Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 07 January 2013
Tags: cameroon, court of appeals, release, looking gay, bailey's irish cream, anti-gay laws 
Two Cameroon men were arrested for "looking gay." The kicker?
They ordered Bailey's Irish Cream.
We guess we should refrain from ordering that Appletini? (Kidding! We'd never order a drink with that many calories! Vodka sodas all around!)
A Court of Appeals released the two men, who had been sentenced to five years in prison. More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 16 September 2012
Tags: roger jean-claude mbédé, cameroon, text messages, anti-gay, jail, sentence, appeal hearing, petition, president paul biya, all out, loses, faces, prison, die
Updated Monday, December 17, 3:45 p.m. EST
Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé will spend another few years in prison after losing an appeals hearing in Cameroon for sending the above text to another man.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Tags: gay hate day, august, 2012, africa, cameroon, homophobia, international, all out organization, alternatives cameroun, fight, human, lgbt, rights
Cameroon's version of "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day" is less veiled in its national "Gay Hate Day," taking place today in the African nation. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 29 March 2012
Tags: cameroon, gay rights, africa, bebe sahara benet, yaounde, association for the defense of homosexuals, alice nkom, martin lock motassi, gay rights
Where, oh where is Bebe Zahara Benet when you need her? While she may have been able to take out the competition on the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, it’s doubtful the African queen would have been able to take out the twenty armed policemen who raided a gathering for sexual minorities in her home country of Cameroon. Check this story out and see why Camerooooon isn’t nearly as fun as when Ru says it.
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Tags: air france, asylum, international, united kingdom, cameroon, africa, deport, refuse, kaute
RuPaul might have invited "Cameroooon" into the gay vernacular a few years back, but the central African nation is by no means a gay-friendly bastion of tolerance. In fact, the country is known to be so dangerous for openly-gay citizens that Air France stepped up to the peace plate over the weekend by refusing to deport a gay asylum seeker back to the African country.
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