Senegal police arrest 8 suspected lesbians
From Erasing 76 Crimes · Moïse Manoël-Florisse · 10 August 2026
Senegal is one of 45 countries where lesbians are persecuted The country’s anti-gay panic now extends to women, but most of the more than 100 arrestees are men. Senegal police continued their crackdown on LGBTQ citizens last week with the arrest of eight women on lesbianism charges. Those arrests ca...
Senegal is one of 45 countries where lesbians are persecuted The country’s anti-gay panic now extends to women, but most of the more than 100 arrestees are men. Senegal police continued their crackdown on LGBTQ citizens last week with the arrest of eight women on lesbianism charges. Those arrests came little more than a…