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Jailed Gay Malawi Couple Split Up To Survive – Steven Monjeza To Marry A Woman

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Somethings really rotten in Malawi.  This is what must apparently happen for these men to survive.  And it’s truly a sad and bizarre turn of events.

Steven Monjeza has dumped Tiwonge Chimbalanga –Aunt Tiwo- who he engaged in the first Malawi gay ceremony that earned them a 14 years imprisonment for homosexuality. They were pardoned by President Bingu wa Mutharika after conceding international pressure. But according to The Nation newspaper, Malawi’s authoritative daily; Monjeza has found a woman, Dorothy Gulo, 24, to marry and claims he was forced into the ‘gay drama’. The man has said he will expose the people that allegedly forced him into the gay act if they continue to pester him. The paper reports that Monjeza now alleges that he never had sex with his fellow man, Tiwonge.

Monjeza claims he was forced to hold a news conference: “We were pardoned but I know the law can bounce back on us if we are not careful. Although I claimed that I still love Tiwo, I did not mean it. I have never had sex with him as was revealed in court. That is why the medical examination failed to establish any anal penetration. I was coerced into the whole thing,@ The Nation quoted him. They forcefully picked me from my house in Kameza when I was drunk. They bundled me into their car and said they were taking me for a drink. Indeed, I was treated to a drinking orgy throughout the journey but no one revealed where we were going until I reached a house in Lilongwe to find Tiwo. He told me that there are many countries willing to take us but I told him I was not interested and would not go.”

Do disheartening that Steven Monjeza decided that it is best to BLAME the man he was with, and they WERE together, and accuse him and a “pesky group” of people for kidnapping him and forcing him into this.

This is what happens under a dangerous religious theocracy.

Imprisioned Malawai Gay Couple Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga FREED!

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Malawai President Bingu wa Mutharika has officially pardoned Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, the gay couple who had been sentenced earlier this month to 14 years of hard labor under sodomy and indecency laws. You may remember that they were originally arrested after holding a public wedding ceremony in December

White House Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs has just released a statement about today’s pardon:

“The White House is pleased to learn of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s pardon of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza. These individuals were not criminals and their struggle is not unique. We must all recommit ourselves to ending the persecution and criminalization of sexual orientation and gender identity. We hope that President Mutharika’s pardon marks the beginning of a new dialogue which reflects the country’s history of tolerance and a new day for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in Malawi and around the globe.”

President wa Mutharika obviously has bowed to mounting pressure and is only doing this only pardoning the two because of it.  This is his statement, according to the UK Daily Telegraph:

“These boys committed a crime against our culture, our religion and our laws, however, as the head of state I hereby pardon them and therefore ask for their immediate release with no conditions. I have done this on humanitarian grounds but this does not mean that I support this.”