Gay Zimbabwean couple charged under country’s sodomy law
Two gay men in Zimbabwe are facing a year in prison after authorities charged them under the country’s sodomy law. The National Prosecuting Authority says Tavimbanashe Chawatama, 28, and Leonard Nyakudya, 25, appeared in the Harare Magistrates’ Court on Sept.
2. The NPA said the men began a relationship last August, lived together, and at times recorded themselves having sex. The couple on Aug.
27 had an altercation involving infidelity, which prompted one of the men to move out of the house. One of them was accused of stealing money as he was about to leave, which prompted the police to respond.
The two men while filing reports at the police station inadvertently provided details about their relationship and living arrangements, which resulted in their arrest for sodomy.
