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Added on: 03/19/2019

Will the African nation of Botswana decriminalise homosexuality in June?

03/19/2019

Botswana’s High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country. It will hand down its judgment…

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Added on: 03/17/2019

No truth for Gambia’s queer people

03/15/2019

Gambia is accounting for its past. Two years after the end of Yahya Jammeh’s brutal 23-year rule, the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission is under way….

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Added on: 03/15/2019

Nigerian lesbian: I need to marry a gay man

03/13/2019

In Nigeria, many LGBTI persons grow anxious as they get older and confront pressures from their families and society to get married. They can’t simply marry the…

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Added on: 03/14/2019

BOTSWANA COURT CASE TO CHALLENGE LEGALITY OF GAY SEX

03/14/2019

Botswana’s High Court will hear on Thursday a case challenging the decriminalization of homosexual intercourse, offering campaigners a rare chance to argue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

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Added on: 03/14/2019

Guinea-Bissau’s ‘Big Mamas’ advance gay pride in conservative West Africa

03/13/2019

Edimilson Silva wears tight jeans, sparkly jewellery and sometimes lipstick – outfits that in neighbouring countries could get him harassed, jailed or even killed. But in his…

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Added on: 03/13/2019

Cameroon university blocks career of LGBTI activist

03/11/2019

Kundy (a pseudonym) is one of the most experienced LGBTI activists in Cameroon. At age 30+, he has had an impressive amount of experience protecting and advocating…

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Added on: 03/12/2019

Egyptian Transgender Woman Forcibly Arrested, at Risk of Torture and Sexual Violence

03/10/2019

19-year-old Malak al-Kashef, who recently had sex reassignment surgery, has not been heard from ever since she was taken by the Egyptian national security at the early…

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Added on: 03/12/2019

Dutch Reformed Church forced to allow same-sex marriage

03/08/2019

A South African court has overturned a decision by the Dutch Reformed Church not to recognise same-sex unions. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria scrapped the church’s…

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Added on: 03/11/2019

On International Women’s Day: End daily ‘corrective rapes’

03/08/2019

Today is International Women’s Day #IWD2019: We celebrate and stand in solidarity with all women, noting their tenacity and fortitude, especially those who courageously survive violence and…

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Added on: 03/10/2019

Meet the young Nigerian running an LGBT clothing brand

03/06/2019

Rex Young, a young Lagos-based Nigerian entrepreneur, is tapping into the country’s LGBT market. Young, a professional graphic designer, has delved into an untapped market of making…

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Added on: 03/08/2019

Fears for transgender Egyptian woman held in men’s prison

03/07/2019

An Egyptian transgender woman arrested for inciting anti-government protests is at risk of torture and sexual violence, activists and rights groups have warned. Malak al-Kashef, 19, has…

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Added on: 03/08/2019

Cameroon death threats: 2 gay lovers outed by each other

03/07/2019

After a financial dispute last month, Steeve, a pastor of the Evangelical Church of Cameroon, attacked his lover, Boris, and publicly revealed that Boris is a homosexual….

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Added on: 03/05/2019

The Gay-Rights Activists Hoping for a Legal Victory in Kenya

03/03/2019

On a recent Friday, gay and lesbian couples, dressed in matching outfits, posed for photos outside of a Nairobi courthouse, in anticipation of a decision that they…

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Added on: 03/03/2019

WHO OWNS THE FIGHT FOR LGBT+ RIGHTS IN THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD?

03/02/2019

Tarek Zeidan, executive director of Lebanese LGBT+ rights group Helem, said it is positive that LGBT+ issues in the Arab world were being talked about at big…

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Added on: 03/03/2019

Activist woman’s worry: More gay Nigerians marry women

03/01/2019

A local activis who is currently working with a women’s rights organization in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, says she is seeing an increasing problem of gay men marrying…

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Added on: 03/01/2019

Nigeria re-elects president who called gay sex ‘abhorrent’

02/28/2019

Nigeria has re-elected President Muhammadu Buhari, who once called gay sex “abhorrent.” While on a trip to meet US President Barack Obama in July 2015, Buhari was…

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Added on: 02/28/2019

The irony: Egypt proud of Rami Malek’s win amidst LGBT crackdown

02/28/2019

Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek’s Oscar win was not only remarkable, but also controversial. His victory sparked a string of various debates – one of which the status…

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Added on: 02/28/2019

Tunisia: Effort to Shut Down LGBT Group

02/26/2019

The Tunisian government should halt its attempt to fight a court ruling that gave an LGBT association the right to operate, Human Rights Watch said today. The…

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Added on: 02/27/2019

LGBT Kenyans’ Patience Has Gone Unrewarded

02/26/2019

Kenya’s High Court on Friday postponed a much-awaited decision on a colonial-era law that has long deprived one group of Kenyans of uhuru, or freedom, promising to…

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Added on: 02/26/2019

Anti-LGBT discrimination costs Kenya ‘up to $1.3 billion’ a year

02/25/2019

A culture of anti-LGBT discrimination could be costing Kenya up to $1.3 billion a year, a new report claims. The report from the pro-LGBT Open for Business…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Tunisia targets pro-gay advocacy at Shams

02/22/2019

The Tunisian government has appealed a 2016 court decision that granted official recognition to the group Shams, which advocates the repeal of the nation’s anti-gay law. “The…

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Added on: 02/24/2019

Tunisian government moves to shutter LGBTQ group, advocate says

02/22/2019

The Tunisian government is attempting to disband one of the country’s few, and arguably its most prominent, LGBTQ rights groups, according to the group’s leader. Mounir Baatour,…

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Added on: 02/23/2019

Politicians’ anti-gay posturing mars Senegal election

02/22/2019

Senegal’s gay community is on edge as the country heads into presidential elections this weekend, with a tradition of candidates flaunting anti-gay views to gain support. Local…

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Added on: 02/22/2019

Kenya High Court delays ruling on law banning gay sex to May 24

02/22/2019

Supporters and opponents of gay rights said on Friday they accepted a decision by Kenya’s High Court to delay for another three months a ruling on whether…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

Kenyan court to rule on decriminalising gay sex

02/21/2019

Kenya’s High Court is to rule on Friday whether to decriminalise gay sex. The court’s verdict could make history if it decides to scrap the law that…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

LGBT+ Africans optimistic as Kenya set to rule on decriminalising gay sex

02/19/2019

There is a quiet air of excitement at the offices of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), as the countdown draws closer to Friday…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

Kenyan United Methodists oppose allowing LGBT clergy, pray for church unity worldwide

02/18/2019

During a recent prayer service here at the Kayole St. John’s United Methodist Church, more than a hundred worshippers followed Rev. Wilton Odongo, one of the church’s…

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Added on: 02/19/2019

Algerian student murdered, ‘he is gay’ written on wall with his blood

02/15/2019

Two assailants executed an Algerian medical student in a shocking homophobic killing on Sunday, in which victim’s blood was smeared on a wall reading “He is Gay.”…

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Added on: 02/17/2019

Hopes High Before Kenya Ruling on Decriminalizing Gay Sex

02/15/2019

Members of Kenya’s LGBT community are looking forward to a High Court ruling that might decriminalize gay sex. The impending ruling is raising hopes among LGBT persons…

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Added on: 02/16/2019

1 year in Egyptian prison. The crime? Interviewing a gay man

02/13/2019

Egypt is a rabidly homophobic country, solidly situated on the list of 73 countries in the world that have made gay sex illegal and it’s getting worse. A…