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 and transgender (LGBT) groups are among those celebrating his departure. But his ouster is unlikely to change the lives of LGBT Zimbabweans, for two main and