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Nigerian celebrity Uti urges women to stop bullying gay men

Nigerian celebrity Uti urges women to stop bullying gay men

COMMENTARY Renowned Nigerian actor, TV presenter, model, and musician Uti Nwachukwu recently took to Instagram to shed light on the reasons beh [...]
Two Nigerian trans women find new hope after unjust prison sentences

Two Nigerian trans women find new hope after unjust prison sentences

In a remarkable turn of events, two Nigerian transgender women who endured a harrowing experience in Port Harcourt Prison after being accused of v [...]
World Bank will not resume Uganda projects without LGBTQ safeguards

World Bank will not resume Uganda projects without LGBTQ safeguards

By Joto La Jiwe The World Bank has declared that it will insist on LGBTQ rights safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes, after it was halt [...]
Cameroon: Gay man flees after enduring an exorcism for his homosexuality

Cameroon: Gay man flees after enduring an exorcism for his homosexuality

By Steeves Winner “I am a homosexual, I am attracted to men and I feel good about that. I am like that and I have always been like that." Wi [...]
New Niger regime worries about citizens visiting Europe, learning about LGBT rights

New Niger regime worries about citizens visiting Europe, learning about LGBT rights

Officials in the West African nation of Niger are stirring up worries about citizens of Niger visiting Europe and learning about LGBT rights there [...]
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in Africa and in the Caribbean. In the map above, which shows the 66 nations with anti-homosexua [...]
Qtalk: The mobile app transforming LGBT lives in Nigeria

Qtalk: The mobile app transforming LGBT lives in Nigeria

Since 2019, the confidential LGBT counseling app Qtalk has helped Nigerians navigate a dangerous society where same-sex sexual activities are not only [...]
Effeminate character shines in Funke Akindele’s new series

Effeminate character shines in Funke Akindele’s new series

By Mike Daemon The trending new Nigerian drama TV series "SHE Must Be Obeyed", produced by Nollywood actress Funke Akindele, shines a spotlight [...]
Hundreds oppose LGBTQ people during slanderous Kenyan protest

Hundreds oppose LGBTQ people during slanderous Kenyan protest

Human rights organizations have condemned an anti-LGBTQ protest attended by hundreds who chanted hateful and misleading slogans in Nairobi, Kenya, [...]
Cameroon: She searches her husband’s phone and discovers he is gay

Cameroon: She searches her husband’s phone and discovers he is gay

  In Cameroon, homophobia + adultery = the end of a marriage. Author Steeves Winner tells the tale: By Steeves Winner On Aug. 20, [...]
Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66

Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66

The number of nations with laws against gay sex has fallen to 66, continuing the slow, decades-long progress toward recognition of the human right [...]
African island nation Mauritius overturns anti-sodomy law

African island nation Mauritius overturns anti-sodomy law

The Supreme Court of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius today overturned the Mauritian law against consensual sexual intercourse between [...]
Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West

Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West

Human rights activists in Uganda are appealing for a stronger response from Western nations that oppose Uganda's harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act. [...]
Homosexuality has always been African, but the term LGBT is new and divisive

Homosexuality has always been African, but the term LGBT is new and divisive

By Steeves Winner Although homosexual practices exist everywhere on the African continent, many Africans reject the idea of a homosexual identi [...]
United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.

United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.

Supporters of the human rights of LGBTQ people have failed to present a united front against Uganda's harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act. Despite app [...]
Arson destroys offices of Ugandan trans organization

Arson destroys offices of Ugandan trans organization

Arsonists attacked the offices of Uganda's TranzNetwork advocacy group on Sept. 10. TranzNetwork Uganda is a network of organisations that work [...]
Cameroon:  Homophobes keep targeting LGBTI community and defenders

Cameroon: Homophobes keep targeting LGBTI community and defenders

Cameroon's LGBTI community continues to be the target of homophobic violence. Two incidents from early summer typify the ongoing problem. By Gh [...]
Qtalk: A Nigerian trans woman’s tale of heartache and hope

Qtalk: A Nigerian trans woman’s tale of heartache and hope

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 [...]
Ethiopian LGBTQ people fighting for their lives amid government crackdown

Ethiopian LGBTQ people fighting for their lives amid government crackdown

Authorities in Ethiopia have initiated a crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community. Rights activists have branded it a diversionary tactic in the wake of [...]
Nigerian police make mass arrests at alleged ‘gay wedding’

Nigerian police make mass arrests at alleged ‘gay wedding’

Nigeria police made mass arrests last weekend at an event they claimed was a "gay wedding". News articles gave widely varied accounts of the nu [...]
Rights defenders support World Bank suspending loans to Uganda

Rights defenders support World Bank suspending loans to Uganda

World Bank cut off new loans to Uganda over the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Act LGBT rights activist Dr. Frank Mugisha says he support [...]
Nigerian group launches survey of survivors of ‘conversion therapy’

Nigerian group launches survey of survivors of ‘conversion therapy’

In a groundbreaking effort to shed light on the struggles faced by the LGBTIQ+ community in Nigeria, the Levites Initiative for Freedom & Enli [...]
World Bank suspends loans to Uganda, seeks repeal of Anti-Homosexuality Law

World Bank suspends loans to Uganda, seeks repeal of Anti-Homosexuality Law

The World Bank has suspended all future loans to the Ugandan government in response to the nation's recent passage of its harsh Anti-Homosexuality [...]
Homophobia is neither Christian nor African, says Ugandan reverend

Homophobia is neither Christian nor African, says Ugandan reverend

By Joto La Jiwe The Rev. Gideon B. Byamugisha, a renowned gay rights advocate who also represents the most at risk people of faith on Uganda's [...]
Qtalk: A Nigerian gay man’s struggle with friendship and love

Qtalk: A Nigerian gay man’s struggle with friendship and love

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 [...]
Uganda health ministry says ‘Don’t discriminate’, but the law says otherwise

Uganda health ministry says ‘Don’t discriminate’, but the law says otherwise

Uganda's Ministry of Health is worried that the nation's harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Law will cripple the country's battle against HIV/AIDS. F [...]
House of Colours uses fashion to rewrite anti-LGBT stereotypes with style

House of Colours uses fashion to rewrite anti-LGBT stereotypes with style

In spite of the hostile environment faced by LGBT individuals in Nigeria, they remain defiant and resilient, continuously finding innovative ways to c [...]
Generous readers help two trans Nigerians avoid 7 years in prison

Generous readers help two trans Nigerians avoid 7 years in prison

Two trans women will soon be freed from Port Harcourt Prison in Nigeria because of readers' generous donations to Project Not Alone. (See box f [...]
Ghana abuzz as parliament begins debate of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill

Ghana abuzz as parliament begins debate of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill

The parliament of Ghana is currently debating whether to pass an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that in some ways is worse than the Anti-Homosexuality Law recen [...]
LGBTQ+ refugees in Africa celebrate Pride safely, joyously, nutritiously

LGBTQ+ refugees in Africa celebrate Pride safely, joyously, nutritiously

Refugees in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia celebrated Pride this month with nutritious, festive meals organized by the human rights advocates of the Afr [...]
Homophobic Cameroon blocks visit by French ambassador for LGBT+ rights

Homophobic Cameroon blocks visit by French ambassador for LGBT+ rights

Throughout last week, a violent anti-French and LGBTphobic campaign on social networks led to the cancellation of a visit to Cameroon by Jean-Ma [...]
Four African nations’ battles against gay-themed films

Four African nations’ battles against gay-themed films

Officials in Cameroon, Kenya, Egypt and Uganda take different approaches   Four scenes -- among many -- of homophobic African officia [...]
Ugandan anti-gay law empties out HIV clinics, cuts legal aid

Ugandan anti-gay law empties out HIV clinics, cuts legal aid

 LGBTI patients fear to leave their homes. Advocacy of LGBTI rights on hold at Ugandan legal aid organization. As fearful HIV patients desert [...]
Namibian officials balk at Supreme Court’s approval of foreign same-sex marriage

Namibian officials balk at Supreme Court’s approval of foreign same-sex marriage

Home Affairs minister says he's awaiting further instructions after the Supreme Court ruled that Namibia must recognize the marriage of Guillermo Delg [...]
Here’s how we’ll help 2 trans Nigerians imprisoned after being attacked

Here’s how we’ll help 2 trans Nigerians imprisoned after being attacked

Project Not Alone is seeking donations to feed and free them. PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - Two transgender women find themselves injured and behind [...]
Emboldened by anti-gay law, Ugandans besiege the LGBTQ community

Emboldened by anti-gay law, Ugandans besiege the LGBTQ community

Now that Uganda's cruel new Anti-Homosexuality Act has taken effect, the Ugandan LGBTQ community is under siege, Human rights activist Frank Mu [...]
Cruel Ugandan anti-gay law takes effect; legal challenges pending

Cruel Ugandan anti-gay law takes effect; legal challenges pending

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. Uganda's harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act took effect [...]
Legal challenge hits Uganda’s cruel anti-gay law; U.S. weighs travel bans, funding cuts

Legal challenge hits Uganda’s cruel anti-gay law; U.S. weighs travel bans, funding cuts

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. U.S. officials are preparing for possible travel rest [...]
Immediate backlash after Uganda president signs cruel anti-gay bill into law

Immediate backlash after Uganda president signs cruel anti-gay bill into law

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. Uganda President Yoweri Museveni today signed the cruel, [...]
Report: Hundreds of LGBTI refugees still at risk in Kenyan refugee camps

Report: Hundreds of LGBTI refugees still at risk in Kenyan refugee camps

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. Amnesty International and Kenya's non-governmental Na [...]
Cameroon LGBTI advocates want funders to focus on decriminalization

Cameroon LGBTI advocates want funders to focus on decriminalization

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. By Steeves Winner On the occasion of the Internati [...]
Appeal to Uganda president: Save lives, ‘lead from the front’ by rejecting anti-gay bill

Appeal to Uganda president: Save lives, ‘lead from the front’ by rejecting anti-gay bill

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. COMMENTARY President Museveni, Please Tear Up This B [...]
African Human Rights Commission affirms intersex people’s rights

African Human Rights Commission affirms intersex people’s rights

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, [...]
Setback for Ghana’s ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’

Setback for Ghana’s ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana's attorney-general and min [...]
Ghana court returns three men to jail for homophobic violence

Ghana court returns three men to jail for homophobic violence

Defendants are accused of assault, robbery and blackmail To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. [...]
Ghana: Anti-gay legislators crank up homophobia for political gain

Ghana: Anti-gay legislators crank up homophobia for political gain

  To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. Legislators who sponsored the harsh anti-LGBTQ bi [...]
Alternatives Cameroon trains LGBTI activists to access U.S. anti-AIDS funds

Alternatives Cameroon trains LGBTI activists to access U.S. anti-AIDS funds

CLICK to receive an email notice of each new Erasing 76 Crimes article By Steeves Winner LGBT advocacy organization Alternatives C [...]
Nigerian bisexual man, accused of murder, gets help from Qtalk counselor

Nigerian bisexual man, accused of murder, gets help from Qtalk counselor

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 [...]
Is Ayra Starr’s new song the gay anthem we didn’t know we needed?

Is Ayra Starr’s new song the gay anthem we didn’t know we needed?

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. COMMENTARY Nigerian music sensation Arya Starr, joining fo [...]
Ugandan peer educators — gay, arrested, labeled as porn actors

Ugandan peer educators — gay, arrested, labeled as porn actors

To get email notices of new articles, subscribe for free in the box at right. The executive director of the non-profit African Human Rights [...]
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