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posted for readers on 15/04/2013
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Dear Sir/Madame
I wish to inform you that i'm a cameroonian by nationality and i now live in exile in Thailand reason being that my country doesn't support gay rights.I am a bachelors degree holder back in 2010 and i am 27years old. When i fist found that i was gay i did everything to try to hide it but i couldn't hide it for long and when i came out public i was forced out of the community and banned from participating in public activities,i was also disowned by my family Due to the shame and embarassment i had to flee from my country to sort refuge in Thailand where i now live. I'm having hard times living in Thailand due to the lack of jobs and moreso communication problems since they neither speak English nor French All i ask of your organisation is a little helping hand to keep me going and to help solve some of my problems Thanks for you understanding
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(user currently living in CAMEROON) posted for readers on 12/12/2012 +5
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it isn't easy for us cameroonians.it is hell.we basically hide and we don't do things poenly.we are the scourge of the society.we are the list in the society and they are situations where a thief can be even preffered than a gay individual.
We have an underground NGO but we operate on a small scale due to lack of funding and lack of fearless volunteers.we need some european and american NGOs to come to Africa and help us in our fight because CAMFAID is diong little or nothing to address LGBT issues in Cameroon.our e-mail address is nebajerry@yahoo.com
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(user currently living in CAMEROON) posted for readers on 12/12/2012
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it isn't easy for us cameroonians.it is hell.we basically hide and we don't do things poenly.we are the scourge of the society.we are the list in the society and they are situations where a thief can be even preffered than a gay individual.
We have an underground NGO but we operate on a small scale due to lack of funding and lack of fearless volunteers.we need some european and american NGOs to come to Africa and help us in our fight because CAMFAID is diong little or nothing to address LGBT issues in Cameroon.our e-mail address is nebajerry@yahoo.com
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Bill S (user currently living in CAMEROON) posted for gay lesbian transgender bisexual intersex readers on 05/09/2012
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Never ending blackmails, discrimination and lack of information on the homosexual issue by the homophobic inhabitants of the south west region, Buea. Was in buea last weekend, to carryout a sensitization campaign with the local lgbti community who have no access to peer education, sensitization on sexual health and prevention messages. Being an activist in this field, I would be most honored if we could join our forces with already established organizations in this field!

Bill Simbo
-Sexual Minority Human Right Defender
2178, Boulevard de la LibertĂŠ-Akwa
BP: 12767 Douala-Cameroun
Tel:(237)74 07 64 65
(237)99 46 57 69
@: simbobill@yahoo.com
Skype: simbo.bill
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Brandon (user currently living in CAMEROON) posted for gay bisexual readers in response to this story on 22/06/2012 +0
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Being an activist, i run a humanitarian association here in cameroon, based in the souwest region where being gay is like being a criminal. You get attacked, get beaten, get blackmailed! I would like to work with international volunteers, donors, persons of goodwill who will help me put an end to all this violation interms of human rights and social discrimination. here is the address of my association..: humanity.accessfoundation@gmail.com
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Bill (user currently living in CAMEROON) posted for gay bisexual readers on 22/06/2012 +0
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I am Brandon, founder and president of a humans right defense association here in cameroon. I got blackmailed by some acquaintances,dishing my name on his facebook blog because a bisexual friend of mine propositioned him after realising he was open minded and had similar experiences in the past. The guy in question who has been thrashing my name on blogs told me his dad is a diplomat and mom a journalist, they will have me jailed and have me all over the media. I told him to go ahead i now give him my official authorisation. He knew this was not possible so he turned to facebook as area of last resort and started saying whatever thing got to him you could use to bring down someone's name
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billbrandon (user currently living in CAMEROON) posted for gay readers on 01/09/2011 +4
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my name is bill and i am writing all the way in cameroon, i now work in an NGO for human rights defense and sexual health prevention. apex some weeks back, i chated with a soo called gay guy on a dating site and he pleaded i meet with him at his neighbour, he offered to take me to his hotel i said no , he's like i shouldnt be scared he wont harm me. we then decided and took a seat at the nearest snack bar. in less than no time he told me he was a cop under cover and they are out to track persons like me. i told him if its a joke, i dont have time for this and i gotta leave. he said i am going to go nowhere and the police force is already on their way coming......
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hi i was just reading and i could see my self appart being abused by people and friends i was also rejectted by my family and i stayed in jail for some time but ik kept hoping and finally i could leave the country.But i was realy suprise when in europe i met cameroonians leaving here for so long having the same reaction like in cameroon.I couldn't believe that some of them said that homosexuality is abomination some of them even said that the couldn't eat with people like that refering to gays.It's a big shame for people to think like that everyone has the right to leave free and do whatever he want thanks
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