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Eugene

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Sun Feb 18, 2024, 01:35 PM Feb 2024

Zimbabwe's vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people

Source: Associated Press

Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people

BY FARAI MUTSAKA
Updated 10:42 AM EST, February 16, 2024

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices.

The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people in Zimbabwe. The association started offering it in 2018 without incident. But a recent online advertisement inviting applications attracted a harsh response from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, a self-proclaimed devout Catholic and former army commander.

In a strongly worded statement Thursday night, Chiwenga claimed the scholarship was “a direct challenge” to the government’s authority.

“Our schools and institutions of higher learning will not entertain applicants, let alone enroll persons associated with such alien, anti-life, un-African and un-Christian values which are being promoted and cultivated by, as well as practiced in decadent societies with whom we share no moral or cultural affinities,” he said.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/zimbabwe-lgbtq-university-scholarship-gay-415f8e2b99c03dffab8ea62b33a74f96

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Zimbabwe's vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2024 OP
What a bigoted asshole LostOne4Ever Feb 2024 #1

LostOne4Ever

(9,597 posts)
1. What a bigoted asshole
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 04:30 PM
Feb 2024

My heart breaks for all the LGBTQ people living in MENA counties. Their irrational hatred (of people who never did anything to them) is the actual anti-life value.

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