Category: Central Africa
Battered and slashed, gay man seeks escape from Cameroon
After being seriously wounded by homophobic attackers wielding clubs, rocks and machetes, Pierre wants to leave Cameroon. But so far he has been block ...
Cameroon: Have a male partner? 3 years in prison
Ismael was living with his partner, an arrangement that outraged his neighbors in northern Cameroon. A Muslim, he was arrested, tried, convicted and n ...
Gay Muslim in a Cameroon prison, ‘almost a slave’
A gay Muslim who was arrested in 2015 when police raided his Cameroon hotel room, Ibrahim was sentenced to prison because his hotel rendezvous was wit ...
6 years in prison because Abdelaziz loved a man
Abdelaziz has been in Guider prison in northern Cameroon since 2015, sentenced to sex years of imprisonment because of his sexual orientation.
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Help feed 3 mistreated, hungry gay prisoners
You can make a difference in a world that's awash with homophobia: Your donation will be used to buy and deliver food for three close-to-malnourished ...
Murder strikes gay Cameroon teen who sought safety in city
By Mike Daemon
A gay teenager escaped from the dangers of war-torn northwestern Cameroon by moving to the capital to continue his education. But he ...
Cameroon father decrees: No school for lesbian daughter
In southern Cameroon, a father who discovered his daughter's sexual orientation has blocked her from attending her final year of school.
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Gay Muslim is dead, but he’s still barred from Cameroon cemetery
Even after his death, indignities continued for Isma, a gay Muslim in Cameroon. Because of his sexual orientation, religious authorities refused to al ...
Police bludgeon Cameroon cross-dresser for staying silent
A police officer confronted a cross-dresser last week in northwest Cameroon, insulted him and then bludgeoned him out of frustration when the man held ...
Anti-gay Cameroon landlord fails to evict gay tenant
A gay man named Deon tried to be a model tenant, but his anti-gay landlord still wanted to evict him. Then the neighbors got involved.
By Steeves ...