Category: Southern Africa
Another attack in South Africa, a land of pro-gay laws and anti-gay violence
A 24-year-old Durban man remains in hospital almost a week after he wa [...]
High Court in Eswatini blocks recognition of LGBTQ rights group
The High Court in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) last week rejected an [...]
South Africa president praises his nation for embracing gay rights
South African President, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has praised South Af [...]
Another South African LGBTQIA+ activist stabbed to death
A South African LGBTQIA+ activist was stabbed to death on Sunday, Marc [...]

LGBTQ entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe call for more business support
At a business summit in Zimbabwe, LGBTQ entrepreneurs called for incre [...]
South Africa, stop the murders of LGBTI people
Global human rights organisation Human Rights Watch has formally writt [...]
Botswana’s president meets LGBT activists, supports their work
In a landmark meeting with representatives of the LGBT rights group LE [...]
Namibia High Court rules against same-sex couples
A High Court in Namibia has ruled against two same-sex couples who wer [...]
Legendary gay and lesbian rights defender Desmond Tutu has died
Desmond Tutu , the iconic LGBT human rights defender and anti-aparthe [...]
Namibia Pride seeks repeal of nation’s anti-LGBTQ law
The LGBTQ community in the southern African nation of Namibia recently [...]
Archbishop Tutu boosts Bible guide promoting love for queer Africans
Does the Bible condemn homosexuality? Not according to a The Bible and [...]
Botswana Court of Appeals unanimously upholds decriminalization of gay sex
In a unanimous decision, the Botswana Court of Appeals upheld the 2019 [...]
Zambia’s new president sticks tight to homophobic traditions
Zambia's new president has made clear that he will not do what LGBTI r [...]
Report: Covid-19 threatens LGBTIQ+ Africans and their organisations
Covid-19 has hurt LGBTIQ+ communities in east and southern Africa whil [...]

Namibia court bans anti-gay discrimination in child citizenship case
A Namibian court has found that the constitution bans discrimination b [...]

Botswana court delays ruling on overturned anti-gay law
Botswanan judges said yesterday that they plan to spend extra time res [...]
Anti-gay Zambians fear their new president will endorse gay rights
Homophobic Zambians fear that new President Hakainde Hichilema will es [...]
AIDS conference organisers silent as violence sweeps host South Africa
Organisers of the 2021 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually T [...]
Namibia justice minister announces plan to decriminalize gay sex this year
Namibian Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab has announced that scrapping t [...]
UPDATE: Namibian government allows gay man’s infant daughters to come home
UPDATE May 19, 2021:
The Namibian government has issued travel docu [...]
Amplifying the voices of Eswatini’s LGBT people
Voices of Eswatini, a new project from Eswatini Sexual and Gender Mino [...]
Namibia denies residency to infant daughters of gay citizen
A Namibian court ruled Monday against a gay couple demanding the right [...]
Protesters demand gay rights in Zimbabwe
Protesters marched to the Zimbabwean consulate in Cape Town, South Af [...]
Botswana president: We’ll host 2021 AIDS conference
The president of Botswana announced on Facebook that Botswana will hos [...]
African churches: Why preach love, then imprison gays?
Why do people who preach love every Sunday want people put in prison f [...]
U.S. election: Biden pledges to act against anti-gay nations
U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden says that, if elected on Nov. 3, [...]

Zambia frees gay couple serving 15-year sentence
Zambia has freed two men who since 2018 have been serving a 15-year pr [...]
Activists fear for safety of 2 arrested Malawi dissidents
Human rights defenders fear for the safety of two prominent political [...]

Zambian women march for LGBT rights as well as women’s rights
LGBT rights, women's rights and other progressive causes were the focu [...]
Report: U.S. recalls envoy who opposed prison term for gay Zambians
The United States has quietly recalled its ambassador to Zambia after [...]
Zambia demands removal of U.S. envoy for protesting anti-gay prison sentences
The president of Zambia wants the U.S. to recall its Zambian ambassado [...]
Is Zambia ready for a gay pride march?
Behind Zambian politicians' loud public denunciations of homosexuality [...]
Why is Zambian couple in prison? Because of King Henry VIII
Zambian politicians claim that Christian values are the basis for 15-y [...]

U.S. envoy to Zambia: Act like Jesus, not like bigots, if you’re a Christian nation
Zambian officials should stop lying about their relationship with the [...]
Zambia blasts U.S. envoy who protested 15-year sentence for gay couple
The government of Zambia plans to file an official protest against U.S [...]
Zambia: 15-year prison sentences ‘shocked the world’
The 15-year prison sentences imposed this week on a gay Zambian couple [...]

Zambian men sentenced to 15 years for gay sex
A high court in Zambia has sentenced two men to 15 years in prison for [...]
Zambia must shun the anti-gay politics of disgust
Zambia's president has made homosexuality a campaign issue to distract [...]
Zambia: Motion banning pro-LGBT parties fails on technicality
A Zambian member of parliament failed in an attempt to ban political p [...]
Photos: South African gay actor Somizi Mhlongo marries his boyfriend
The Internet went wild in Africa after gay South African celebrity TV [...]
More homosexuality arrests in Zambia
Zambian police last week arrested another couple on homosexuality char [...]
Zambian farmer, youth in court on gay sex charges
A 53-year-old Zambian farmer and a 17-year-old student appeared in cou [...]
Malawi: Court releases 2 arrested activists
A Malawi court released LGBTI rights activists Gift Trapence and MacDo [...]
U.N. says ‘Sorry! Please release Malawi activists’
Apologetic U.N. officials have joined international calls for the rele [...]
Malawi police arrest 2 prominent LGBT rights activists
Police in Malawi have arrested Gift Trapence, the leader of the countr [...]
Trans woman’s naked protest roils Zambia
A Zambian trans woman stripped herself naked and walked along a busy p [...]
Botswana wants to make gay sex illegal again
The government of Botswana isn't happy with its status as the latest A [...]
Zambian hypocrisy: Fighting ‘gayism’; accepting rape and corruption
Commentary by the Rev. Kapya Kaoma exposes the hypocrisy of Zambian po [...]
Zambia bars performance by gay S. African celebrity
The Zambian government has barred Somizi Buyani Mhlongo, a gay South A [...]
Botswana: Another country strikes down its anti-gay laws
Botswana today overturned its colonial-era laws that made homosexualit [...]