Botswana: Laws stop service providers from helping LGBTIs
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“Many people, services providers, have difficulties helping LGBTI people because of what the laws say,” says Caine Youngman, LGBTI coordinator at LeGaBiBo, an LGBTI organisation in Botswana.
The laws are harsh, but the precise penalties are not enforced. Mr Youngman explains that the very presence of the laws means that gays are constantly harassed by officials in hospitals, community service centres, and police bureaus.
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