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Added on: 08/29/2024

Ultra-conservative advocacy group pushing right-wing ideologies in Kenya

08/28/2024

A Supreme Court of Kenya ruling meant to reaffirm the rights of queer Kenyans as guaranteed in the Constitution was ironically used to unleash unbalanced, politically-motivated homophobia,…

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Added on: 08/28/2024

How Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community is fighting the country’s deadly “Family Values” bill

08/27/2024

Like every other queer community on the continent already living in fear after being targeted with draconian anti-gay laws, the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana was the latest…

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Added on: 08/27/2024

Pope welcomed Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist to Rome

08/26/2024

A Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist revealed she met with Pope Francis in Rome earlier this month. Clare Byarugaba, the diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for Chapter Four Uganda,…

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Added on: 08/27/2024

Uganda Police accused of raping male prisoners

08/26/2024

Human rights activists have demanded the Uganda Police Force respond to allegations of widespread human rights violations within its cells, including reports of officers raping male inmates….

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Added on: 08/25/2024

African countries that have passed anti-gay law

08/24/2024

These laws vary in severity, ranging from restrictions on LGBTQ+ expression to criminal penalties, including imprisonment or even the death penalty. Here are some examples: 1. Uganda…

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Added on: 08/22/2024

Details Emerge in Senseless Murder of Trans Woman Clement Hadebe

08/21/2024

A friend of Clement Hadebe, a transgender woman recently murdered in Johannesburg, has spoken out to correct what they describe as inaccurate media reports about the circumstances…

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Added on: 08/20/2024

QTalk: Nigerian pastor fights for identity after church rejection

08/19/2024

Andrew, a 30-year-old gay man from Nigeria, turned to the Qtalk app for counseling after being dismissed from his pastoral role when his church discovered his sexuality….

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Added on: 08/20/2024

Joburg Murder Sparks Transphobic Victim Blaming

08/19/2024

The horrific murder of Clement Hadebe, a queer individual in Johannesburg, has sparked a flood of hateful, victim-blaming transphobic bigotry on social media. Reports of Hadebe’s death,…

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Added on: 08/16/2024

Activists sound alarm as gay exorcism cult seeks foothold in Scotland

08/15/2024

As the Scottish government seeks to ban conversion therapy, it is granting charity status to a notorious cult that believes in witchcraft, advocates gay exorcism, and extolls…

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Added on: 08/15/2024

Pope Meets Ugandan LGBTIQ Activist in Rome

08/14/2024

In a historic moment, a Ugandan LGBTIQ activist has met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, reportedly receiving his support in the fight for equal rights. In a…

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Added on: 08/14/2024

‘Worse than business as usual’: EU overlooks Uganda’s attack on human rights

08/13/2024

The European Union claims to stand up for human rights, the rule of law, transparency in government and peaceful, democratic elections. Yet in recent years it has…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

Queer Nigerian victims of online blackmail fight back

08/12/2024

Entrapment of LGBTQ+ Nigerians through dating apps and social media has been documented for years, yet most perpetrators continue to walk free. Now, queer people are turning…

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Added on: 08/10/2024

Nigerian transgender TikToker found dead

08/09/2024

Nigerian police are investigating the death of a Nigerian transgender TikToker known as “Abuja Area Mama”. The beaten and bruised body of 33-year-old transgender woman was found…

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Added on: 08/09/2024

COMMENTARY: Malawi court’s anti-gay ruling is full of nonsense

08/09/2024

MALAWI — The High Court released its (LONG) judgement in the case in which it upheld the country’s colonial-era “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” laws,…

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Added on: 08/08/2024

Liberia: New Bill Aims to Punish Homosexuality with Life in Prison

08/07/2024

An extreme anti-LGBTIQ+ bill has been introduced in the Parliament of Liberia, following in the footsteps of similarly draconian legislation passed in other African nations. The copycat bill,…

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Added on: 08/08/2024

Diplomatic punches thrown at UN over Olympic women’s boxing

08/07/2024

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Russia and Algeria threw diplomatic punches at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday after Russia brought up an Olympic boxing gender row during…

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Added on: 08/06/2024

Nigeria: From holy celibacy to secret lesbian marriage

08/05/2024

When asked, “What kind of childhood did you have?”Awele responds cheerfully. “I had a very happy childhood. I had a very protected childhood. I had a very…

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Added on: 08/05/2024

Uganda: Man Charged with Aggravated Homosexuality Released on Bail After a Year

08/04/2024

Michael Opolot, one of the first men to face the death penalty under Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), has been released on bail after a year awaiting trial. Opolot,…

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Added on: 08/04/2024

Malawi LGBTQ communities struggle to access health care

08/03/2024

More than 700,000 people — the estimated 3.5% of Malawi’s nearly 21 million people who identify as LGBTQ — face discrimination when seeking health care, even though…

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Added on: 08/03/2024

Mozambique’s transgender history is on display in a powerful photo exhibition

08/02/2024

A pioneering queer photo exhibition that was staged 20 years ago in Mozambique and South Africa has found new life and a new audience. Manas 2000-2024, by…

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Added on: 08/02/2024

Ghana’s traditional leaders urge President to act on Anti-LGBTQI bill or face God’s wrath

08/01/2024

The bill, officially known as “The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021,” has been a subject of intense debate and controversy…

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Added on: 08/01/2024

German colonialism in Africa has a chilling history – new book explores how it lives on

07/31/2024

Germany was a significant – and often brutal – colonial power in Africa. But this colonial history is not told as often as that of other imperialist…

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Added on: 07/30/2024

The glitter and the grit: Inside Nigeria’s queer ballroom subculture

07/29/2024

When Countess Sasha Seduction, a Nigerian non-binary drag queen, got to attend their first ballroom experience, a 2022 Halloween ball in Lagos, Nigeria, it felt like a…

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Added on: 07/28/2024

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

07/27/2024

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: 07/26/2024

Ghana’s top court upholds law criminalizing gay sex

07/25/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a six-decade-old law criminalizing gay sex as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to introduce even harsher…

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Added on: 07/26/2024

Namibia: Government Appeals Historic Same-Sex Ruling

07/25/2024

The Government of Namibia has chosen the wrong side of history by challenging the recent High Court ruling that declared the country’s apartheid-era ban on same-sex intimacy…

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Added on: 07/23/2024

Out of the closet, out of care: LGBTQ communities in Malawi struggle to access health care

07/22/2024

In Lilongwe, Malawi, 24-year-old Cleo Jones recalls feeling more comfortable around girls than boys during childhood. Jones came out as queer and nonbinary at the age of…

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Added on: 07/22/2024

From fear to freedom: LGBTQ+ migrants seek safe haven in Germany

07/21/2024

Faced with rape threats, forced conversion therapy, and the necessity to flee their homeland, four queer individuals share their experiences with DW. “The Russian police threatened to…

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Added on: 07/21/2024

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act challenged at Supreme Court

07/19/2024

Following months of preparations, the long-awaited joint appeal to the Supreme Court of Uganda against the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) was formally lodged on July 11 by 22…

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Added on: 07/19/2024

House to review anti-homosexuality law

07/18/2024

Capitol Hill, Liberia, July 19, 2024 – Liberia’s House of Representatives has instructed its committees on Gender, Health, and Judiciary to review the request for the amendment…