
11 July 2024 The daughter of Cameroon’s president has said she hopes that her coming out as a lesbian can help change the law banning same-sex relations in her country. Brenda Biya told the Le Parisien newspaper that there were many people in her situation and she hoped to inspire them. …
In the interview with France’s Le Parisien, she said she had not informed anyone in her family before publishing the post. “Coming out is an opportunity to send a strong message,” she said. She added that she found the anti-gay law, which existed before her father came to power, “unfair and I hope that my story will change it”.
Paul Biya, 91, has been Cameroon’s president since 1982 and is one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.
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