https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/20/kenya-anti-homosexuality-law-africa/ Kenya wants to introduce an extreme anti-gay law.

Some highlights:

"the East African country’s bill would see a complete ban on activities that “promote homosexuality”, including openly identifying as LGBTQ+ or wearing Pride emblems."
Bad for free expression.

"Those found in breach of the law would face a minimum of 10 years in jail while those found guilty of performing same-sex acts would face a minimum of 14 years."
Needless persecution for engaging in little more than a consensual sexual activity or expressing themselves.

"Additionally, anyone found guilty under a clause for “aggravated homosexuality,” defined as engaging in “homosexual acts with a minor or disabled person and transmitting a terminal disease through sexual means”, could be executed."

This is intended to:

1) Further chill consensual sexual activity.

2) Conflate homosexuality with sexual activity with minors.

3) Apply such laws in a discriminatorily fashion.

4) Conflate homosexuality with exploiting disabled individuals.

5) Interfere in consensual sexual activities which "disabled" individuals might have in an even more extreme manner.

"Similar bills are also being proposed in Tanzania and South Sudan, while Ghana‘s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has signalled that an anti-LGBTQ+ bill is being proposed there, although he is wary of its “constitutionality”."
A few other African countries are looking to introduce similar bills.

"The bill will propose a total ban on what the West calls sex-reassignment prescriptions"
They also want to ban this.

"He added that this would include Pride parades, drag shows, wearing rainbow colours and flags, and openly wearing “emblems of the LGBTQ+ group.”"
They would censor this free expression.

"Additionally, Zambian priest and Boston University academic Kapya Kaoma told the BBC that he believed bills such as this are part of lobbying efforts by right-wing groups to impose “militant homophobia” in Africa."
Lobbying from right wing groups might be involved.