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Added on: 05/01/2023

‘LGBTQ+ people would have originated from Africa’, says Davis Mac-Iyalla: ‘We are everywhere’

04/30/2023

In January 2023, LGBTQ+ activist Davis Mac-Iyalla was installed as a chief of the Yamonransa Nkusukum area in central Ghana. With the title of Amankorehen, the Nigerian-born activist’s…

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Added on: 05/01/2023

Anti-LGBT Bill: Withdrawal of investment threats will not deter Africa – Speaker Bagbin

04/30/2023

Africa is not deterred by the veiled threats of withdrawal of investments and international aid, Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said. He noted that those threats and…

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Added on: 04/30/2023

Inside the Ugandan church offering sanctuary to the LGBTQ+ community

04/29/2023

In a quiet pocket of Kampala, Uganda, the sound of singing cuts through the Sunday morning silence. The harmonising voices are part of the Adonai Inclusive Christian…

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Added on: 04/29/2023

Hate speech spikes in Kenya after LGBT rights group given green light

04/28/2023

Kenyan LGBT campaigners have been fielding a surge in hate speech since a rights group supporting their cause was given the green light to register as an…

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Added on: 04/27/2023

Uganda’s president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

04/26/2023

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has asked lawmakers to make clear in a proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, as part…

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Added on: 04/27/2023

UK government funded anti-LGBTQ+ organisation in Uganda, says report

04/26/2023

The UK government has been helping to fund the work of a virulently homophobic religious organisation in Uganda, whose leaders have backed a proposed law that would…

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Added on: 04/25/2023

Ugandans flee as Kill the Gays gains momentum across Africa

04/24/2023

Gay Ugandans are fleeing the country as the government’s Anti-Homosexuality Act moves closer to becoming law. “The government and the people of Uganda are against our existence,”…

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Added on: 04/21/2023

Uganda’s president sends anti-LGBTQ bill back to parliament for ‘strengthening’

04/20/2023

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni supports a bill containing some of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation but will send it back to parliament for “strengthening”, the ruling party’s…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

Gay Rwandan woman says government can’t protect LGBTQ+ refugees: ‘They won’t be safe’

04/19/2023

Like many in Rwanda, Maria was raised Christian, which made it even harder for her to accept her sexuality. She recalls spending “a lot of time in churches…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

Japan grants refugee status to woman from Uganda fearing LGBTQ persecution

04/19/2023

A Ugandan woman was granted refugee status Wednesday following a district court ruling last month ordering the government to do so over fears she could be persecuted…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

Global scientists urge Uganda’s president to veto anti-LGBTQ bill

04/19/2023

A group of leading global scientists and academics have signed an open letter urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to veto a hardline bill criminalizing homosexuality in the…

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Added on: 04/19/2023

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

04/18/2023

For Kenya’s lesbians and gays, a supreme court ruling allowing the rights body that represents their interests to register as a non-governmental organisation has turned out to…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Full Interview: Frank Mugisha on New Anti-LGBTQ Bill in Uganda That Could Impose Death Penalty

04/17/2023

Full interview with Ugandan LGBTQ activist Frank Mugisha about a draconian new anti-gay bill the country is on the verge of imposing, which makes it a crime…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

Kaluma’s Bill seeks to criminalise gay relations

04/16/2023

Citizens will be free to apprehend individuals identifying as homosexuals if the Family Protection Bill becomes law. The Bill sponsored by Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma proposes that…

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Added on: 04/16/2023

Meet the activist taking on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ laws

04/15/2023

Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s most prominent LGBTQ rights activist, could face jail time after a new the bill is signed into law that would criminalize even identifying as…

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Added on: 04/14/2023

They’re calling for our extinction’: Uganda activists call on EU to cut aid over anti-gay law

04/13/2023

Uganda’s LGBT community are living “in total fear” after a new bill was passed last month making it illegal to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender….

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Added on: 04/13/2023

Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life

04/12/2023

By Reuters – When Frank Mugisha came out two decades ago, being gay in Uganda could be lonely and uncomfortable, but it was rarely a matter of life…

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Added on: 04/12/2023

In Senegal, justice for LGBTI people is a long way off

04/11/2023

Orlando (pseudonym) is a founding member of the Association for the Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality and the president of a support organization for vulnerable LGBTI people in…

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Added on: 04/11/2023

Uganda’s brutal anti-LGBTQ+ bill is making queer life there unbearable & it isn’t even law yet

04/10/2023

Earlier this month, the Ugandan parliament approved a bill that many believe to be the most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in history. Knowledge of the bill has gained…

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Added on: 04/10/2023

HRW applauds Africa commission resolution recognizing rights of intersex individuals

04/09/2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday applauded the passage of an African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) resolution supporting the rights of intersex individuals. The resolution…

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Added on: 04/09/2023

Here’s what American Christian fundamentalists are exporting to Africa | Column

04/08/2023

Uganda’s parliament recently week approved a law making it a crime for individuals to identify as LGBTQ+. The bill also provides the government with extensive powers to…

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Added on: 04/05/2023

Wherever I go in Africa, I will advocate for respect for LGBTQ community – French Minister

04/04/2023

The French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, has renewed her call for the protection of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community….

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Added on: 04/05/2023

Juju the ally: Malema and EFF come to defence of Uganda’s LGBTQI+ community

04/04/2023

Scores of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members marched to the Ugandan high commission in Pretoria on Tuesday to protest against the East African country’s bill which criminalises…

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Added on: 04/04/2023

Ghanaian president doubles down on anti-LGBT bill

04/03/2023

AN ANTI-LGBT bill which was expected to impose some of the harshest laws against gay people has had “substantial elements” modified, the President of Ghana has said….

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Added on: 04/03/2023

In Morocco, YouTube is one tool to attack LGBTQ, vulnerable communities

04/02/2023

RABAT — YouTube can be a space to start a business, educate and build a community. Unfortunately, it is also sometimes used to perpetuate hate among already…

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Added on: 04/02/2023

USAID, Ugandan Activists Striving to Support HIV Patients Amid Anti-Gay Bill

03/31/2023

Uganda’s former prime minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, has applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development for its support in fighting AIDS, saying the country cannot afford to treat…

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Added on: 04/01/2023

South Africans Protest Uganda Law Criminalising LGBTQ Identity

03/31/2023

South Africans took to the streets of Pretoria and Cape Town on Friday to protest against a Ugandan law passed last week that makes it a criminal…

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Added on: 03/31/2023

Mothers beg president to drop anti-gay law plans

03/29/2023

A group of Ugandan mothers who have LGBT children have written a letter to President Yoweri Museveni urging him not to sign into law a new draft…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Gay Ugandan asks ‘Where will I go?’ as secret shelters under threat

03/29/2023

Uganda’s parliament last week passed one of the world’s toughest laws against homosexual activities, prompting widespread condemnation. If signed into law by the president, anyone who identifies…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Kenya’s Christian Professionals Vow to Restore Family Culture after Pro-Homosexual Ruling

03/27/2023

Nairobi, 27 March, 2023 / 9:45 pm (ACI Africa). Christian Professionals in Kenya have vowed to reinstate the “culture of life and family” in the East African nation…