Daughter of Cameroon's president hopes to help the country's gays by coming out
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The daughter of Cameroon’s president said she hoped that by coming out as a lesbian she can help change laws that ban homosexuality in the country.
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The daughter of Cameroon’s president said she hoped that by coming out as a lesbian she can help change laws that ban homosexuality in the country.
Brenda Biya, who lives between the United States and Switzerland, came out in an Instagram post on June 30.
In an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien published on Tuesday, the 27-year-old said she had not come out to her family before she publicly posted a photo of her kissing her girlfriend.
“There are plenty of people in the same situation as me who suffer because of who they are,” she said. “If I can give them hope, help them feel less alone, if I can send love, I’m happy.”
Same-sex relations are punishable by up to five years in prison under Cameroon’s penal code.
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