Zimbabwe’s LGBT community: why civil rights and health issues go hand in hand

Zimbabwe’s recently deposed president Robert Mugabe made no secret of his loathing for gay men and lesbians. He once famously described them as “worse than pigs and dogs”. In 2015, he stood before the UN General Assembly and declared “we [Zimbabweans] are not gays”. After nearly four decades, Mugabe’s reign is over. Lesbian, gay, bisexual […]