Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, revealed on Saturday via X that Paris is submitting a United Nations resolution to prevent states from criminalizing LGBT+ individuals. This diplomatic move follows Senegal’s recent passage of a stricter anti-homosexuality law—just two months after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye signed it into force—and coincides with the detention of a French national in Dakar under the same legislation.
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