MAN-WOMAN
QueerLens Documentary
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30m
LANGUAGES: French, English | SUBTITLES: English
In Senegal, being homosexual is punishable by law up to to five years of imprisonment. LGBT activists based in Dakar risk their lives to help young men to survive the stigma of being gay. Some of these young men spent time in prison. Others had no other choice than flee the country, hoping for a better future in Europe.
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