[Civsoc-mw] This map shows where it is still illegal to be gay

[trevor chimimba]

Adamson, 

Taking this Scalian argument to its logical conclusion I am right to assume that you are saying you folks who are gay you can fall in love with each other in this country but when you have gay sex (anal intercourse) you will have crossed the line...basopo! Tikumangani.  And if you think we are only targeting you please think  again. This applies to everybody who have anal intercourse. 

No wonder the law is an ass. 

Clearly you can not be serious with this argument. Let us assume it was intercourse through the vaginal canal that was considered "unnatural", I bet the tyranny of the majority that decides "this is unnatural" would have already cried foul! Come to think of it, that missionary style is so "unnatural"!

> On May 14, 2017, at 14:05, Adamson S. Muula <amuula at medcol.mw> wrote:
> 
> Dear Tony,
> 
> Last time I checked, our laws didn't say that being gay was illegal. I do not had the specific language of the law with me now but my interpretation of the law was that the "world"out there and sometimes ourselves exaggerate what the laws say. Being "gay" if interpreted as being sexually attracted to an individual of your own sex, is not illegal in Malawi. 
> I was meant to understand that our laws are to the extent that sex against the order of nature is what is prohibited in Malawi. Now in my class teaching on sexually transmitted infections, I ask my students whether, taking my interpretation, will also make some (perhaps)  many men and women having sex with the opposite sex but perhaps against the "order of nature" liable of prosecution. I base this suggestion on some of the findings on the following paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19194602
> 
> 
> In this paper, some men reported having relations with women through/in anatomical sites just as they would have with fellow men (euphemism of course but trying to be a decent person!)
> 
>> On 13 May 2017 at 18:20, Tony Thontholani <tonytontho at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> https://www.indy100.com/article/map-countries-illegal-gay-lgbt-bisexual-trans-global-human-rights-7623586
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