Category: Commentary
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 [...]
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 [...]
Is Ayra Starr’s new song the gay anthem we didn’t know we needed?
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COMMENTARY
Nigerian music sensation Arya Starr, joining fo [...]
In Nigerian musician Davido’s new release, why the homophobia?
Popular American-born Nigerian musician Davido recently released his fourth studio album to the excitement of millions of his loyal fans across the wo [...]
New MultiChoice TV series tells the Nigerian gay love story as it is
A recently released Nigerian telenovela by MultiChoice seems to have gotten everything right in telling a Nigerian gay love story.
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Uganda is working to stamp out groups promoting human rights for LGBTIQ people
The Ugandan government has announced plans to investigate 22 non-governmental organizations that work to improve the health of LGBTIQ Ugandans and to [...]
Fighting for change in Senegal, lesbian activist sees a long, difficult road ahead
In a short interview, Senegalese lesbian activist Guadalupe Dansokho (a pseudonym), presents her unvarnished observations of her home country -- plagu [...]
Twitter’s cutbacks open the door to more online anti-LGBTQ abuse
Twitter's chaotic staff cutbacks, including emptying its one office in Africa and firing human rights staff, could cause serious damage to LGBTQ Afric [...]
Qtalk: Trans woman feels frustration finding a relationship
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Qtalk: Bisexual man struggles to sustain relationships with women
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Commentary: Sex test of Zambian footballer is a human rights violation
The international governing body for football/soccer has ruled that a Zambian woman cannot play on the Zambian women's team based on sex testing proce [...]
Gay man asks Qtalk how to escape the clutches of a blackmailer
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Should queer Nigerians celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month?
LGBTQ Pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, equality, and increased visibility of LGBTQ people all over the world. Throughout the month of J [...]
Forgive Pope Benedict? No!
COMMENTARY: Pope Benedict XVI not only tolerated sexual abuse by priests, he also steadfastly refused to acknowledge that his homophobic rhetoric harm [...]
A celebration of freedom for 11 LGBTQ prisoners in Cameroon
A message to donors who support justice and mercy for LGBTQ people worldwide:
It's time to celebrate the success of Project Not Alone 2021. Because [...]
Biden is silent when a loud message on global LGBT rights is needed
COMMENTARY: The United States has missed important opportunities to send a strong, clear, much-needed message about the nation's commitment to global [...]
Qtalk advice for LGBTQ questions about jobs, love, loan and rape
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Qtalk advice about police extortion, privacy, and telling your partner you have HIV
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How Nigeria’s Twitter ban shackles the queer community
The suspension of Twitter in Nigeria has had a negative effect on the Nigerian LGBT community, as Twitter was one of the few mass platforms where quee [...]
Qtalk advice about grieving, coming out, job discrimination, blackmail
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 advice about depression, parents, divorce, and landlords
LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Eleventh in a series)
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Nigerian gay porn actor surprised by parents’ reaction
Ikechukwu, a Lagos-based Nigerian gay man, was overwhelmed by his parents' reaction after they stumbled onto his gay porn online.
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Qtalk advice about rape, forced sex, lost lover and more
LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Tenth in a series)
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Gay couple breaks up, lesbians fight – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians
LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Ninth in a series)
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Uganda: Media bias leads to harassment of trans women
COMMENTARY. Prejudiced media reporting sets the stage for the ongoing problem of Ugandan transgender women being harassed and stigmatized.
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Slander, HIV, bias at work – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians
LGBTIQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Sixth in a series)
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Ugandan gay ally Sylvia Tamale: How to revive African ideals of social justice
It's time for Africans to shake off the lessons of colonialism and revive African ideals of social justice, Ugandan scholar and LGBTQI+ ally Dr. Sylv [...]
Nigerian singer Fireboy is dismantling gender norms
Popular Nigerian singer Adedamola Adefolahan, professionally known as Fireboy, has no regard for gender norms.
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Porn, bullying, HIV – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians
LGBTIQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Fourth in a series)
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Blackmail, abuse, homelessness – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians
LGBTIQ+ Nigerians continue to benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Third in a series)
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Abused, outed, raped: Qtalk helps LGBTIQ+ Nigerians (2nd of a series)
Attacked, arrested, raped, outed -- LGBTIQ+ Nigerians turn to the Qtalk counseling app for help coping with the country’s homophobia. Read their stori [...]
7 lies gay people are told that should stop right now
Throughout history, gay people have been subjected to many forms of discrimination, based on homophobia that often is founded on myths, lies, and [...]
Nigeria: Gay man’s secret revealed
Married Nigerian gay man Lucius [name changed] is afraid for his family's future now that a neighborhood phone repairman has discovered his sexual ori [...]
Zambia: 15-year prison sentences ‘shocked the world’
The 15-year prison sentences imposed this week on a gay Zambian couple are a shocking miscarriage of justice, African gay-rights activists declare. Th [...]
Did Bisi Alimi really organize Nigeria’s ‘first-ever’ LGBT pride?
Nigerian gay activist Bisi Alimi and his foundation celebrated the lives and talents of LGBTIQ+ Nigerians in a "Diversity Pride Night" in late October [...]
Zambia must shun the anti-gay politics of disgust
Zambia's president has made homosexuality a campaign issue to distract attention from the fact that his people are starving, millions are living in po [...]
Fear: If unchained, faith-based bias would crush LGBT medical care
Gay Africans barred from medical care. A rise in HIV infections in homophobic countries. Reduced access to health care for LGBTI people both in the Un [...]
Zambian hypocrisy: Fighting ‘gayism’; accepting rape and corruption
Commentary by the Rev. Kapya Kaoma exposes the hypocrisy of Zambian politicians' anti-gay posturing: "It is time we accepted that politicians have use [...]
Defeat in Kenya didn’t reverse gay Africans’ gains
Two gay rights advocates see encouraging signs for LGBT+ Africans, even though Kenya's High Court refused to overturn that nation's anti-gay laws.
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Trump official’s push for gay rights focuses on Iran, not Africa
The 33 African nations with anti-gay laws seem to be a side issue for U.S. ambassador Richard Grenell, who has announced a worldwide campaign against [...]
Horror for a young man under the shade of Tunisian palms
Pressure is building to release a young Tunisian man imprisoned for homosexuality. Here's how to join the campaign launched by Shams and All Out.
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Angola’s neighbors may copy its repeal of anti-gay law
Angola's repeal of its anti-gay law last month could lead to the repeal of all remaining anti-homosexuality laws in southern Africa, an international [...]
1 year in Egyptian prison. The crime? Interviewing a gay man
Egypt thinks merely interviewing a gay man is a crime.
From the African Human Rights Media Network
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Cutting aid to Tanzania: It worked (somewhat)
Cutting off foreign aid to homophobic countries can work, but only as a weapon that's used with discretion. That seems to be the moral of the story of [...]
Will gay Nigerians ever be free to openly live their authentic lives?
It's time to evaluate the successes and failures of LGBT rights strategies in Nigeria.
From the African Human Rights Media Network
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U.N. plan for gay refugees: same abuse, new location?
Will the U.N., Kenya, the U.S. and other Western countries stop mistreating and shunning LGBT+ refugees in Kenya now that the agency overseeing the Ka [...]
Here’s why Nigeria remains a hotbed of homophobia
In Nigeria, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) persons continue to suffer persecution and extreme violence. The reason is the nati [...]
6 surprising facts about Nigeria’s anti-gay-marriage law
In Nigeria, LGBTQ+ persons still experience discrimination, violence and even death -- human rights abuses that are largely fueled by the harsh homo [...]
Welcome, Kevin Hart and other formerly anti-gay converts
COMMENTARY: The Kevin Hart case shows the LGBTQ community how it SHOULD NOT respond to reformed homophobes, says Edwin Sesange, African gay rights act [...]
Commentary: Help LGBT Africans by cutting aid to anti-gay Tanzania
Many African LGBT activists urge Western donors not to cut off aid to Tanzania or other homophobic African nations, even when those countries launch a [...]