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Brenda Biya has become a face of resistance to Cameroon’s state-sponsored homophobia Brenda Biya, says she won’t vote for her father, Paul Biya (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien). Commentary In a TikTok video that has gone viral, Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, announces that she will not vote for her father in the Oct 15 …

Faced with transphobia in the country’s healthcare system, trans women in Cameroon looked across Africa for solutions to access Hormone Replacement Therapy. An informal network is adopting these interventions. When she was 21 years old, Chanelle Kouankep, a Cameroonian trans woman, was sent away from home by her father. Kouankep was forced to move in with a friend in an …