Gay-friendly lawyers hope to win release next week for the 20 imprisoned members of the LGBT community awaiting trial on charges of enabling the sprea [...]
The Christians On Diverse Energy (The CODE), a group of Nigerian LGBTIQ+ vocalists, has released a new song that advocates full recognition of LGBTIQ+ [...]
Uganda: Barred from seeing 20 prisoners, lawyers seek their release
Gay-friendly lawyers hope to win release next week for the 20 imprisoned members of the LGBT community awaiting trial on charges of enabling the sprea [...]
No lawyers for 20 LGBT Ugandans in prison on Covid-19 charges
Lawyers cannot travel during Uganda's Covid-19 lockdown, so legal help is currently unavailable for 20 members of the LGBT community sent back to pris [...]
Uganda activists fear Covid-19 lockdown imperils AIDS fight
LGBT-rights and health-rights advocates in Uganda fear that the country's new lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 will disrupt their fight agai [...]
New Uganda archbishop is less extreme but nixes same-sex marriage
The new Archbishop of the Church of Uganda has dropped the most homophobic rhetoric that used to flow from the archbishop's office. Still, he used his [...]
In Cameroon and many other African countries, transgender people encounter curiosity but also hostility when they appear in public. This is the story [...]
The highly regarded LGBTI advocacy group Alternatives-Cameroon has expanded its work into Yaoundé from its Douala base. From the African Hu [...]
A young transgender activist in Cameroon has been evicted from her family home because of her gender identity. She is now homeless and needs help. [...]
The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has secured funding and a site to reopen its shelter for victims of anti-LGBTI violence and discrimination. [...]
Human rights defenders fear for the safety of two prominent political dissidents and LGBTQ rights activists who were arrested March 8 for opposing Pre [...]
Repression in Egypt: 92 LGBTIQ+ arrests last year
Egyptian police continued to harass LGBTIQ+ people last year, entrapping some of them through dating apps and arresting dozens of others at random on [...]
Tunisia: Appeals court supports LGBT activist group Shams
A high appeals court in Tunisia has rejected a government attempt to shut down the LGBT rights group Shams for the Defense of the Rights of Homosexual [...]
Mauritania: Prison for 8 men ‘imitating women’ at party
A Mauritanian court has sentenced eight men to prison for acting too feminine in a video from a birthday party. From the African Human Rights [...]
Mauritania: Police arrest 10 after seeing video of ‘gay wedding’
Police in Muslim-majority Mauritania mistook a birthday party for a gay wedding, so they arrested 10 party-goers on homosexuality charges. Fr [...]
Appeal to Tunisia: End prosecution of LGBT activist who offended Muslims
The human rights group Human Rights Watch is urging Tunisian authorities to drop their lawsuit against LGBT rights activist Mounir Baatour, who wrote [...]
Tunisian gay-rights leader flees to France for safety
Mounir Baatour, the leader of the Tunisian gay rights group Shams, has fled to France for safety. Before his decision to flee, Baatour had been a cand [...]