Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
Lesbians in South Africa face abuse and violence simply for not fitting social expectations of how women should look and act.
official name:Republic of Chad capital: N'Djamena head of state: President Lt. Gen. Idriss Deby government type: republic population:10,111,337 (July 2008 est.) independence: from France in 1960 languages:French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects religion:Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census) currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Legal Status of Homosexuality There is specific no law against homosexuality.
Communication
main lines in use:13,000 (2006) cellular telephones:918,400 (2007) Internet hosts:5 (2008) Internet users: 60,000 (2006)
by Mask Admin 1/7/2004
July 2004: Homosexuality in Chad is considered as a taboo subject, an immoral practice, uncalled for. It is difficult to talk about it and to sense the realities bound to it.
la discussion d'homosexualit� au Kenya Juillet 8, 2005 : Nairobi - au cours des deux semaines quand les gays et les lesbiennes en Espagne et au Canada marquaient des victoires significatives dans la lutt e pour LGBT la communaut� du LGBT du Kenya a �galement re�u une lueur vacillante d'espoir.
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Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
