Homosexuals in Zimbabwe "give up" fight on same sex marriages, say country is too conservative.

Gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe have reportedly thrown in the towel in the fight to have same-sex marriages recognised after accepting that the nation is too “conservative.”

According  to New Zimbabwe, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Galz) director, Chester Samba  said:

We anticipated that Zimbabwe was not going to approve recommendations addressing LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex issues because we understood the context in Zimbabwe, how politicised the issue is. So, we never expected Zimbabwe to give any positive pronouncement around same sex conduct

Same sex marriage is an issue Africa is not ready to deal with and we (Zimbabweans) also as a community are not yet there in terms of addressing the issues that are addressing LGBTI,

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