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Added on: 01/11/2024

Africa: 2023 saw weaponisation of laws against LGBTI persons

01/10/2024

In a new briefing looking at 12 African countries, Amnesty documented how legal systems were increasingly weaponised in the past year to systematically target and discriminate against…

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Added on: 12/22/2023

Africans differ over clerical blessings for same-sex couples

12/21/2023

Homosexuality is a controversial topic in Africa, a continent where many people have strong and very conservative views on sexual orientation. Pope Francis’ recent approval of blessings for same-sex couples…

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Added on: 10/19/2023

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations

10/18/2023

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in Africa and in the Caribbean. In the map above, which shows the 66 nations with anti-homosexuality laws, the…

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Added on: 07/16/2023

Malawi: Thousands rally to oppose LGBTQ rights

07/15/2023

About 5,000 demonstrators on Thursday staged an anti-LGBTQ protest in Lilongwe, the capital of the conservative southern African nation of Malawi, where same-sex relationships are illegal. The…

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Added on: 07/01/2023

LGBTQ+ refugees in Africa celebrate Pride safely, joyously, nutritiously

06/29/2023

Refugees in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia celebrated Pride this month with nutritious, festive meals organized by the human rights advocates of the African Human Rights Coalition. Melanie…

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Added on: 03/02/2023

New collective to campaign for intersex rights in Southern Africa

03/01/2023

From 25 to 27 November 2022, intersex activists from Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe gathered for a Southern African Intersex Capacity Strengthening meeting, convened…

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Added on: 02/16/2023

“This Is Why We Became Activists”

02/15/2023

In June 2021, Amani’s girlfriend ended their relationship. Amani told Human Rights Watch that for months prior to the breakup, her girlfriend’s parents had been “refusing to…

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Added on: 06/28/2021

Malawi’s LGBTI Community Marches, Petitions Government for Change

06/27/2021

BLANTYRE, MALAWI – In Malawi, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and inter-sex (LGBTI) community Saturday held their first ever pride parade in the capital, Lilongwe,…

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Added on: 11/25/2019

Malawians conflicted over LGBT+ rights, tolerance, research finds

11/22/2019

Nearly all Malawians think LGBT+ human rights should be protected, yet the same number could not accept a gay or lesbian family member, according to a first-of-its…

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Added on: 12/19/2018

Gay arrests in Malawi: More mixed signals on gay rights

12/19/2018

The southeast African country of Malawi remains torn about homosexuality — unwilling to repeal its anti-homosexuality law, but also unwilling to enforce it. This month’s arrest and…