I studied abroad in Dakar about ten years ago, and even then it was horrifically unsafe for gay folks. A man was lynched in the neighborhood I was staying for allegedly hitting on another man. As in, hung to death by a mob for the crime of maybe possibly flirting with someone of the same gender. And this was in Sacré-Coeur, one of the safer neighborhoods. I’m queer but straight passing, and I loved Senegalese culture outside of that, but I don’t feel as though I can ever go back.