ADDED ON: 08/23/2022
Rwanda’s LGBTQ+ people want to be counted
Gasper Gashumba, a young gay Rwandan, had confided in his mother about his sexual orientation — hoping he would get the love and support he needed from his entire family. But, with…
Rwanda
ADDED ON: 08/14/2022
Churches in East Africa can help to change attitudes to LGBT rights, says charity
Churches in East Africa have a necessary part to play in changing attitudes and policies concerning LGBTIQ+ rights, the international charity the Arcus Foundation has said. Last week, at the Lambeth Conference,…
ADDED ON: 07/18/2022
Survey notes mixed levels of LGBTQ, intersex rights support among young Africans
A recent survey by the South Africa-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation that gauged the level of LGBTQ and intersex tolerance on the continent has received mixed reactions from some of Africa’s advocacy groups. The…
ADDED ON: 07/17/2022
Rwanda ‘lies’ on gay rights as activist claims they were told to assure refugees
Rwanda’s leaders are scrambling to make the country appear safe for gay people, it was claimed yesterday. A senior activist there told the People he was approached by officials and asked to…
ADDED ON: 05/17/2022
Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist.
“From today, I no longer want to be called your mother, if you don’t want to change you can leave my house and come back when you are a transformed person, when…
ADDED ON: 05/12/2022
Home Office admits LGBTQI+ refugees could be persecuted if sent to Rwanda
The Home Office has admitted that lesbian, gay and bisexual refugees could be persecuted if sent to Rwanda – but still plans to fly them 4,000 miles to Kigali. The department’s equality impact assessment…
ADDED ON: 02/13/2022
Queer Africa has always been an other
Religious studies scholar David Tonghou Ngong recently made the argument on the Africa is a Country website that the roots of African homophobia might be found in African indigenous religions rather than…
ADDED ON: 11/13/2020
Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa’s LGBT+ refugees
Joe Biden's electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at home only to languish in Kenya when President Donald Trump denied them a…
ADDED ON: 07/22/2020
Rwandan church embraces LGBT+ community
A new church in Rwanda has opened its doors to the country's LGBT+ community, providing them with a safe space to worship on their own terms. The church, called the Church of…
ADDED ON: 04/11/2020
Across Africa, Pandemic Lockdowns Risk Violating Human Rights
More than half of Africa’s 54 countries are restricting people’s movements in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, with regulations ranging from evening curfews to the total lockdowns that have…
ADDED ON: 03/25/2020
Mogadishu’s refugees ‘waiting for death’ as Covid-19 reaches Somalia
In the Nabadoon camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Asho Abdullahi Hassan, a 40-year-old mother of seven, has heard about the coronavirus on the radio. “I am very scared about this deadly…
ADDED ON: 09/20/2019
Rwandan gospel singer comes out as gay, to country’s shock
Friends of Albert Nabonibo, a well-known gospel singer in Rwanda who recently came out as a gay man, do not want their names revealed. It is too shameful, one says. Another says…
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