I came across this article on African politics and homophobia via Identity Kenya which set out to find out why many African governments have such a strong anti-gay stance. Its major observation was that many politicians and government officials use homophobia as a tool to divert the attention of the masses away from the lack of support structures, the growing corruption and unstable economies. In other words homophobia has becomeĀ a bunch of keys for distracting children(citizens) whilst their toys(money) are taken away from them. Read the rest of this entry »