A one-minute story on Nicholas Opiyo, crusading gay rights advocate
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Wider context:
- 72 countries where homosexuality is illegal
- 1000s who died in anti-gay, anti-trans attacks (updates)
- 100s are in prison for being gay
- 5 countries impose — or tolerate — death penalty for gay sex
- 21 varieties of traditional African homosexuality
- 35 Commonwealth nations have laws against gay sex
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