Western countries do not take into account their position of past colonial rulers; they happen to "forget" their previous maltreatment and do not critically consider their positions of power. The UK has recently threatened to take aid away from countries that maintain anti-gay laws. However, there's been no governmental discussion acknowledging that these anti-sodomy laws stem directly from British colonization. Local advocates of LGBTI rights within the countries have been ignored, and their desires have been left unheard. As Peter Dunne states in his article LGBTI Rights and the Wrong Way to Give Aid, "aid conditionality ignores the importance of local advocates, suggesting instead that only the former "master" can bring the Commonwealth nations into line." This policy of conditional aid has erased history and the voices of those it is purportedly helping. These voices and histories cannot be forgotten, and aid cannot continue to be used to silence them.
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