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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