Cameroon president’s daughter comes out
The daughter of Cameroonian President Paul Biya has come out as a lesbian. Brenda Biya, 26, on June 30 posted to her Instagram page a picture of her kissing Brazilian model Layyons Valença. “I’m crazy about you and I want the world to know,” said Brenda Biya.
Her father has been Cameroon’s president since 1982. Consensual same-sex sexual relations remain criminalized in the Central African country that borders Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and Chad.
The State Department’s 2023 human rights report notes harassment, discrimination, violence, and arbitrary arrests of LGBTQ people are commonplace in the country.
Brenda Biya is a musician who does not live in Cameroon. The BBC reported she told Le Parisien, a French newspaper, in an exclusive interview published on Tuesday that she and Valença have been together for eight months.
