Sources of anxiety about (and among) sexual minorities in Africa

There is a perceived increase in incidents of rhetoric, legislation and vigilantism against sexual minorities and their allies across Africa. This ‘African homophobia’ is counter to human rights conventions, public health best practices and sound economic development. The paper reviews areas of prog...

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Autor principal: Epprecht, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013
Materias:
Thematic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507725
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spelling pubmed-67350892019-09-10 Sources of anxiety about (and among) sexual minorities in Africa Epprecht, Marc Int Psychiatry Thematic Paper There is a perceived increase in incidents of rhetoric, legislation and vigilantism against sexual minorities and their allies across Africa. This ‘African homophobia’ is counter to human rights conventions, public health best practices and sound economic development. The paper reviews areas of progress as well as the broad economic and cultural contexts for the experiences of African sexual minorities. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735089/ /pubmed/31507725 Text en © 2013 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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