Gabon’s legislature repeals the ban on homosexuality

Gabon President Ali Bongo met with former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton. He is expected to sign the repeal bill. (Photo: U.S. Dept. of State)

Gabon’s senate has voted to end the country’s ban on homosexuality.

Last week, the National Assembly in the central African nation voted in favor a bill that would legalize sexual relationships between two people of the same sex. This past Monday, the Senate passed the law with 59 votes; 17 senators voted against the bill and four abstained.

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The repeal bill now goes to President Ali Bongo, who is expected to sign it.

“Gabon now joins African states such as Seychelles, Angola, Mozambique, and Botswana who have chosen to rid their lawbooks of archaic provisions which enable discrimination, violence, and harassment against LGBT people,” Victoria Vasey of Human Dignity Trust told Reuters.

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