After the Regional Governor of Dar es Salaam inciting the public to out gay persons for arrests last week, 10 men were reportedly detained over the weekend on suspicion of homosexuality at Pogwe beach in Zanzibar. Such injustices have forced sexual minorities in Myanmar to live closeted lives, a reality not different from the current wave of occurrences against the LGBT community in Tanzania. Human Rights activists have argued that the police have always used such arrests as a tactic to threaten and extort money from the accused victims. Furthermore, the accusations against him are basically one-sided because of his sexuality and HIV status which hurts the whole LGBT community.
Chen who is HIV positive has limited access to the Antiretroviral treatment though he is in incarceration.
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LGBT persons are legally and socially challenged by discrimination in Myanmar. It was initiated in 1860 by the British and is punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment even though it has barely been enforced over the years.
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The anti-gay legislation of Myanmar's penal code shares a similar history with most countries especially in both Asia and Africa continents. Chen, also an outspoken LGBT activist was accused of sexual assault by an employee and was denied bail while Paw Paw was charged for allegedly engaging in same sex conduct with a minor. Gay Star News reported on 8th November 2018 that Addy Chen and Paw Paw, a restaurant owner and make-up artist respectively were charged under Section 377 of Myanmar's national penal code that criminalizes carnal knowledge against the order of nature. Recently, two Myanmar gay men were arrested and charged separately for engaging in homosexuality.