In 2015 the son of an Ivory Coast celebrity got legally married to another man in the United States. I am sure there were Ivorians who quietly congratulated the happy couple, but, you know how it is in this homophobic world, the voices the media found to comment said mean things.
Roger Fulgence Kassy was “a television personality credited with launching the careers of a number of famous Ivorian performers,” according to Robbie Corey-Boulet. Thierry Kassy was the son. I googled him to see if I could find any positive coverage, maybe a wedding announcement naming his husband.
Unfortunately what I found was an article reporting Thierry Kassy’s death. According to Presse Cote d’Ivoire, “Thierry Kassy, the only son of the famous Ivorian TV host the late Roger Fulgence Kassy died in the United States of America as a result of Covid 19. The information was made public on Saturday, April 11 [2020] by reggae artist Serge Kassy on his Facebook profile.” (Thanks, Google Translate)
My condolences to Thierry Kassy's husband, family and friends.
source:
Love Falls on Us: a story of American ideas and African LGBT lives
by Robbie Corey-Boulet
2019. Zed Books, London UK
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