Category: Central Africa
Cameroon: Veteran gay-rights activist Desmond Sone dies of lung ailment
Gay rights activists are mourning the death of Desmond Sone Mbecho, a [...]
Anti-gay violence remains a danger in Africa and worldwide
Year in review: Despite signs of progress, 2019 remained a dangerous t [...]
U.S. ambassadors seek repeal of 69 nations’ anti-gay laws
U.S. ambassadors are promoting LGBTQ rights worldwide even as gay-righ [...]
Tally of nations where it’s a crime to be gay rises to 73
The central African nation of Gabon has adopted a law against same-sex [...]
Camfaids wins funds to reopen LGBTI safe house in Cameroon
The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has secured funds to reopen its safe [...]
Cameroon: Money runs out; LGBTI safe house closes
The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has run out of funds to keep its saf [...]
Cameroon: Burglary and threatened eviction of suspected lesbian
The apartment of a lesbian rights activist in Cameroon was burglarized [...]
Cameroon’s Unity human rights watchdog project expands
Cameroon's LGBTI rights watchdog group is adding an advocacy office an [...]
Cameroon: Police probe victims of homophobic assault
Participants in a health rights training session in Yaoundé, Cameroon, [...]
We freed 3 gay men from prison
Gay rights activists and donors have freed the last three prisoners se [...]
Cameroon: You’re gay? No more school for you!
Next month two young gay men in Cameroon planned to resume training fo [...]
Cameroon: Death of LGBTI activist Lambert Lamba
With the death of activist Marc Lambert Lamba, Cameroon lost a pioneer [...]
Donors, activists free gay man from Cameroon prison
With help from generous donors, an imprisoned gay man was set free las [...]
Cameroon: Trans people form their own advocacy network
The new TransAfrican Independent Network in Cameroon is working to con [...]
Cameroon: Trans leader in hiding after transphobic attack
A leader of Cameroon's transgender community is recuperating from a tr [...]
Cameroon man evicts sister over fear that she’s a lesbian
Lesbophobia breaks apart a family in Cameroon; a sister is left homele [...]
Cameroon: Assaults, rape, death threats over lesbian affair
In April, when a Cameroonian man learned that his common-law wife was [...]
Dramatic increase in violence against LGBT people in Cameroon
The 2018 report on violence against LGBT people in Cameroon shows a sh [...]
Cameroon university blocks career of LGBTI activist
Officials at the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon have blocked the [...]
Cameroon death threats: 2 gay lovers outed by each other
A lovers' quarrel last month led to death threats, a knife attack, a c [...]
Vandals hit north Cameroon group fighting for gay rights
Northern Cameroon's only gay-rights advocacy group is seeking help wit [...]
Cameroon: Lesbian athlete ousted, living in fear
Barred from playing pro football (soccer) in Cameroon because she is a [...]
Cameroon: Crowd kills ‘man of God’ caught in the act
A pious shopkeeper in northern Cameroon was caught having sex with his [...]
Cameroon: Youths disrupt Pride, burn advocacy office
An attack by anti-gay youths shut down a gay advocacy organization and [...]
Estranged dad seizes kids from lesbian mom in Cameroon
The long-absent father of two young children recently took them away f [...]
Cameroon: Homophobia derails a pro sports career
Because of public pressure and fear of lesbians, a star athlete is bar [...]
List of alleged homosexuals endangers 82 in Cameroon
In Cameroon, a new list of people accused of being homosexuals has put [...]
Battered and slashed, gay man seeks escape from Cameroon
After being seriously wounded by homophobic attackers wielding clubs, [...]
Cameroon: Have a male partner? 3 years in prison
Ismael was living with his partner, an arrangement that outraged his n [...]
Gay Muslim in a Cameroon prison, ‘almost a slave’
A gay Muslim who was arrested in 2015 when police raided his Cameroon [...]
6 years in prison because Abdelaziz loved a man
Abdelaziz has been in Guider prison in northern Cameroon since 2015, s [...]
Help feed 3 mistreated, hungry gay prisoners
You can make a difference in a world that's awash with homophobia: You [...]
Murder strikes gay Cameroon teen who sought safety in city
By Mike Daemon
A gay teenager escaped from the dangers of war-torn [...]
Cameroon father decrees: No school for lesbian daughter
In southern Cameroon, a father who discovered his daughter's sexual or [...]
Gay Muslim is dead, but he’s still barred from Cameroon cemetery
Even after his death, indignities continued for Isma, a gay Muslim in [...]
Police bludgeon Cameroon cross-dresser for staying silent
A police officer confronted a cross-dresser last week in northwest Cam [...]
Anti-gay Cameroon landlord fails to evict gay tenant
A gay man named Deon tried to be a model tenant, but his anti-gay land [...]
Cameroon: two men kiss in public. Result: a beating
In Cameroon, some people's views of homosexuality are "evolving," says [...]
Cameroon: Brother kills brother for being gay
A 20-year-old man died Aug. 12 in Cameroon from a beating administered [...]
Gay man woos policeman’s brother in Cameroon. Result: 3 arrests
Three men were arrested in Buea, Cameroon, after one of the three cour [...]
Generosity of blog’s readers feeds gay prisoners in Cameroon
Three nearly malnourished gay prisoners last week received a delivery [...]
Cameroon marchers seek safety for human rights activists
Hundreds marched through the capital of Cameroon on July 13 to protest [...]
2 men help homeless boys, have sex with them, then are arrested
After sheltering two homeless boys and having sex with them, two homos [...]
Cameroon: Revealed as gay and lesbian, they’re left homeless
A young gay man was expelled from home in Yaoundé after his family lea [...]
Cameroon: Visit to gay-friendly night spot leads to arrest, conviction
An evening out at an LGBT-friendly night spot led to a court in Cam [...]
Goal after prison for homosexuality: Reopen a restaurant
Albert, age 24, hopes to become a restaurant owner once again after he [...]
Cameroon: ‘Get out of this hell’ is gay prisoner’s first goal
"First get out of this hell." That's the future that a prisoner at Yao [...]
Gay Cameroon inmate wants to resume songs and dance
Eric, a gay singer/dancer in the capital city of Cameroon, is more tha [...]
Cameroon: Attacks hit new group for LBTQ women
Two homophobic attacks have injured leaders of the new LBTQ advocacy g [...]
Promising student in Cameroon: Outed, then an outcast
In Cameroon in mid-May, 18-year-old Ades was on track to a university [...]