Fitting with the Ghanian theme that homosexuality is a “foreign devil…import from the decadent West” (Solomon, 2011), this New York Times piece reveals the injustice of mere association with LGBT “society.” Of course, association with gay politics, in any manner, implies one is a raging revolutionary ready to storm the parliamentary floor and demand the “illusion” of equality. And to be a part of such debauchery would be un-presidential for the leader of an African country. So much that a President can be driven away from an individual whom he calls friend due to a differentiation in sexual identity,which his followers are not yet ready to acknowledge.
This piece, written by Andrew Solomon (a gay man) is a reminder that sexuality, like race or ethnicity, is not merely an adjective; but a verb, and at times a noun.
The closest comparison I can make is to my experience with Black womanhood. Who I am to a given individual on paper will never run parallel to my appearance on sight. Just as who a homosexual is on sight might never be identical to perceptions of their character upon the revealing of their sexuality.