NAIROBI, Nov 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – LGBT+ people in Tanzania on Monday welcomed a move by the government distancing itself from a planned crackdown on sexual minorities in the city of Dar es Salaam, but said it did not go far enough – with many still fearful of attack or arrest.
Tanzania’s foreign ministry said on Sunday a plan by the city’s administrative chief Paul Makonda to set up a committee to identify and arrest homosexual people did not represent the national government’s position.
But LGBT+ people in the port city told the Thomson Reuters Foundation the government was late in speaking out, and had stopped short of condemning Makonda’s public call to report gay people – fueling homophobia in the country.
Source: Queer Tanzanians Remain Fearful Despite Government Denouncing LGBTQ Crackdown
