Zimbabwe’s history, colonial and postcolonial,
has been violent and fraught
with human rights infractions, including
economic crises that have left the country
and its people stripped of resources.
In this fraught context, the violation of
the human rights of sexual minorities
who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender or intersex (LGBTI) is
unsurprising.
This review provides an insight on the extent to which
the human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender
and intersex (LGBTI) people are respected and upheld
in Zambia. It considers the socio-cultural and political
realities in which LGBTI people find themselves, and the
ways in which LGBTI groups and individuals manage to
function in a homophobic context.