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What to believe? Uganda’s possible next president vows to repeal Kill the Gays Law

What to believe? Uganda’s possible next president vows to repeal Kill the Gays Law

By Joto La Jiwe Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba -- who also happens to be President Museveni’s son -- has decl [...]
Ghana’s new president says anti-LGBTQ bill not needed if schools teach family values

Ghana’s new president says anti-LGBTQ bill not needed if schools teach family values

John Mahama, the newly elected president of Ghana, says the country should have no need for the harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that died when the former [...]
West African nation of Mali becomes the world’s 65th to criminalize homosexuality

West African nation of Mali becomes the world’s 65th to criminalize homosexuality

  The tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws has again risen to 65 with last month's official publication of a homophobic new penal [...]
‘I am not afraid’, says LGBTI rights attorney accused of financing terrorism in Cameroon

‘I am not afraid’, says LGBTI rights attorney accused of financing terrorism in Cameroon

  Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom has come under attack for allegedly "financing terrorism" -- a charge leveled by a Cameroonian [...]
Cameroon: Like LGBTI people, albinos also must fight against prejudice

Cameroon: Like LGBTI people, albinos also must fight against prejudice

LGBTI people and albinos have two important facts in common. Both groups live in a society that's prejudiced against them. Both groups are fig [...]
‘Chosen families’: Queer Nigerians’ alternative to conventional families

‘Chosen families’: Queer Nigerians’ alternative to conventional families

Chosen families provide joy, support, and a sense of belonging, creating a safe haven for queer individuals in a society that often struggles to accep [...]
Cameroon tries to shut down LGBTI-friendly human rights group

Cameroon tries to shut down LGBTI-friendly human rights group

  Cameroon has ordered the suspension of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for alleged financial misconduct, including the LGBTI- [...]
Cameroon court has released 12 of 13 arrested in Sept. 30 raid

Cameroon court has released 12 of 13 arrested in Sept. 30 raid

By Jean Jacques Dissoke The court in Douala, Cameroon, has now released all but one of the 13 people who were arrested on homosexuality-relat [...]
LGBTQ rights defender in Ghana wins U.S. award on Human Rights Day

LGBTQ rights defender in Ghana wins U.S. award on Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day honorees this week included LGBTQ rights defender Ebenezer Peegah of Ghana. Peegah is the founder and executive director of Ri [...]
Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

  This Canadian Press report was published in the Times Colonist, which is based in Victoria, British Columbia: By Dylan Robertson A [...]
Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada

Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada

This Canadian Press report was published in CityNews.ca: By Dylan Robertson NAIROBI — In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nair [...]
Readers’ donations set free two imprisoned lesbians in Cameroon

Readers’ donations set free two imprisoned lesbians in Cameroon

  By Steeves Winner After six months without a trial, the young imprisoned lesbian couple Yane and Hage were set free through the inter [...]
Ghana: ‘You criminalize them for what? For just being what they are?’

Ghana: ‘You criminalize them for what? For just being what they are?’

Peter Turkson, a cardinal of the Catholic Church, has distanced himself from a portion of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill that Parliament passed in February [...]
Cameroon: Malnourished gay detainees get food delivery from Project Not Alone

Cameroon: Malnourished gay detainees get food delivery from Project Not Alone

This is the second article in a three-part series on the treatment of four prisoners at New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon, who are awaiting trial af [...]
Cameroon: Four gay men forced to undergo anal exams after their arrest

Cameroon: Four gay men forced to undergo anal exams after their arrest

This is the first article in a three-part series on prisoners currently at New Bell Prison in Cameroon after a Sept. 30 raid on the offices of the ant [...]
Liberia: Legislator pushes anti-LGBT bill that would jail gay 10-year-olds

Liberia: Legislator pushes anti-LGBT bill that would jail gay 10-year-olds

A legislator in Liberia is seeking support for a harsh anti-homosexuality bill that he filed in the summer. So far, he hasn't announced any suc [...]
Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says

Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says

Ghana human rights Commissioner Joseph Whittal encourages LGBTQ Ghanaians not to flee the country, despite the possibility that Parliament's harsh [...]
Senior Ugandan official calls for decriminalization of homosexuality

Senior Ugandan official calls for decriminalization of homosexuality

By Joto La Jiwe The Chair of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Mariam Wangadya has called for the decriminalization of homosexuality, a [...]
Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award

Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award

By Joto La Jiwe Clare Byarugaba, a renowned Ugandan LGBTQI rights activist whose recent photo with Pope Francis went viral online, has been n [...]
Qtalk: Bisexual Nigerian man threatened by partner’s family

Qtalk: Bisexual Nigerian man threatened by partner’s family

LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app, which is supported by this site and by the St. Paul’s Fo [...]
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives

In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives

The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, African politicians and activists from the American religious right have been working side by [...]
How a Nigerian man survived the harrowing experience of jail for being gay

How a Nigerian man survived the harrowing experience of jail for being gay

Benjamin had a promising future. Dreaming of becoming a journalist and busy in a budding career as a dance instructor, the 23-year-old Nigerian ne [...]
Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy

Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy

Canada has expelled Uganda’s High Commissioner Joy Ruth Acheng, accusing her of breaching the diplomatic code of conduct. Acheng has served as [...]
Ivory Coast: Human rights defenders seek to block wave of anti-LGBT hatred

Ivory Coast: Human rights defenders seek to block wave of anti-LGBT hatred

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in the West African nation of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) is appealing for an end to a recent wave of hom [...]
Yan Daudu: Traditional femme man confronts Nigeria’s modern homophobia

Yan Daudu: Traditional femme man confronts Nigeria’s modern homophobia

Living as a crossdresser and queer man for years, Adamu, who is a Yan Daudu — a group of recognised femme men in Northern Nigeria — prepares to accept [...]
Campus ‘Love House’ is a safe space for queer Nigerian students

Campus ‘Love House’ is a safe space for queer Nigerian students

In a country where supporting gay rights is a crime, a group of young queer university students in Ibadan, Nigeria, are defying societal norms, na [...]
Qtalk: Gay hookup threatened to become a death trap

Qtalk: Gay hookup threatened to become a death trap

LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app, which is supported by this site and by the St. Paul’s Fo [...]
QTalk: Nigerian pastor fights for identity after church rejection

QTalk: Nigerian pastor fights for identity after church rejection

LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app, which is supported by this site and by the St. Paul’s Fo [...]
Pope meets African activists, supports their struggle for LGBTIQ rights

Pope meets African activists, supports their struggle for LGBTIQ rights

Pope Francis this week made a point of supporting the work of African LGBTIQ rights activists, meeting in person with prominent leaders of the LGB [...]
Readers’ donations set free 4 gay prisoners in Cameroon

Readers’ donations set free 4 gay prisoners in Cameroon

Four young gay men in southern Cameroon are trying to get their lives on track now that readers' donations to Project Not Alone have paid their fi [...]
Burkina Faso junta takes a step toward criminalizing homosexuality

Burkina Faso junta takes a step toward criminalizing homosexuality

The military government of Burkina Faso in West Africa has adopted a measure to ban homosexuality, if the country's transitional parliament approv [...]
Cameroon’s lesbian First Daughter: ‘Let my story change the law’

Cameroon’s lesbian First Daughter: ‘Let my story change the law’

The lesbian daughter of Cameroon's president wants her nation to stop jailing homosexuals. In an interview with the French publication "Le Parisi [...]
Will Cameroon repeal anti-LGBT law after First Daughter came out as a lesbian?

Will Cameroon repeal anti-LGBT law after First Daughter came out as a lesbian?

LGBTI rights activists say the need to repeal Cameroon's anti-homosexuality laws has become obvious, now that the daughter of longtime Cameroon Pr [...]
Cameroon: Donations free 3 innocent lesbians from prison

Cameroon: Donations free 3 innocent lesbians from prison

By Steeves Winner Prison is a jungle where the law of the strongest reigns. That's the lesson that three innocent lesbians -- Chrison, Amso and [...]
Joy in Namibia as court decriminalizes gay sex

Joy in Namibia as court decriminalizes gay sex

This article originally appeared on Rob Salerno's LGBT Global Newsletter, a free email newsletter charting progress on LGBT rights around the worl [...]
Study finds less anti-LGBTI violence in Cameroon. Is it accurate?

Study finds less anti-LGBTI violence in Cameroon. Is it accurate?

 COMMENTARY By Jean Jacques Dissoke Has Cameroon become a much safer place for LGBTI people? It's a question raised by the publication of [...]
Nigerian career coach exposes society’s hypocrisy toward effeminate men

Nigerian career coach exposes society’s hypocrisy toward effeminate men

An insightful commentary by a Nigerian coach has cast a spotlight on the inherent hypocrisy within Nigerian culture when it comes to embracing traits [...]
Homeless and depressed: The journey of a Nigerian gay man

Homeless and depressed: The journey of a Nigerian gay man

LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app, which is supported by this site and by the St. Paul’s Fo [...]
New drama series highlights the realities of LGBT Nigerians

New drama series highlights the realities of LGBT Nigerians

A new online drama series showcasing the lived experiences of LGBT individuals in Nigeria is now available on on YouTube. By Mike Daemon The [...]
How a queer Nigerian fought family homophobia

How a queer Nigerian fought family homophobia

COMMENTARY A queer Nigerian on X (Twitter) has shared his experience of resisting his stepbrother’s overbearing and homophobic behaviour. By [...]
World Bank is undecided: Sanction Ghana if anti-LGBTQ bill takes effect?

World Bank is undecided: Sanction Ghana if anti-LGBTQ bill takes effect?

Ghana needs help with $20 billion debt, but homophobia might stand in its way   As a supporter of human rights, the World Bank will have a [...]
A decade of failure at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

A decade of failure at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

COMMENTARY Back in 2014, it sounded so good: The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) passed a resolution opposing human rig [...]
Nigerian influencer Enioluwa Adeoluwa condemns anti-LGBT violence

Nigerian influencer Enioluwa Adeoluwa condemns anti-LGBT violence

Popular Nigerian influencer, writer, and public speaker Enioluwa Adeoluwa, also known as Eni, has spoken out against homophobia and anti-LGBT violence [...]
Good news for LGBTQ prisoners: You did it! Project Not Alone hits goal in a week.

Good news for LGBTQ prisoners: You did it! Project Not Alone hits goal in a week.

Generous donors have contributed $9,447 in the seven days since Project Not Alone announced its 2024 fund drive on May 3. That surpassed the goal [...]
LGBTQ health and rights advocacy group expands in Cameroon

LGBTQ health and rights advocacy group expands in Cameroon

By Jean Jacques Dissoke The capital of Cameroon has gained a new health and human-rights center serving LGBTQ people and others most at-risk [...]
Europe heaps praise on Uganda, turns a blind eye to Ugandan repression

Europe heaps praise on Uganda, turns a blind eye to Ugandan repression

This is a commentary from Fabrice Houdart’s weekly newsletter on LGBTQ+ Equality. Click here to subscribe. Houdart is executive director of the Associ [...]
Bobrisky: Trans celeb appeals ‘naira abuse’ prison sentence for money-tossing

Bobrisky: Trans celeb appeals ‘naira abuse’ prison sentence for money-tossing

  Internet celebrity Idris Okuneye, a Nigerian trans woman known online as Bobrisky, has appealed a six-month prison sentence for "sprayin [...]
U.S. Supreme Court laid foundation for Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ ruling

U.S. Supreme Court laid foundation for Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ ruling

The Ugandan court that endorsed the nation's 2023 "Kill the Gays" law drew inspiration from the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision overturning its [...]
Open letter: S. Africa must demand human rights in Uganda and Ghana, not just in Gaza

Open letter: S. Africa must demand human rights in Uganda and Ghana, not just in Gaza

Seventeen social justice organizations have issued an open letter to South Africa's international relations minister, urging him to condemn violat [...]
The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrors

The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrors

"A sign of horrors to come." "The dehumanization of homosexual citizens." LGBTQ+ people continuing to be "ostracized from our communities, [...]
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