Fear and stigma mark life for gays in conservative Malawi 0 SHARES Share it! Leaving behind his well-off Muslim family and four-year-old son, he headed for South Africa, where he became a sex worker to survive. Mitha’s case highlights the problems in Malawi, a holdout in southern Africa, where legal liberalization for gays is otherwise gaining speed. Human Rights Watch (HRW) last October said Malawi’s laws fuelled a climate of fear, arbitrary arrest, violence, and discrimination against gays. Mitha returned to Malawi after contracting HIV in South Africa.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 15, 2019 03:45 UTC