/ 15 March 2000

MUGABE RESTATES ANTI-GAY STANCE

ZIMBABAWEAN President Robert Mugabe has reconfirmed his view that gays and lesbians were “worse than pigs and dogs” and has vowed not to allow the British government “to promote homosexuality” in Zimbabwe. The Star reports that “unlike pigs and dogs, which knew their females and could naturally become intimate with them, gays and lesbians could not differentiate between males and females”. Mugabe said he will not change his stance on the matter, even if it angers everyone.