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Added on: 12/02/2019

Zambia: 15-year prison sentences ‘shocked the world’

11/29/2019

The 15-year prison sentences imposed this week on a gay Zambian couple are a shocking miscarriage of justice, African gay-rights activists declare. The U.S. ambassador to Zambia…

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Added on: 11/29/2019

Gay sex is banned – so Ghanaians dance against homophobia

11/28/2019

Gay sex may be illegal in Ghana – dancing isn’t. So rappers and singers are using music videos to embrace LGBT+ life and fight homophobia in this…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge

11/27/2019

Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year…

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Added on: 11/26/2019

Zimbabwe High Court Awards Damages In Ground Breaking Judgment

11/25/2019

The Honourable Justice Bere awarded Ricky Nathanson, a transgender woman and activist originally from Bulawayo, $400,000 in damages. The High Court awarded Ms Nathanson damages for unlawful…

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Added on: 11/25/2019

Uganda bans thousands of charities in crackdown

11/22/2019

Uganda’s government has told more than 12,000 charities that they can no longer operate in the country. Following a review that took place in August and September,…

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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: 11/18/2019

Uganda: Stop Police Harassment of LGBT People

11/17/2019

The Ugandan authorities should drop charges against dozens of people arrested over the last month in Kampala, the capital, on the basis of their presumed sexual orientation…

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Added on: 11/15/2019

LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at ‘inclusive’ global sexual health summit

11/14/2019

A global summit on sexual and reproductive health hailed by organisers as being an inclusive event failed to adequately hear the voices of sexual minorities, some LGBT+…

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Added on: 11/14/2019

Sacked, shunned and suicidal – the Cameroon sports stars battling anti-gay laws

11/13/2019

Cameroonian athlete Thierry Essamba still trains every day, even though he has little hope of reviving a career cut off when he was ousted from the national…

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Added on: 11/13/2019

Uganda charges 67 after raid on gay bar

11/12/2019

A Ugandan court charged 67 people with causing a nuisance on Tuesday after they were arrested in a gay-friendly bar, in a move condemned by activists as…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

Uganda Police Confirm Arrest of 120 LGBT People

11/11/2019

Ugandan police said Monday that in an operation around Kampala’s city center, they arrested 120 people suspected to have been using narcotics. However, members of the LGBT…

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Added on: 11/11/2019

Anti-LGBTQ and Anti-Choice World Congress of Families and Its Russian Backers Seek to Expand Influence in Africa

11/08/2019

The World Congress of Families, an international network of anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice activists, sponsored a regional conference in Accra, Ghana, last week. Organizers pitched it as an…

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Added on: 11/11/2019

Same-Sex Relationships No Longer a Crime in Botswana

11/10/2019

Botswana becomes yet another African country to repeal its colonial laws against homosexuality, and recognise gay people as humans deserving of love and respect. Several decades ago,…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

‘Stigma follows us’: Cape Town’s homeless, transgender women fight for recognition

11/06/2019

Beneath a bridge in the Cape Town suburb of Woodstock, a strung-together network of blankets serves as a refuge for a group of women fighting stigma on…

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Added on: 11/05/2019

Kenyan census results a ‘big win’ for intersex people

11/04/2019

The results of Kenya’s first census to recognize intersex people are a “big win” for their rights, campaigners said as the data was released on Monday, expressing…

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Added on: 11/04/2019

Proud lesbian Kenyan pastor opens up about her attraction to women in emotional interview

11/03/2019

Jacinta Nzilani spoke to a local radio station about her 25-year marriage to a man despite knowing since she was 16 that she was attracted women. She…

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Added on: 11/03/2019

African HIV experts are calling on Uganda to legalise homosexuality

11/02/2019

Four leading African HIV experts are calling on the government in Uganda to decriminalise homosexuality in order to tackle the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. Serge Paul Eholié from…

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Added on: 11/01/2019

Bisi Alimi Organises First-Ever LGBT Event In Lagos

10/30/2019

Nigerian gay rights activist Bisi Alimi has organised the first-ever LGBT event in Nigeria. The event tagged “Night of Diversity 2019” was organised by his foundation The…

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Added on: 11/01/2019

Ghana Should Resist World Congress of Families’ Anti-LGBT Message

10/31/2019

Emelia, a woman in her thirties living in Kumasi, Ghana, will never forget the day her father found out she was a lesbian. He beat her for…

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Added on: 10/29/2019

South Africa: Christians show pride in gay community

10/28/2019

The queer community at Joburg Pride on Saturday in Sandton were joined by an oddly unexpected group of individuals who have historically condemned their existence – Christians….

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Added on: 10/28/2019

Uganda moves to allay fears over anti-gay sex law

10/25/2019

Uganda has sought to reassure sexual minorities that they are safe, saying it has no plans to introduce the death penalty for gay sex after reports of…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

Uganda arrested 16 LGBTQ activists. Here’s where else gay rights are a battleground in the world.

10/26/2019

This week Ugandan police arrested 16 LGBTQ activists on charges of gay sex — which is punishable by life imprisonment. Police arrested them at the sexual health…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

Anti-gay law ‘like a gun pointing at us’ says eSwatini activist

10/25/2019

When LGBT+ people took to the streets last year for the first ever Pride march in eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, some hardly believed they could celebrate…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Uganda arrests 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex

10/24/2019

Uganda has said it has arrested 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex, which is punishable with life imprisonment, in what fellow activists called an escalating…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

Anti-homosexuality Bill poses severe threat to human rights

10/24/2019

Uganda is facing a serious threat to human rights and the HIV response with the announcement of plans to introduce legislation that will impose the death penalty…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Christian group claims Ethiopia is soft on homosexuality

10/21/2019

A group affiliated with Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government’s silence on homosexuality in the country. Speaking at a conference [Sept. 8] in…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

Ghana: Former Pres Kufuor Urges Fight Against Same Sex Marriages

10/21/2019

Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the world to fight against same sex marriages. He stated that no amount of argument could change the fact that…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

‘They paid a guy to kill me’: health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

10/21/2019

Maria Nantale is enjoying a beer at a rickety wooden bar after a long day’s work. “Forty people tested today,” she reflects. “Found three positives. One of…

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Added on: 10/20/2019

Zambia must shun the anti-gay politics of disgust

10/20/2019

Zambia’s president has made homosexuality a campaign issue to distract attention from the fact that his people are starving, millions are living in poverty, and the nation…

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Added on: 10/19/2019

Coming Out in Uganda Was a Death Sentence. The U.S. Border Was a Trap.

10/18/2019

Margaret didn’t know what was going to happen when she approached the bridge between Juárez and El Paso, but she knew she couldn’t wait anymore. Six months…