Anti-gay law professor Kais Saied won the most votes in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election, the Tunisian electoral commission announce ...
Members of the gay community in Nigeria are excitedly anticipating the release of a new film that people believe has captured the true experience of l ...
Uganda activists seek repeal of laws that abuse HIV+ people
Gay rights activists in Uganda this week joined health rights defenders and people living with HIV to demand an end to the country’s HIV criminal laws ...
Uganda plans to be ignorant about extent of HIV among gays
Health rights advocates in Uganda are worried about a pending ministerial order to health care providers stopping them from recording data about homos ...
New push to give sex lubricants to Ugandan women, gay men
It's time for homophobic Ugandan officials to stop limiting access to sex lubricants especially because, without them, straight women as well as homos ...
Anti-gay Ugandan archbishop is leaving; suspense about new leader
The Anglican Church of Uganda has elected a new archbishop who has not yet made clear whether he will follow in the footsteps of his homophobic predec ...
Next month two young gay men in Cameroon planned to resume training for a human resources career, but they can't. The reason: Their parents found out ...
With the death of activist Marc Lambert Lamba, Cameroon lost a pioneer in the fight against anti-LGBTI violence.
From the African Human Right ...
With help from generous donors, an imprisoned gay man was set free last week in Cameroon, ending his three-year sentence for homosexuality.
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The new TransAfrican Independent Network in Cameroon is working to confront transphobia and empower transgender people.
From the African Human ...
Zambian police last week arrested another couple on homosexuality charges.
From the African Human Rights Media Network
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Anti-gay candidate leads in Tunisia’s presidential election
Anti-gay law professor Kais Saied won the most votes in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election, the Tunisian electoral commission announce ...
LGBT Tunisia: Rift over Israel, tactics, morals of gay candidate
Eleven Tunisian LGBT rights groups have attacked gay presidential candidate Mounir Baatour and his LGBT association, Shams, criticizing them for lack ...
Victory for gay rights in Tunisia
The Tunis Court of Appeals today upheld a lower court decision that allowed the LGBT rights group Shams to keep its official recognition as a legitima ...
Advocates boycott African human rights conference in Egypt
Repression of LGBT rights defenders marred the recently held session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
From the African H ...
U.N. experts to Tunisia: Don’t shut down Shams
Four high-ranking human rights specialists at the United Nations are urging the Tunisian government not to close down the LGBT rights organization Sha ...
Death (denied) in Tunisia’s queer cell block
Recent reports, apparently untrue, that a trans woman died in the "Lions' Den" cell block at Mornaguia Prison focused attention on the grim conditions ...