The democratization of sub-Saharan Africa influences the contestation of sexuality. Democracy gave birth to civil society organizations dedicated to human rights. Aided by globalization, civil society organizations are linked to like-minded groups in the West, leading to the sharing of socio-political tactics and ideologies across geographical boundaries. Since African Christianity opposes homosexuality, churches partner with other civil society groups that reject sexual rights as human rights issues, contributing to the resurgence of protective homophobia. Using the frame of Gutmann’s identity politics, Hancock’s politics of disgust, and Leege et al.’s cultural politics, I explore how identity informs sexual politics. As anti-gay and pro-gay movements seek to direct public policy on sexuality, the democratic contestation of sexuality occurs.