津巴布韦的一位人权激进人士罗密欧•舒马(Romeo Tshuma)回忆说，他曾经陪一位同性恋朋友到哈拉雷的健康保健中心，寻求艾滋病和某种性传播感染病的治疗。据罗密欧说，那儿的“护士根本就不帮忙……不，情况还要更糟。她们还羞辱取笑他……遭遇那次羞辱之后，他再也不去医院了。他死了，我想，他的死部分是由于走投无路。”

    Cary Alan Johnson, IGLHRC's Senior Specialist for Africa and the author of the reports believes that the widespread denial of homosexuality in Africa contributes to human rights violations against African LGBT and increases the HIV vulnerabilities of gay people, "Homophobic stigma, the denial of homosexuality, and legislation that criminalizes same-sex behavior, all serve to push the issue of same-sex HIV transmission further underground, and drastically limit HIV services."

    该报告的作者加利•艾伦•约翰逊是国际同性恋者人权委员会非洲地区资深专家 ......