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Added on: 09/09/2019

Ethiopian church-affiliated group urges action against gays

09/08/2019

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 Sunday in Addis…

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Added on: 08/27/2019

Shining a light on lesbian experiences in Nigeria

08/22/2019

“If you haven’t come out to yourself, it’s difficult to come out to [other] people … At first, it might look like a difficult task, like something…

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Added on: 08/23/2019

‘Hunted for my sexuality’: How social media is fuelling homophobic attacks in Mali

08/22/2019

The film is grainy but the viewer can make out shadows looming over a woman cowering in fear. Men are shouting, hitting and demanding that their victim…

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Added on: 08/21/2019

In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people

08/20/2019

Kenya will become the first African country to recognize its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy that does…

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Added on: 08/19/2019

Butuan students reminded on anti-discrimination ordinance

08/19/2019

With the implementation of the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance here, the students of various schools were reminded on the provisions of said ordinance during a symposium conducted by the…

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Added on: 08/18/2019

New survey finds a decrease in homophobic attitudes in Nigeria

08/18/2019

A survey from The Initiative for Equality Rights has found that homophobic attitudes in Nigeria are decreasing. The survey was last conducted in 2017, and this time…

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Added on: 08/16/2019

Côte d’Ivoire: Bill to Amend Marriage Law Approved

08/09/2019

On March 27, 2019, the Council of Ministers of Côte d’Ivoire approved a bill that would substantially amend the country’s marriage law. It must now be presented…

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Added on: 08/15/2019

Cameroon’s most prominent LGBT+ activist Marc Lambert Lamba has passed away

08/14/2019

Marc Lambert Lamba a leading LGBT rights activist in Cameroon, passed away unexpectedly on August 4th of a stroke at age 44. In 2000 Lambert founded Cameroon’s first…

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Added on: 08/14/2019

Fear: If unchained, faith-based bias would crush LGBT medical care

08/13/2019

Gay Africans barred from medical care. A rise in HIV infections in homophobic countries. Reduced access to health care for LGBTI people both in the United States…

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Added on: 08/12/2019

Johannesburg holds city’s first black, queer ball

08/12/2019

LGBTQ people gathered in Johannesburg recently for the city’s first official black queer ball. Organizers say the event was to create a safe space for people in…

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Added on: 08/08/2019

Swaziland: LGBTI Discrimination in Swaziland Leads to Big Mental Health Issues, Report Finds

08/08/2019

LGBTI people in Swaziland/eSwatini suffer mental health issues and many have attempted suicide because of the way they are discriminated against in the kingdom. This has prompted…

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Added on: 07/31/2019

‘We need freedom’: Sehaq, the party space for Amsterdam’s queer refugees

07/31/2019

At the dinner table, conversations bubble around people as they tuck into a three-course meal. A plethora of different nationalities and identities have pulled up a chair…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

Man who raped lesbian to ‘fix her’ must serve out life sentence

07/25/2019

A convicted rapist from Petrusville, who believed in “corrective rape” for lesbians, has lost his appeal against the life sentence he is currently serving Zabathini Jonas, 34,…

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Added on: 07/24/2019

LGBT Tunisia: Rift over Israel, tactics, morals of gay candidate

07/23/2019

Eleven Tunisian LGBT rights groups have attacked gay presidential candidate Mounir Baatour and his LGBT association, Shams, criticizing them for lack of hostility to Israel, for alleged…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

Youth Fleeing Persecution Lacks Access to Social Protection in Liberia

07/22/2019

Mohammed Kamara, on a break from one of his classes, walked into the seaside apartment of his friend in a clustered community of corrugated roofs for a…

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Added on: 07/18/2019

In Burkina Faso, being transgender means living in the shadows

07/17/2019

Amidst roars of laughter, Naomi takes out her phone and shows us photos of herself, having fun with a friend, posing for the camera, both in high…

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Added on: 07/17/2019

Egyptian Authorities Free Trans Woman and LGBT+ Activist After 4 Months in Prison

07/16/2019

After four months in solitary confinement in a male prison, Malak al-Kashif, a transgender woman who was arrested for being a part of a “terrorist group”, was…

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Added on: 07/14/2019

Meet the man hoping to become the Muslim world’s first openly gay president

07/14/2019

Mounir Baatour’s office is cool, the steady thrum of the air conditioner offering a welcome break from the blistering summer heat that has descended upon Tunis. Past…

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Added on: 07/06/2019

Botswana seeks to overturn ruling that legalized gay sex

07/06/2019

Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison. Last…

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Added on: 07/05/2019

UK ordered to return lesbian after wrongly deporting her back to Uganda

07/02/2019

The UK is ordered to return a gay woman after wrongly deporting her to Uganda. The 25-year-old, who was deported five years ago, was told she could…

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Added on: 07/02/2019

Tunisia: LGBT right group leader announces plans to run for November Presidential elections

07/01/2019

The leader of Tunisia’s LGBT community, Shams, has announced plans to run for November presidential elections, first time ever a gay enters a presidential race in the…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

Video: LGBT activists talk openly about life in Morocco

06/29/2019

In collaboration with the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE), Human Rights Watch released a video, Monday, June 24. The footage, published on the Human Rights…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

How the internet is helping queer Nigerian youth push for Pride

06/28/2019

For LGBTQ+ people growing up in Nigeria, the dangers of being out and visible are instilled in all of us. When I ask Logan February, a 20-year-old…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

Pioneers launching Pride in Bermuda, St. Lucia, Uganda, India

06/29/2019

Activists in Bermuda and St. Lucia are planning those nations’ first Pride celebrations, while a fund drive is under way for Uganda’s seventh Pride, which is held…

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Added on: 06/29/2019

LGBTQ Tour Group Cancels Ethiopia Trip After Death Threats

06/25/2019

Death threats force a Chicago-based gay tour group to cancel an upcoming trip to Ethiopia. “One of the emails was you cannot come here you are not…

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Added on: 06/29/2019

With ball gowns and dance, LGBT+ refugees in Kenya cast aside woes to celebrate

06/27/2019

LGBT+ refugees in Kenya – some dressed in sequined ball gowns and slinky black evening dresses – cast aside their troubles on Thursday to eat lunch, dance…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Middle East Survey Sees Patchy Progress in Views on Women’s and LGBT Rights

06/26/2019

More men than women in Iraq say they have been sexually harassed, while only 6% of Lebanese people think being gay is acceptable, according to a major…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Gay Nigerian ex-priest honored for supporting asylum-seekers

06/26/2019

A gay Nigerian former priest has received an award in recognition of his work supporting LGBTI African refugees. John Adewoye is a lifeline for many across the…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Nigeria: Three anti-gay criminals captured, but then freed

06/26/2019

Three members of a group of vicious anti-gay criminals were apprehended last week at Ibusa town in Delta State, Nigeria. Members of the gang reportedly were arrested…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…