YAOUANDE, Cameroon — Two transgender Cameroonians were sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison in Cameroon, where gay sex is illegal, for “attempting homosexuality”, their lawyer told AFP.
Loc Djeukam, well-known on social media under the pseudonym Shakiro, and Roland Mouthe alias Patricia, were jailed in February.
They were found guilty of “attempting homosexuality, outraging public decency and possessing faulty national IDs”, lawyer Richard Tamfu told AFP, adding that he would appeal.
They were also fined 200,000 CFA francs (300 euro, $365) and order to pay court costs of over 30 euros — a large sum in this country — “and risk additional jail time if they fail…
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