THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF HOMOSEXUALS (LGBT)

Abstract

Nature evolves from human nature; hence the saying not just that culture is dynamic but that culture is man writ large. Man is not just the product of nature but the outcome of nature and nurture. That is to why every human society guards its cultural space from the infiltration of foreign elements that usually leads to corruption and in some cases the destruction of what such culture holds very dear. Africans are culturally conservative and have been fighting to save their cultures from western adulterations. One of such battle ground in these clashes between African and western cultures are on gender identity. In Africa gender identity is the product of nature such that any behavior contrary to acceptable gender role is seen as abominable. Thus homosexual identities promoted by western liberal culture are increasingly challenging the conservative gender assignationation in Africa. This paper applies the method of analysis to study these challenges to Africa understanding of gender and sexualities . The study discovers firstly, that there is no epistemological basis to justify African gender conservatism: and secondly, that even if there is such basis, modern information explosion has made cultural protectionism untenable. This means that the efforts but Africans to protect view of gender through draconic legislations is a lost battle because sooner or later, the forces of globalization sweeping through the world will sweep these efforts away. The study recommends Africans need to rebrand their gender conservatism and their culture to enable it compete in the global market. Key words: Morality, culture, globalization, gender, homosexualities.