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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

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…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

As Angola decriminalizes homosexuality, where does the African continent stand?

02/10/2019

Angola has done away with criminalizing homosexuality, removing a notorious “vices against nature” provision in its penal code. Other African nations still punish people for same-sex relationships. The…

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Added on: 02/06/2019

‘Space to coexist’: Inside South Africa’s LGBT-friendly Mosque

02/05/2019

Neatly laid out and facing Mecca, it is the colourful prayer mats arranged in a rainbow pattern that offer the first clue that the Masjid Ul-Umam mosque…

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Added on: 02/02/2019

Cameroon: Crowd kills ‘man of God’ caught in the act

01/30/2019

Diallo (a pseudonym), a human rights activist in Maroua, reports. A homosexual couple was surprised in the midst of love-making one morning last October in a shop in…

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Added on: 02/01/2019

Stop hating gay people, says Nigerian actress Tonto Dikeh.

01/31/2019

Dikeh made the positive comment on Instagram in support of Jussie Smollet, an African-American Nollywood actor who was recently brutally attacked by two men, which many are now…

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Added on: 01/31/2019

Angola decriminalizes homosexuality

01/29/2019

In a landmark reform, 155 parliamentarians voted for Angola’s first overhaul of the criminal statute books since gaining independence from Portugal. They voted to drop the colonial…

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Added on: 01/29/2019

Moroccan LGBT man claims police abuse, officers sanctioned

01/25/2019

Chafik Lafrid, 33, said his life become ‘‘hell’‘ when he went out on December 31 last year dressed like a woman. The Moroccan gay man claims that…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown Expands to Stifle Journalists

01/25/2019

An Egyptian television anchor was unexpectedly sentenced to one year in prison for interviewing a gay man on TV last week. The conviction of Mohamed Al-Ghaity, a host on the satellite…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

Holocaust Memorial Day: How the pink triangle became a symbol of gay rights

01/26/2019

As the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday (January 27), PinkNews remembers all those in the LGBT+ community that were persecuted by the Nazis—and how the…

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Added on: 01/25/2019

Nigeria police spokesperson tells gay people: Leave or face prosecution

01/23/2019

A prominent police officer in Nigeria has told gay people to “leave the country or face prosecution.” Dolapo Badmos, a Chief Superintendent and Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, also…

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Added on: 01/25/2019

Dozens of LGBT+ refugees in Kenya fall sick at U.N. shelter

01/24/2019

Dozens of LGBT+ refugees living in a shelter run by the United Nations in Kenya were taken to hospital after falling sick on Thursday, days after they…

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Added on: 01/24/2019

Angola Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct

01/24/2019

Angola has finally shed the divisive “vices against nature” provision in its law, widely interpreted to be a ban on homosexual conduct. Taking things one step further, the government…

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Added on: 01/23/2019

Grindr Banned in Lebanon: List of Countries that Prohibit Gay Dating App

1/21/2019

Lebanon has reportedly banned people from accessing Grindr, a gay dating mobile app, on the country’s public network. SMEX, a Lebanese NGO that works toward empowering people, reached…