Rwanda's LGBT+ people want to be counted

LGBT+ people in Rwanda want the government to collect data on them in the forthcoming national census in order to plan for their needs and end discrimination.Gasper Gashumba, a young gay Rwandan, had confided in his mother about his sexual orientation -- hoping he would get the love and support he needed from his entire family.

But he got the opposite reaction from the rest of his loved ones, with the exception of his mother who stayed by his side. Gashumba won't be put down by that and is pushing further.

The 25-year-old wants the Rwandan government to consider other LGBT+ people during this month's national census exercise.

"The government doesn't consider the LGBT+ community in its plans. That means we shall deal with the same struggles after ten years when the next census will occur," Gashumba told DW.

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