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A Rwandan church offers safe haven to LGBTQ community / V000_9RN9EL
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The evangelical "Eglise De Dieu en Afrique au Rwanda" (EDAR) church is a courageous outlier in Kigali, willing to risk condemnation by religious conservatives over its open acceptance of LGBTQ worshippers.
Although homosexuality is not banned in the East African country, many LGBT Rwandans experience discrimination at every turn: fired from jobs, disowned by relatives, denied medical treatment and even beaten up by bigots. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES