“We are sad to lose Taurai, but in Africa, the personal sacrifice for gay and human rights is sometimes too much to expect from people,” Mr Gay World’s Director for Africa, Coenie Kukkuk, said.
Kukkuk added that while efforts would be made to replace Taurai, the political climate for gay men along with gay women, bisexuals and trans people made it unlikely another African contestant would step forward.
The 2012 Mr. Gay World competition will be held in Johannesburg from 4 to 8 April.