"We opened this place in 2016 to give young people somewhere where they can just breathe for a while," says Jean-Pierre, 51, the founder of the club, who prefers not to give his full name. The flickering light of a video screen illuminates faces of young men sitting on benches - members of a video club catering exclusively for gay men, a haven in a society where it is perilous to be same-sex attracted. Inside is a rectangular room, dark and humid. You have to know someone who will guide you to the address - off a busy street in Cameroon's capital, down a dingy alley to a door with the unwelcoming message in chalk: "No entry." Secret home: The video club in Yaounde is a haven for gay men in a country where same-sex relations are illegal
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