Top Zanu-PF Officials Meet Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe

Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) director Chester Samba confirmed to NewZimbabwe.com that the association met with war veterans secretary general Victor Matemadanda who was in the company of his Zanu PF colleagues.

The meeting followed a letter GALZ had written to Zanu-PF requesting the Mnangagwa led administration to state its official position regarding the affairs of the  lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Said Samba:

What came out of the meeting was the pledge and they also responded that they will be coming back to us with a more formal response around the issues that we tabled in the meeting. We highlighted how we in the LGBTI community were affected by the climate of intolerance that perpetuated previous elections, the use of hate speech that impacted on our community…and also the use of state machinery to clamp down on LGBTI activities in our communities.

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