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Colonial Laws, Modern Lives: How the Criminalization of Homosexuality Came to Tanzania and Why It Still Matters

A Young Person’s Future Changed Overnight Imagine being a university student with dreams of becoming a lawyer, doctor, teacher, or engineer. Now imagine those dreams disappearing—not because you failed your examinations or broke the law by harming someone, but because someone suspected you were gay. For many LGBTQ+ young people in Tanzania, this is not […]

When Protectors Become Perpetrators: Tanzania Must Confront Police Abuse

In Tanzania, the uniform of a police officer should represent safety and justice. Yet for many LGBTQ+ people, it has become a symbol of fear. Instead of protection, police too often bring harassment, humiliation, and violence. At LGBT Voice Tanzania, we have documented these abuses in our new report, “Lived Realities of LGBTQ+ People in

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