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Global News

Added on: 05/14/2021

Benin: Threat On Transgender People and Their Defenders Following Assault On Three of Them

05/13/2021

Authorities in Benin must immediately take all necessary measures to protect transgender people and the associations that defend them, after three transgender women were forced to undress,…

Global News

Added on: 05/12/2021

Cameroonian transgender women convicted of ‘attempted homosexuality’

05/11/2021

A local social media celebrity known as Shakiro, who also is identified as Loic Njeukam, and Patricia, also identified as Roland Mouthe, were arrested on Feb. 8….

Global News

Added on: 05/10/2021

UN Condemns Ugandan Bill to Criminalize Same-Sex Relations

05/09/2021

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling on Uganda to amend a bill to ban same-sex relations that it says would…

Global News

Added on: 05/09/2021

Trans men mocked and denied entry to Egypt by border guards because they ‘do not look female’

5/8/21

Or Mizan and Titi Katan, both from Haifa, Israel, were travelling to Egypt for a five-day holiday in the Ras a-Satan resort in the Sinai peninsula when…

Global News

Added on: 05/08/2021

In hiding, Ghana’s queer activists keep up the fight

5/6/21

More than two months after fleeing “unprecedented” threats of violence, members of the queer rights organisation LGBT+ Rights Ghana are still in hiding. “It is very challenging….

Global News

Added on: 05/06/2021

Uncertain future for LGBT+ rights in Uganda as controversial bill is passed

05/05/2021

The Ugandan Parliament on Monday passed the Sexual Offenses Bill, which contains a clause to criminalize same-sex relationships. The bill prescribes a five-year-jail term for anyone guilty…

Global News

Added on: 05/06/2021

Egypt’s Al-Sisi Regime Is Still “Disappearing” Researchers Who Oppose Its Crimes

05/05/2021

It is three months since reproductive rights researcher Ahmed Samir Abdelhay Ali presented himself at the fifth district police station in central Cairo. He is still yet…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2021

Uganda strengthens anti-gay laws, brands gay sex an unnatural offense

05/04/2021

Uganda has further strengthened its anti-gay laws with new legislation that brands gay sex an “unnatural offense.” The African nation already criminalizes same-sex sexual relations, with Uganda’s…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2021

Uganda strengthens anti-gay laws, brands gay sex an “unnatural offense”

05/04/20201

Global News

Added on: 05/04/2021

Meet the Ugandan trans activist fighting for rights on social media

05/03/2021

“If you want to know that [Keem] is a man, just snatch away his phone and run,” taunted an Internet troll under Keem Love Black’s new profile…

Global News

Added on: 05/03/2021

Gay refugee ‘ambushed’ by homophobe and left with broken leg: ‘I feel like the world has rejected me’

05/02/2021

As Canary Murungi walked on foot to the shops in the Kakuma Refugee Camp at 11am, a fellow refugee from Sudan spotted him, he told PinkNews. “He…

Global News

Added on: 05/02/2021

LGBTI refugees denied asylum by Home Affairs bigotry

5/1/21

A report released on Thursday by several civil society organisations has found evidence that LGBT refugees are being denied asylum in South Africa despite being, “… eligible…

Global News

Added on: 05/01/2021

Gay Ugandan refugee’s odyssey to Vancouver chronicled in film

4/30/21

“We’re not rescuing. We’re not saving. We’re walking in solidarity with them.” So says Rainbow Refugee’s Chris Morrisey in Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams new film…

Global News

Added on: 05/01/2021

Hate crime crisis | Lucky Motshabi is 7th LGBTIQ+ person murdered

4/30/21

The LGBTIQ+ hate crime body count continues to rise with the murder of Lucky Motshabi in Limpopo. Yet, the government offers no plan of action. On Friday,…

Global News

Added on: 04/27/2021

Cameroonian LGBT activist champions imprisoned transgender women

04/26/2021

Coming from Cameroon where letting it be known that she was a lesbian could lead to prison time, activist and social media influencer Bandy Kiki struggled to…

Global News

Added on: 04/27/2021

Project lifts the voices of Eswatini’s LGBT people

04/26/2021

Voices of Eswatini, a new project from Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) and All Out, amplifies the voices of the small but strong LGBT community in…

Global News

Added on: 04/26/2021

CGE VOWS TO USE LEGAL POWERS TO PROTECT MEMBERS OF LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY

04/24/2021

The Commission For Gender Equality is promising to use its legal powers to protect the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, following a recent…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2021

SOUTH AFRICAN LGBTI+ COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATIONS SPEAK UP AGAINTS HATE CRIMES

4/23/21

Several LGBTI+ and human rights organizations came together this week and released a joint press statement condemning the hate crimes that have been rocked South Africa over…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2021

Namibia denies residency to infant daughters of gay citizen

04/20/2021

A Namibian court ruled Monday against a gay couple demanding the right to bring their infant daughters home after being born to a surrogate in South Africa….

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2021

Blocked by YouTube over ‘curing’ gays, Nigerian pastor speaks up

04/20/2021

A popular Nigerian evangelical preacher, TB Joshua, has called on his followers to “pray for YouTube” after the platform blocked his channel over allegations of hate speech…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2021

The Ugandan mum who was once ashamed of her gay son

04/19/2021

When Rita heard rumours that her son was gay she refused to believe it. At the time, she thought that homosexuality was an abomination – a “problem”…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2021

We cannot turn this country into a satanic one – Chieftaincy Minister rallies support from Chief Imam

04/19/2021

The Chieftaincy and Religious Minister, Ebenezer Kojo Kum has asked for support from leaders of the Muslim community as measures are being put in place to prevent…

World Voices

Added on: 04/17/2021

Ali Bousselmi — Mawjoudin, Tunisia

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in activism? I think after the revolution, a lot of associations were founded, and when I saw my friends take part in…

Global News

Added on: 04/16/2021

Cameroon: Abuses of LGBTQ People Increasing in Cameroon

04/15/2021

Human Rights Watch said in a report this week that LGBTQ people are suffering a fresh wave of persecution in Cameroon, where same-sex relations are illegal. The…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2021

Tunisian LGBT rights group provides vital services during pandemic

04/14/2021

The Tunisian LGBT rights group Mawjoudin (Arabic for “We Exist”) has been providing vital services to vulnerable community members through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its just-released…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2021

LGBT persecution on the rise in Cameroon, Human Rights Watch says

04/15/2021

Cameroon security forces have arrested, threatened or assaulted at least 24 people since February in a ramped-up crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) people, Human…

Global News

Added on: 04/14/2021

Fury at UNHCR as burned Kakuma LGBTQIA+ refugee dies

04/13/2021

Activists slam the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) after Kakuma Camp LGBTQIA+ refugee and human rights defender Chriton ‘Trinidad’ Atuhwera dies from burns sustained in a homophobic attack….

Global News

Added on: 04/11/2021

Angry LGBTQI+ community demands justice following brutal murder

4/10/21

As Human Rights Month ended, Sphamandla Khoza’s family learnt that he was killed in an alleged hate crime which sparked outrage, calls for justice and marches. Last…

Global News

Added on: 04/10/2021

LBQ Womxn in Uganda: a plea for equal access to health

4/9/21

Freedom and Roam Uganda, a lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) organisation, is about to publish a book urging Ugandan human rights and health-care rights advocates to incorporate…

Global News

Added on: 04/07/2021

How a Black, Gay Refugee Created a Community For Queer Asylum Seekers

04/06/2021

In 2014, Nigeria passed a law providing penalties of up to 14 years in prison for couples that enter into a same-sex union, and up to 10…