You are a gay
Cameroonian. And you want to go meet the lads. Just sneak off to a place where
you can take a beer, look at lovers, former, current and future, flirt, laugh,
in relative safety, in a country in which it is criminal to have gay sex.
You are gay. And, you think, today, at least I might meet
someone. Maybe the love of my life- so we go have our closeted heaven on earth.
Or it is just that, for a few hours in the long week, you want to be somewhere
where it will not matter that you are gay, no one will condemn you, and you
will complement and be complemented. Laugh and be laughed at, by people who are
like you, and not condemning you. Somewhere you think will be safe.
So, you head across town to Mistral bar in Yaonde, capital of the central African country of Cameroon.
Photo credit Camer.be
But the police have long laid a trap. And, today, they are
waiting for you to stumble into it.
3 am. Time you
went back home, right across the city? The new boy you just met has at last
agreed to follow you home, reluctantly. He is beautiful, and you have promised
each other more than just the few stolen kisses, maybe.
Or, it just might be time to slip back into your closeted 'normal' world...., sigh.., until the next week.
Police at the front entrance. (Quick!! Back exit? Sorry. Sealed.)
So, you are all under arrest. The Commando operation is done, netted.
Homosexuals.
What is our crime? Assumed to be gay in a country
where that is stigmatized. Is unnecessary to be caught in the act, even kissing.
Just assumed to be gay. However agonisedly you protest your innocence
Police patrols were stationed at every corner of the cabaret— in front, beside, inside, behind.
As if it were a commando operation, armed police searched inside the bar for people hiding there. Some bar-goers tried to escape out the back, but another police truck was parked there.
At the time of this writing, it’s unclear how many people were arrested and where they were taken — reportedly some to the 4th district station, some to the 14th, some to the 16th. Also unclear is whether charges will be filed against those who were arrested, such as for violations of loitering laws, and whether the raid was an anti-gay operation or merely an attempt to impose order on a rowdy part of the city’s nightlife
And, you end up not going to work on Monday morning, but
heart stopping nightmare, arrested at a reputed gay bar!!!! And, that nightmare
is just beginning.
Photo AfricaPresse
These are the lived realities of many gay Africans. Gay
Cameroonians have tended to take these risks of life for granted. But, at least
there is an article in Pinknews UK.
And, there are gay Cameroonians able to document and get the
word out… Thanks to some brave, anonymous activists
And their wonderful partners from 76Crimes.com
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2 comments:
Thank you, your article is very good
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