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What is it like to identify as LGBTQ in Africa today?

On Tuesday, Uganda's parliament passed a bill criminalising anyone identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender. The bill also includes the death penalty in certain cases.

Kenyan authorities have also launched a crackdown on what it described as the "infiltration of LGBTQ agenda in schools." Over 30 countries in Africa still crimalise same-sex relations.

So, what is it like to identity as LGBTQ in different parts of the continent today?

Billy, a trans queer person who lives in Kenya, told us their story.

(Photo: A member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community holds an umbrella in the rainbow flag in South Africa. Credit: Getty Images)

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