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Global News

Added on: 01/01/2021

SA may be getting random ID numbers – or an ‘X’ for transgender people

12/31/2020

The department of home affairs is considering assigning random identity numbers to South Africans, to replace the current structured, 11-digit system. Random ID numbers are more secure…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

From coronavirus crackdowns to court battles: 10 top LGBT+ stories in 2020

12/24/2020

LONDON, Dec 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Coronavirus dominated news around the world in 2020, creating particular challenges for the LGBT+ community in terms of mental health,…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

37 arrests of allegedly LGBTQ Senegalese since September

12/29/2020

In Senegal, an almost totalitarian atmosphere reigns in the holy city of Touba. It is patrolled by Islamist religious militias. Citizens are encouraged to denounced suspected homosexuals….

Global News

Added on: 12/29/2020

Muslim school accused of expelling pupil over lesbian claims

12/27/2020

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is investigating a private religious school in Johannesburg for allegedly throwing out a pupil who was “accused” of being lesbian. The…

World Voices

Added on: 12/28/2020

Dr. Frank Mugisha – Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

Can you tell me about some of this research that you did earlier this year about the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTI communities in Uganda? Uganda is…

Global News

Added on: 12/26/2020

My intersex husband

12/26/2020

Aku finally nailed it. She got married to the love of her life, a 40-year-old man, after two years of courtship without intimacy. As tradition will have…

Global News

Added on: 12/25/2020

Uganda charges leading lawyer for LGBT rights with money laundering

12/25/2020

Nicholas Opiyo, one of Uganda’s most prominent human rights lawyers, has been charged with money laundering. Opiyo, known for representing LGBTQ+ people, appeared before magistrates in Kampala…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2020

Uganda detains leading lawyer for LGBT rights on money-laundering charges

12/22/2020

Security agencies in Uganda have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer over alleged money laundering. Nicholas Opiyo, known for representing LGBTQ+ people, was arrested in a restaurant…

Global News

Added on: 12/19/2020

Keep on talking: gay imam engages Africans in pandemic

12/18/2020

It’s hard to pull up a chair and talk sex or fly imams over closed borders for gender training in a pandemic. But Imam Muhsin Hendricks wasn’t…

Global News

Added on: 12/15/2020

Cameroon: With Israeli aid, drop-in center can now fight AIDS better

12/15/2020

Diagnostic equipment donated by Israel will allow members of the LGBTI community to rely on Camfaids for HIV-related health services rather than depending on clinics that stigmatize…

Global News

Added on: 12/15/2020

Egyptian pastor opens conversion therapy school to “treat” LGBTQ youth

12/14/2020

An evangelical pastor in Egypt intends to open up school in Heliopolis which will inflict conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth in the area. Pastor Tony George Rizk,…

Global News

Added on: 12/11/2020

“Kill Them, They Are Sodomites” – Police Violence Against LGBT People in Tunisia

12/10/2020

On October 6, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Tunisia raised their voices and banners in the street, amid the hundreds of demonstrators who were…

World Voices

Added on: 12/07/2020

Agapitus Hausiku – Out-Right, Namibia

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

How has the Out-Right Namibia community been impacted by COVID-19? The community has been greatly impacted by the pandemic. We are inundated with requests for assistance on…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2020

African churches: Why preach love, then imprison gays?

11/30/2020

Why do people who preach love every Sunday want people put in prison for what they do in the privacy of their bedrooms? That was one of…

Global News

Added on: 12/02/2020

Queer Ugandans beaten with iron rods, burned with firewood and forced to confess to being gay after ‘bogus’ shelter raid

11/29/2020

LGBT+ Ugandans arrested under dubious coronavirus charges have revealed the harrowing levels of abuse they faced while in prison – being beaten with iron rods, burnt with…

Global News

Added on: 11/26/2020

#EndSARS: LGBT Nigerians get extra help to cope with crisis

11/24/2020

More than a dozen LGBT Nigerians suffering from violence stirred up by #EndSARS protests have benefited from an emergency community relief program run by the LGBTIQ+ advocacy…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2020

Kenya’s LGBTQ Community Faces Increased Abuse During Pandemic

11/24/2020

NAIROBI – Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ community. Homosexuality is illegal…

Global News

Added on: 11/24/2020

Slander, HIV, bias at work – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians

11/22/2020

Kola, a Lagos-based gay man, is deeply worried because his photograph ended up on a popular Facebook page along with accusations that he is an anti-gay blackmailer….

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Nigeria’s First Lesbian Film Courts Controversy Ahead of Online Debut

11/22/2020

“Ife” is a love story, pure and simple, the film’s producer said. The title is taken from the word for “love” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria….

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2020

President Museveni Blames LGBT Community For Nation-Wide Protests

11/20/2020

Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is currently on his campaign trail has blamed the international LGBT community for the nation-wide protests that broke out on Wednesday…

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2020

“LGBT people still tend to hide”

11/17/2020

Homophobia haunts many African countries, including Uganda. The civil-society organisations Queer Youth Uganda is making efforts to improve things for LGBT people. The four letters stand for…

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2020

Homophobic Tanzania seeks close ties to gay-friendly Joe Biden

11/17/2020

The homophobic Tanzanian President, Dr John Magufuli, has sent a belated congratulatory message to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, seeking a continued close…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2020

Angola: New penal code adds protections for sexual orientation

11/12/2020

Angola’s National Assembly approved a final reading of the new Penal Code which will go into effect in February 2021. The code removes the phrase “vices against…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2020

Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa’s LGBT+ refugees

11/12/2020

Joe Biden’s electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at home only to languish in Kenya when President…

Global News

Added on: 11/09/2020

Senegal: Prison for 8 men arrested at supposed ‘gay wedding’

11/08/2020

A total of 24 people were arrested at the party in the Keur Gorgui section of Dakar. Of the 24, five were sentenced to six months in…

Global News

Added on: 11/08/2020

Zanele Muholi review – portraiture as activism

11/7/2020

There is an image so astonishing in this epochal exhibition you can hardly tear your eyes away. It is a self-portrait by the great South African photographer…

Global News

Added on: 11/07/2020

#EndSARS is a huge moment in Nigeria’s queer history

11/05/2020

If there is one thing that unites a lot of Nigerians, it is hatred toward queer people. Religion is the basis for a good amount of this….

World Voices

Added on: 11/04/2020

Alex Kofi Donkor – LGBT+ Rights Ghana

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

What is it like in terms of self-expression in Ghana? How does that affect LGBT people? There are quite a number of inequalities here, and it streams…

Global News

Added on: 11/03/2020

Egypt detains two men on ‘suspicion’ over their sexual orientation: HRW

11/02/2020

Egyptian authorities have unlawfully detained two men, citing “suspicion” over their sexual orientation and under the pretext of investigation into a high-profile gang-rape case, Human Rights Watch…

Global News

Added on: 11/02/2020

Nigeria’s first LGBTQ online streaming platform launches

11/02/2020

With the country’s anti-gay laws in place, pro-LGBT media contents especially films, are often censored and banned, making it difficult for members of the community to see…