A nurse at Kadoma General Hospital said many homosexual people came to the hospital to be treated of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, but some nurses discriminate them.
Two people described as “suspected” of being gay have been arrested in the Zimbabwean town of Kadoma on charges of sodomy. According to The Herald newspaper, police targeted Ability Chatira Mpofu (24) and Blessing Chauke (28) following a tip-off that they were dealing in counterfeit South.
Zimbabwe’s LGBTI community is facing an increasingly hostile environment as the government tightens its grip on their rights. Homosexuality is widely viewed as taboo, with many Zimbabweans believing it goes against their cultural and religious values.
Source: Kadoma moves to tame HIV among key populations – Newsday Zimbabwe AT 37, Tecla* reflects on her decade-long struggle as a sex worker in Kadoma, where the allure of gold is overshadowed by the persistent threat of HIV. A resident of Rimuka, Kadoma’s oldest suburb, Tecla frequents a former hotel turned into an entertainment hub that has become one of her “hunting grounds”. Like.